Scots care home builds incredible hub for isolated residents to spend time with loved ones

dailyrecord.co.uk:

care home has combated Covid restrictions by building an outdoor visitor hub for residents to see their families. Abbeyfield House, in Irvine, has created a safe space for the old folk to meet their families in a garden setting - while managing to be undercover and warm in the winter.

The delighted pensioners are now able to see their loved ones in private behind a thin sheet of glass and telephones to talk on - without the need of being covered head to toe in PPE.

Deputy manager at the care home Emma Hume came up with the idea in a desperate bid to allow the isolated pensioners an opportunity to spent some quality time with their loved ones this Christmas.Emma told the Record:  "It's gone down really well."We've been fully booked out and.