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The couple has been married for 65 years and never before spent so much time apart.
The Barcelona nursing home where Carmen lives closed to visitors more than a year ago to protect residents from COVID-19.
Xavier appears three or four times a week at the street-level window that looks into the nursing home to spend time with his wife.
Javier Anto, 90, speaks to his wife Carmen Panzano, 92, through the window separating the nursing home from the street in Barcelona, Spain. April 21, 2021Emilio Morenatti/AP Photo
Employees from the home provide him with a chair and bring Carmen to the other side of the window. Xavier shows her photos of their grandchildren on his phone to try to counteract the effects of her Alzheimer’s disease.
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BARCELONA, Spain - Since the coronavirus pandemic struck Spain, a glass pane has separated Xavier Antó and Carmen Panzano for the first prolonged period of the couple’s 65-year marriage.