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“We played some carols, which she loved, and then we all got in the car and went our separate ways to celebrate Christmas,” Nicola Gregson said. Her mother, Susan, died with Covid-19 in a care home in 2020 with no family around her and had a socially distanced funeral. Ms Gregson said the isolation that followed her mother’s death made the loss feel worse. Researchers have found that people who were bereaved during lockdown coped less well with their grief afterward, with restrictions in hospitals, care homes and at funerals increasing anxiety.