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| Canada couple forced to spend Christmas apart after 70 years | Canada couple forced to spend Christmas apart after 70 years |
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| An elderly Canadian man and wife are heartbroken after learning that they will be separated for the first time in seven decades a week before Christmas. | An elderly Canadian man and wife are heartbroken after learning that they will be separated for the first time in seven decades a week before Christmas. |
| Herbert Goodine, 91, was told he must leave the long-term care facility where he lives with his wife Audrey Goodine, 89, and move into a nursing home. | Herbert Goodine, 91, was told he must leave the long-term care facility where he lives with his wife Audrey Goodine, 89, and move into a nursing home. |
| The facility in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, told the couple on Friday that he must move that weekend. | The facility in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, told the couple on Friday that he must move that weekend. |
| Their story has sparked outrage across the country. | Their story has sparked outrage across the country. |
| "When talking to my parents yesterday I listened to my mother weep and I could hear my father in the background," their daughter Dianne Phillips wrote on Facebook on Sunday. | "When talking to my parents yesterday I listened to my mother weep and I could hear my father in the background," their daughter Dianne Phillips wrote on Facebook on Sunday. |
| "My mother said, 'Christmas is over for us now and this is the worst Christmas that we will ever have. Why could they not have waited till after the holidays?'" | "My mother said, 'Christmas is over for us now and this is the worst Christmas that we will ever have. Why could they not have waited till after the holidays?'" |
| Mrs Phillips' post has since been shared 15,000 times. | Mrs Phillips' post has since been shared 15,000 times. |
| Mrs Phillips said she received a call on Friday from the provincial department that oversees long-term care saying that her father, whose health has declined recently, would have to be moved to a home with more advanced care. | Mrs Phillips said she received a call on Friday from the provincial department that oversees long-term care saying that her father, whose health has declined recently, would have to be moved to a home with more advanced care. |
| She says that when she was not immediately able to make a decision, the department "forced them to make the decision on their own." | She says that when she was not immediately able to make a decision, the department "forced them to make the decision on their own." |
| She said her requests to delay the move by one week, so they could spend Christmas together, were denied. | She said her requests to delay the move by one week, so they could spend Christmas together, were denied. |
| A representative for the long-term care home also responded on Facebook. | A representative for the long-term care home also responded on Facebook. |
| "Once a resident is beyond our level and social development has reassessed to determine their level, I have to follow the rules and regulations set by the government. | "Once a resident is beyond our level and social development has reassessed to determine their level, I have to follow the rules and regulations set by the government. |
| "In fact, it's against the law for me to not follow the rules and I could lose my licence. At this point the decision has been made and it is out of my hands." | "In fact, it's against the law for me to not follow the rules and I could lose my licence. At this point the decision has been made and it is out of my hands." |
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