The care home residents who can no longer see their loved ones - even through a window

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struggled with lack of PPE, Government guidance and a coherent testing procedure.But since the start of the pandemic, according to the Alzheimer's Society, there has been a 52 per cent rise in non-Covid related deaths in care homes and it's thought the impact of the crisis on mental health could have contributed to this.And this new guidance, which exists despite beer gardens still being allowed to open, has left Joyce facing a downward slide into depression - and her family are worried about her.Her daughter Pauline, 63, a mum of two from Rochdale, told the Manchester Evening News:  "This isn't just about me and my mum,  it's about everybody else as well, all the families and all the homes.