Lockdown anniversary: Portsmouth care homes host bittersweet reunions for dementia patients who have forgotten the pandemic
IN CARE homes across Portsmouth, families are enjoying bittersweet reunions after being apart for 12 months - but the significance is being lost on some residents with dementia.
Visits to care home residents resumed on March 8 this year, allowing families to once again see their loved ones in person after more than a year apart.
The change in the rules has created emotional scenes in one Portsmouth care home, where staff and families have faced residents who cannot comprehend the time they have lost.
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