After 6 months without a visitor, this nursing home was able to reunite a 95-year-old and her family - Gainesville Times

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After 6 months without a visitor, this nursing home was able to reunite a 95-year-old and her family

Sylvia Lester, a 95-year-old resident at New Horizons Lanier Park, briefly visits her family members for the first time in six months on Aug. 24, 2020. Photo courtesy Anne Cochran

08262020 REUNITED 2.jpg — Sylvia Lester, a 95-year-old resident at New Horizons Lanier Park, briefly visits her family members for the first time in six months on Aug. 24, 2020. Photo courtesy Anne Cochran

Six of her Gainesville relatives donned masks and stood 12 feet away behind a plastic barricade.