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We'll never meet again — [parting of older couples with differing care needs]
Author(s)	Amy Taylor
Journal title	Community Care, issue 1728, 26 June 2008
Pages	pp 30-31
Source	http://www.communitycare.co.uk
Keywords	Admission [care homes] ; Married couples ; Personal relationships ; Needs [elderly].
Annotation	Against government guidance, older couples occasionally face being split up if their individual care needs differ. This article highlights a recent instance of an older couple in Monmouthshire, Tom and Nancie Hughes, who were thought to have taken their own lives at the prospect of being separated and sent to different care homes. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080704216 A
Classmark	KW:QKH: SM: DS: IK *
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