While coronavirus lockdown measures has prevented their regular mother and son market visits, the 96 year-old mum was expecting to get a foot rub this Mother's Day.

For the other 42 mums at the Garran facility special arrangements had been made to ensure their families can see them on Sunday - virtually at least.

Since COVID-19 saw aged-care facilities around the country introduce measures to prevent its spread, Garran residents have been learning to use tablets, mobile phones and laptops to video call their loved ones.

On Sunday, families will have had the chance to dial in for a Mother's Day catch-up.

David Wanless has scheduled a chat with his mum Jennifer and dad John Wanless, who he's been unable to visit since they became residents of the facility in December.

From his home in Tasmania, Mr Wanless will connect online to his siblings in Newcastle and Melbourne. The three of them will video call their parents, as they have each week since coronavirus encouraged the Garran residency to get creative with connectivity.

"It's really difficult not being able to visit them," Mr Wanless said.

"Having the video calls has been really good. I'll be heading up as soon as we're allowed to."

Aged care providers were ordered by the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee to restrict the number of visitors to aged care facilities back in April, but some operators moved further, with complete lockdowns and bans on visitors.

Southern Cross is one of the facilities which has all but banned visitors, with family permitted to visit palliative-care guests on request.

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Manager Michael Giugni said 80 per cent of residents who took part in a recent survey did not support an easing of visitor restrictions just yet.

"Obviously there's the ones who want it scrapped now and want their families in and we're working with them to arrange window and Skype visits where we can," he said.

In addition to Sunday's celebration, the residents took part in an early Mother's Day high tea on Friday afternoon, with music and dancing.

Staff at Goodwin Village Ainslie celebrated Mother's Day with a chrysanthemum delivery to each of the women in retirement care on Sunday morning.

At its residential care, musician Phil Major performed songs about mums on Wednesday morning.

Canberra Aged Care Facility in Lyneham will allow families to visit its marquee to meet with mums through a plastic divider.

More than 15 families had registered to visit the facility on Sunday and be treated to cheese and biscuits, mimosas and mock-mimosas, at a safe distance from the mums.

The Lyneham facility had set up an photo booth with a World's Greatest Mum sign and allowed families to drop off presents before Friday to be quarantined ahead of Mother's Day.

Mr Giugni at Southern Cross said they'd gone a bit further than usual this year in their attempts to make the day special.

In lieu of his live performance, regular entertainer Bryan Butler had recorded a special Mother's Day CD which was to be played during afternoon tea.

Mr Giugni said with their oldest mum turning 100 soon, it had been "pretty heartwarming" to see them use technology to connect over the last month.