MY wonderful great aunty Cecilia – the matriarch on my dad’s side of the family, who I adored – died of Covid-19 in a Lancashire care home on Saturday, aged 87.
Severe dementia meant this great lady, who survived World War Two before living a modest moral life as a family-focused Catholic, was blissfully unaware of the fact she spent her final three months on earth without seeing any family members in person.
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However, the indignity of the coronavirus restrictions banning her two sons and beloved grandson from being in the room to hold her hand as she faced her final moments — thankfully with exemplary care workers — is a trauma for the entire family.
There is a seven-year-old, whose life I am closely involved in, who has started to wet the bed and is now in therapy because they…
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