She's been limited to speaking with her family via video call or through a window.

But now Do Pa is able to feel their touch through plastic, thanks to an inflatable tunnel known as the Hug Bubble do pas.

Daughters recently visited her, putting one arm through an airtight sealed plastic sleeve to reach their mother and stroke her hair.

Stephanie Lazo is an assistant at the nursing home.

It has brought comforts.

Residents would see their relatives through a window or through a camera, and they were really missing having real contact.

And they're getting a lot of love, some of them.

Before Deuba's daughters left, they took turns kissing their mother on the cheek through the plastic.

After guests leave, an employee disinfects the plastic sheet to prepare for another loving encounter in the hug bubble.