A woman has won compensation after she was wrongly kept from seeing her dying mother in a Leeds care home.
The woman was estranged from her mother but went to see her after learning she was ill.
But she was not allowed into the care home, and was instead made to hand over a Christmas gift to staff outside the building.
Staff were reportedly concerned that her mother would be upset.
By the time the woman, whose identity has not been revealed, was told she was allowed to see her mother, over a month later, the elderly woman had had a stroke and was not able to communicate.
The woman's mother died a day later, according to a report prepared by the Local Government Ombudsman.
Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust have paid the woman £5,000 and apologised. They have also agreed to pay for a memorial bench and plaque.
Sandie Keene, director of adult social services at the council, said that an "isolated series of errors and misjudgements" had led to the council's standards falling "well below what the council expects when dealing with such a sensitive situation".
"We accept the findings in the report and its recommendations in full," said Rob Webster, chief executive of the NHS trust.