Why we must protect precious family moments now more than ever - the YEP says

And one Leeds family is taking a grandmother out of her nursing home, after she told them “life wasn’t worth living” because she was parted from her family.

The family of Maggie Wright say they fear there is a risk of lonely pensioners “dying of a broken heart”.

They are backing a campaign for the Government to ease the blanket ban on care home visiting.

They say that being parted from family has had a huge impact on their mum’s mental health - she used to go out during the week but now she has been confined to “living in a box”.

While they praise the hardworking staff who do their best day-in, day-out it doesn’t replace the love that vulnerable relatives need now more than ever.

The Wright family are determined to make the most of their mum’s life - for them it is about protecting the quality of those precious moments while they still can.

But for many families they don’t have the luxury.

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