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Heartwarming moment elderly couple are reunited after months apart

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Heartwarming moment elderly couple are reunited after months apart
Source: Facebook/BailyHouseCareHome

A couple have been reunited in a care home after medical treatment and the coronavirus pandemic meant they had to spend months in separate facilities.

couple reunite at care home after months apart

An elderly married couple have been reunited in a care home after medical treatment and the coronavirus pandemic meant they had to spend months apart. 

Gordon and Mary Davis, both 89, had been separated after Gordon fell ill, but when a room became available at Baily House Care Home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, they were finally brought back together.

A video of the reunion was posted on the home’s Facebook page with the caption: "Our lovely Mary has had a real surprise today… her beloved husband Gordon has come to live here at Baily House with her, after not seeing each other for several months, it was certainly a very emotional reunion."

The clip has received nearly four million views on the social media platform.

Mrs Davis added: "It was wonderful to finally see him, I cried buckets."

Source: BBC

This is the heart-warming moment an elderly married couple reunited after husband Gordon decided to move in to the same care home as his beloved wife Mary.
Together again at last. This is the heart-warming moment an elderly married couple reunited after husband Gordon decided to move in to the same care home as his beloved wife Mary. Source: Facebook/BailyHouseCareHome
That is, until devoted Gordon decided he was going to become a resident at Baily House Care Home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire.
Mary and Gordon hadn’t been able to see each other for several months due to the coronavirus pandemic. That is, until devoted Gordon decided he was going to become a resident at Baily House Care Home in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. Source: Facebook/BailyHouseCareHome
She gets closer to Gordon and then pushes her walking frame to one side to reach out for her husband, before asking nurses:
Staff filmed the surprise reunion that Mary had no idea about and the video shows the moment she saw Gordon with tears in her eyes. She gets closer to Gordon and then pushes her walking frame to one side to reach out for her husband, before asking nurses: “We can’t touch each other, can we?” But with them both now being residents, they were able to give each other a well-deserved cuddle and Mary can be with Gordon as he isolates in his new room. Source: Facebook/BailyHouseCareHome
Gordon is isolating in his new room at Baily House Care Home, but at least Mary can spend time with him.
Gordon and Mary can finally be together. Gordon is isolating in his new room at Baily House Care Home, but at least Mary can spend time with him. Source: Facebook/BailyHouseCareHome
(Including what appears to be a sack of compost, which is always welcome)
Gordon was delivered to his new home by carers bearing gifts. (Including what appears to be a sack of compost, which is always welcome) Source: Facebook/BailyHouseCareHome
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BAILY HOUSE CARE HOME AMAZON WISH LIST

Baily House Care Home have used the video as an opportunity to kindly ask for donations for their residents and have posted this link to their Amazon Wishlist.