‘Cuddles with Grandma’: Ruth Langsford brings her dog Maggie as she pays a visit to beloved mother Joan at her care home
Ruth Langsford could barely contain her her joy at being able to visit her mother Joan in her care home once again on Saturday.
The Loose Women star, 60, brought along her dog Maggie for the visit as the adorable Border Collie cross was ‘spoiled’ with treats and cuddles.
She uploaded a Boomerang video to Instagram of her wearing a blue face mask as her elderly mother waved to the camera from her bed.
Reunited: Ruth Langsford could barely contain her her joy at being able to visit her mother Joan in her care home once again on Saturday
Her mother, 88, beamed at the camera as she gives a wave while Ruth smiles underneath the PPE.
Ruth captioned the clip: ‘Happy Saturday from me & Mum! So good to be able to spend time with her…despite all the PPE! ❤️ #mum #visit #saturday#’
The This Morning presenter also took to her Stories to share a video of Joan stroking Ruth’s pet dog Maggie, as she wrote: ‘Cuddles with Grandma’.
‘Cuddles with Grandma’: The Loose Women star, 60, brought along her dog Maggie for the visit as the adorable Border Collie cross was spoiled with treats and cuddles
Maggie continued to be the centre of attention as she was then showered with doggie treats from Joan.
Ruth joked that she was a ‘spoiled dog’, captioning the snap: ‘Treats from Grandma at the best’.
The TV star was was recently reuniting with her beloved mother after Covid restrictions kept them apart for a year, with the star admitting she had ‘a little cry’ during their meeting.
Ruth, who is the ‘nominated family member’ allowed to visit, previously told how she got to see her mother after a Covid-19 test, while she thanked the care home staff for their help.
Adorable: Maggie continued to be the centre of attention as she was then showered with doggie treats from Joan as Ruth joked that she was a ‘spoiled dog’
New guidance on care home visits, which came into affect on March 8th, states on the gov.uk website: ‘Every care home resident will be able to nominate a single named visitor who will be able to enter the care home for regular visits.
‘These visitors should be tested using rapid lateral flow tests before every visit, must wear the appropriate personal protective equipment and follow all other infection control measures (which the care home will guide them on) during visits.
‘Visitors and residents are advised to keep physical contact to a minimum. Visitors and residents may wish to hold hands, but should bear in mind that any contact increases the risk of transmission.
Together again: Ruth was was recently reuniting with her beloved parent after Covid restrictions kept them apart for a year (stock image)
The emotional reunion comes after she broke down in tears last month after revealing she hadn’t physically touched her mother Joan for months due to the pandemic.
Ruth spoke further about her visit with her mum on Loose Women, revealing that their meeting was ‘very emotional’ and that she had ‘a little cry’.
Speaking further about the visit, she told The Mirror: ‘It was lovely. We both cried, but they were happy tears. It was very emotional.
Emotional: Ruth spoke further about her visit with her mum on Loose Women, revealing that their meeting was ‘very emotional’ and that she had ‘a little cry’
‘It had been a year since we’d been together, but we fell very quickly and very easily back into that relationship we’d had.’
Joan currently resides in a Surrey residential home, just a stone’s throw away from Ruth and husband Eamonn Holmes’ pad.
During their first meeting after a year apart, Ruth revealed they quickly fell back into a routine as she made Joan tea, watered her plants and got her advice on a challenging crossword puzzle.
They also sat down to chat about what’s been on TV while holding onto each other’s hands ‘very tightly’.
Tough: She told The Mirror : ‘It had been a year since we’d been together, but we fell very quickly and very easily back into that relationship we’d had’