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Saddest goodbye: Heartbreaking moment devoted couple married for 62 years are forced to separate because they can't get into the same care home

  • Wolf Gottschalk, 83, and his wife Anita, 81, have been married since 1954
  • With failing health, they've moved into care homes in Canada but cannot live together because of a lack of space in Surrey, British Columbia
  • It now means the couple only see each other once every other day
  • Wolf has been diagnosed with dementia and has congestive heart failure
  • The family fears he may forget who his wife is if they are not together
  • They say their health care provider has not helped to improve their situation in the past eight months 

By JAMES GORDON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and REGINA F. GRAHAM FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 11:25 EST, 25 August 2016 | UPDATED: 16:07 EST, 25 August 2016

 

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A couple who have spent almost their entire lives with one another, are being forced to spend their golden years apart because they cannot get into the same care home.

Wolf Gottschalk, 83, and his wife Anita, 81, met and fell in love while their families lived in the same apartment complex in Dusseldorf, Germany when they were teenagers. 

The couple got married in 1954, as he worked in construction and was a Merchant Marine and she worked in retail.

After a few months of wedded bliss, they decided they wanted a better life for their future children and immigrated to Surrey, British Columbia.

Settling there, the couple was never separated from each other, as they went on to have three children - a son and two girls. 

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Heartbreaking: A photo of Wolf and Anita Gottschalk wiping away tears during a visit to see one another has struck a chord on Facebook, where it's been shared more than 2,500 times
 
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Heartbreaking: A photo of Wolf and Anita Gottschalk wiping away tears during a visit to see one another has struck a chord on Facebook, where it's been shared more than 2,500 times

Wolf currently has no trouble remembering his wife of 62 years, Anita. The couple married in 1954 in Germany after falling in love when they were teens (pictured)
 
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Wolf currently has no trouble remembering his wife of 62 years, Anita. The couple married in 1954 in Germany after falling in love when they were teens (pictured)

The family fears that his memory could change of his wife if they remain apart much longer. The couple are pictured above during one of Anita's recent visits to see her husband
 
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The family fears that his memory could change of his wife if they remain apart much longer. The couple are pictured above during one of Anita's recent visits to see her husband

But after 62 years together every day, the couple have been forced to live separately for the past eight months because there are no spaces at care homes close by that can accommodate two people.

Added to their worries is their failing health and the urge to spend as much time with one another, while they still can.  

Outlining the family's impossible situation in a Facebook posting, their granddaughter Ashley Bartyik aired her sadness and frustration at the current situation.

'After 62 years together, they're inseparable. They do everything together,' she wrote. 



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3758461/Saddest-goodbye-Heartbreaking-moment-devoted-couple-married-62-years-forced-separate-t-care-home.html#ixzz4INmtd9pU 
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This isn't uncommon.

People really do need to think about this and how to stay together.



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I don't know details on the Canadian system but I do know a bit about the US system, at least the private ones. If couples are smart enough to get into an assisted living facility they can be together forever. Assisted living is a small garden style condo where meals are served in a dining room but you have your own place. As your health degrades, you may have to move into a more hospital-like section of the facility. The trick is, you have to move into the assisted living facility while you are still able to be mobile and have all your mental faculties.

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How sad :( I hope they're able to find a way to be together.

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