加拿大卑詩省一對結縭62年的夫妻,緊握着對方的手,淚流滿面互道再見的照片在網絡流傳,感人的不是照片本身,而是背後的故事。
這對恩愛老夫妻,83歲的渥夫.高喬克(Wolf Gottschalk)和81歲的安妮塔.高喬克(Anita Gottschalk),過去八個月被迫分住在兩個養老院,車程有四十分鐘。每隔一天,透過家人的接送,通常是孫女巴蒂克(Ashley Bartyik),他們才得以見一次面。每次分別時,都是情緒崩潰,依依不捨。全天候照顧他們的巴蒂克將祖父母淚別的照片上傳到臉書,希望能獲得社群的關注,沒想到吸引數千次的分享。老先生渥夫今年一月確診有充血性心臟衰竭後,被送到〝耶魯路中心〞(Yale Road Centre);老太太安妮塔則住在另一處養老院。此後,兩人就忍受着分離之苦。他們的家人一直要求醫療單位Fraser Health讓他們能住在同一個養老院,但都未能如願。巴蒂克在臉書上說:〝我們只是單純地認為,已結婚62年的祖父母,應該有住在同一個屋檐下度過餘生的權利。〞
同時患有老年痴呆症的渥夫,本周又被診斷出淋巴癌。雖然安妮塔沒有記憶衰退問題,但難保以後不會有。
Friends please read! This is The saddest photo I have ever taken. This is my Omi and my Opi. As you can see they are both wiping away tears! But why? It was taken in Surrey at Yale road, a transitional facility for people waiting to get into nursing homes, that's where my Opi is! After 62 years together in marriage they have been separated for 8 months due to backlogs and delays by our health care system, whom have the power to have my grandpa moved to the same care facility...
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巴蒂克告訴CNN記者:〝現在,時間更不等人了。〞Fraser Health發言人說:〝這個家庭的情況令人心碎,對我們來說很不安,我們會致力讓這對老夫妻團聚,希望在未來幾周完成。〞