Kay said: When we had to see each other in the pod, because her hearing isn t good, she could hardly hear me. It was quite sad.
Yesterday was also a chance for Kimberley Peaks, 47, to be reunited with her mother Janet, 76, who has dementia, at Coalville Care Home in Leicestershire.
She said: I can t tell you how lovely it was to see Mum, to finally be able to hold her hand and be close to her. I ve got a playlist of her favourite songs, we listened to them together and she lifted her head and smiled at me. I haven t held her hand in 12 months. The isolation has affected her too - she s thinner, she s much more sleepy.