Valentine's card in hand - stock photo.
Valentine's card in hand - stock photo.
  • Older residents at a UK care home received Valentine's Day cards from a firm of funeral directors.
  • Family members called the incident insensitive and said it caused confusion and disappointment.
  • One 80-year-old resident is being moved from the home due to the incident.

Residents of a care home for older people in the UK were shocked to open Valentine's Day cards that turned out to be from a firm of funeral directors, the Sun reports.

Residents of Whitegates Care Centre in Surrey received cards adorned with red hearts and bows from T.H. Sanders & Sons Funeral Directors, a funeral firm located in Staines, a market town near the care home.