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I’m helpless, scared, angry and sad... my children will never see their Nanna again | Woman’s desperate fight just to see her parents

- Giles Sheldrick

A Shattered mother with both elderly parents in care has spoken of how the denial of visiting rights has left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

The despairing daughter has fought for a special status which would allow her to see her seriously ill mother.

But in a story familiar to millions of families she has been repeatedly refused.

Her mother’s £1,400-a-week home even threatened to evict the 76-year-old dementia sufferer over her repeated requests.

Last night, she lifted the lid on the misery of those forgotten in the Covid emergency as the rest of Britain embraces freedom.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the working mum-of-two said she was forced to sell her mother’s house to fund her care.

Loneliness