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Awareness is being drawn to loneliness and how it can cause a rapid decline in people's health.
Harrowing photographs have been released to show the toll the pandemic has taken on care home residents, many of whom have spent almost a year in isolation.
The before and after images illustrate how the elderly - who have not seen loved ones due to the visiting ban to curb the spread of Covid-19 - have suffered dramatic declines in their mental and physical health.
Charities in the UK said such photos are proof that the "inhumane" bans must never be allowed to happen again.