They say their health care provider has not helped to improve their situation

A couple who have spent almost their entire lives with one another, are being forced to spend their golden years apart because they cannot get into the same care home.

Wolf Gottschalk, 83, and his wife Anita, 81, met and fell in love while their families lived in the same apartment complex in Dusseldorf, Germany when they were teenagers.

The couple got married in 1954, as Wolf worked in construction as a Merchant Marine while wife Anita worked in retail.

After a few months of wedded bliss, they decided they wanted a better life for themselves and their future children and immigrated to Surrey, British Columbia.

The couple built a successful life for themselves and were always together as they went on to have a family - a son and two girls.

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Heartbreaking: A photo of Wolf and Anita Gottschalk wiping away tears during a visit to see one another has struck a chord on Facebook, where it's been shared more than 2,500 times

Wolf currently has no trouble remembering his wife of 62 years, Anita. The couple married in 1954 in Germany after falling in love as teens (pictured here at their wedding at ages 19 and 21)

The family fears that Wolf's memory could change if he remains apart from his wife much longer. The couple are pictured above during one of Anita's recent visits to see her husband

But after 62 years of being together every single day, the couple have been forced to live separately for the past eight months because there are no spaces at care homes close by that can accommodate the married couple.

Their failing health means the pair have the urge to spend as much time with one another, while they still can.

Outlining the family's seemingly impossible situation in a Facebook posting, their granddaughter Ashley Bartyik wrote of her sadness and frustration at the current situation.

'After 62 years together, they're inseparable. They do everything together,' she wrote.

Happier times: Their family tries to bring Anita to visit Wolf every other day, but they worry the separation is still taking a toll on each of them

Depressing: Even more heartbreaking, Ashley captured the photo above of her grandfather sitting alone while looking out the window in hopes his wife is coming, as he calls out her nickname, 'little mouse'

In speaking to DailyMail.com, Ashley shared that her grandmother had cared for her husband up until January, when doctors told the family he needed to be in a care facility as his condition was worsening.

Wolf is on a waitlist to move into the same nursing home where his wife is being cared for, The Residence at Morgan Heights, but the Fraser Health Authority is unable to say when it might happen.

Their family is doing all they can to ensure the couple see each other as often as possible, so every other day family members drive Anita half and hour up the road to see her beloved husband.

Ashley has quit her job to help her mother care for Anita, as the toll from not seeing her husband appeared to be affecting her health.

'The stress of this has taken control of her and she has a pace maker,' Ashley said of her grandmother.

'She has become almost completely immobile and uses a walker wherever she goes and a wheelchair depending on how far the walk is.'

The love between Wolf and Anita is so strong, that it is hard to leave each other after their short visits

Healthwise, Wolf has now been diagnosed with lymphoma and dementia, as he also suffers from congestive heart failure

When the time comes for the couple to part once more, the tears begin to flow.

'My grandma can't even kiss him goodnight now. He calls out her nickname, little mouse, for her when he sees her,' Ashley said.

'They cry every time they see each other, and it is heartbreaking,' she writes in the post, calling it 'the saddest photo I have ever taken'.

Ashley said they can't even share meals together since they aren't at the same facility.

In one heartbreaking snapshot, she captured a photo of her grandfather sitting alone while looking out the window, pining for his wife, all while calling out the nickname for her: his 'little mouse'.

Wolf apparently asks for Anita by her nickname, 'little mouse', each night in the care facility where he now lives, but his calls are in vain

The Gottschalks are seen posing during happier times, before they are being forced to live in separate care facilities

The family are only too aware that time is off the essence.

Wolf is in the early stages of dementia and earlier this week was diagnosed with lymphoma. He also suffers from congestive heart failure.

'His dementia is growing ever stronger each day, but his memory of my grandmother has not faded an inch...yet.

'We are afraid however that if they are living apart much longer, his memory of her won't stay,' Ashley wrote.

The couple have been apart since January when they both entered care facilities

Granddaughter, Anita, cares deeply for her grandparents and her Facebook posting has been shared over 2,500 times

Wolf and Anita were active until recently

The couple's only son, Bill Gottschalk, shared his concerns about the situation with DailyMail.com.

'I'm afraid that something is going to happen because of this problem to them, emotionally,' he said, his voice breaking.

'They need their time together. If either one of them were to pass away while they're separated, it would be devastating for for them and the family.

'They need to be together, I worry about my mom all the time.'

Their 59-year-old son added: 'They say grown men don't have tears, but if you look at me now, you'll see them.'

The Fraser Health Authority says it has been working to get the couple back together but says that no care spaces have opened up in the care facility since Anita moved in.

'We certainly understand how heartbreaking this is for the family. It's upsetting for us as well,' spokeswoman Tasleem Juma told DailyMail.com in a statement.

'Anita went into assisted living in July and we've been working hard with the family to get their loved ones reunited ever since.

'One of the challenges with couple reunification is that they don't necessarily need the same level of care at the same time. In this case, the Wolf's care needs are considerably higher than his wife's.

'He needs residential care while his wife needs assisted living care. This means we need to make sure the facility can accommodate both their needs.

'We have been in contact with the family as recently as last Friday, and will continue to work with them to reunite this couple. We hope to do so in the next few weeks.

Anita is holding on for some kind of resolution and hopes that the couple will be reunited in the not too distant future

Ashley said that her family hadn't received a single phone call from Fraser Health in the eight months her grandparents have been separated but on Thursday the organization had reached out to the family.

They have reassured her that the Wolf's and Anita's case is a priority - but they are unable to say how soon it will be resolved.

'We're just asking for anything that can be done so that my grandfather can be accommodated as soon as possible,' said Ashley.

‘We’re very blessed that everyone is rallying behind us and making this an issue.