A daughter has refused to allow her mum to sit in a care home corridor alone on Christmas Day this year despite coronavirus risks.
Kathryn Longden suffers from chronic lung disease and her family fear this could be her last Christmas. Daughter Kimberley Ryan says her mum - who is on the high-risk 'shielding' list - has spent the last eight months largely confined to her basement bedroom at Fairfield View care home in Audenshaw.
Told two years ago by doctors that Kathryn, 71, was unlikely to survive beyond 18 months, Kimberley fears that this Christmas could be the last opportunity for her mum to spend time with the family, including her five-year-old granddaughter Harriet.