There may be a happy ending to the story of a long married Nova Scotia couple facing the prospect of being separated.
He is a Second World War veteran, who is allowed to live at Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Hospital, She is not, but there may be a way around the problem.
Harold and Virginia Cameron’s love story began 70 years ago, in the United Kingdom, when the pair first met as Harold served overseas.
Harold lives with Alzheimer’s and Virginia also needs 24 hour care.
Their family started an online petition to allow the couple, who has never spent a night apart, to stay together in their final years.
The petition took off, with more than 30 thousand signatures.
Since Virginia isn’t a veteran, the family was told the couple wouldn’t be allowed in Camp Hill, though; they may get the next best thing.
Nova Scotia Health Minister Leo Glavine told their daughter that he would make sure the pair would end up at a place that would allow them both.
“Honourable Glavine is standing by me now and makes me feel really good,” says daughter Pamela Campbell. “Then when the time comes, there will be a place for them together near their family.”
Veterans Affairs Canada wouldn’t discuss the Cameron’s specific case, but officials say financial support is available for eligible veterans based on need, disability, income and military service.
Family members say they’re taking solace in the fact that wherever Harold and Virginia go, at least they’ll be together.
With files from CTV Atlantic’s Kelly Linehan.
