LAKELAND, Fla. - For nearly 30 years, Sam Reck was by his wife JoAnn's side. Even when she moved into a skilled nursing facility for her dementia, he lived just one building over from her."They spent every day with each other," JoAnn's son, Scott Hooper said. "Sam would go to her room each morning and would stay with her all day.
Each night he would kiss her goodnight."But when the pandemic started, that all changed.Sam and JoAnn Reck (Courtesy: Scott Hooper) For the first time in three decades, the couple was separated after Florida banned visitors at nursing homes."This was devastating for her," Hooper told FOX 13. "Her dementia spiraled out of control.