Hubby talks of soap star’s dementia fight
CARRY On legend Barbara Windsor is starting to forget who her husband Scott is.
tonight? Have we got clothes here?’ That’s the reality of what people living with dementia are going through.”
Brave Dame Barbara, 81, has made a number of public appearances in recent weeks as she battles her condition. She attended two pantos over the Christmas period so she could see pals including Shane Richie on stage.
Scott, 56, said: “She gets herself together for moments like that.
“When we go there something happens to Barbara when she’s out.
“It’s like her old self comes out.”
A string of Barbara’s former EastEnders costars are running the London Marathon to help charity campaign Dementia Revolution.
Jake Wood, who plays Max Branning in the soap, is among those running in her honour. LEGEND: Barbara Windsor Speaking yesterday, he
said: “I vowed never again when I ran it 20 years ago, but obviously Barbara is much loved by all of the cast at EastEnders, and we love Scott and we wanted to do something to raise money and awareness of the condition.
“Dementia affects a million people in this country and it’s under-funded.”
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The EastEnders star’s dementia is now so severe she can no longer be left on her own.
In an emotional chat on Good Morning Britain, heartbroken
Scott Mitchell told how Barbara’s memory has been badly affected by Alzheimer’s disease.
He said: “It’s now quite instant, the forgetfulness is quite instant.
“I think it’s when every memory will go.
“When, on a constant basis, maybe one day Barbara won’t know who I am.
“I’ve had it twice. I was helping her out of the bath and she suddenly looked at me very scared and said: ‘Sorry, who are you?’
“There are no words that can describe it.”
He added: “I have a board where there’s pictures of us from the beginning.
“She will suddenly say to me: ‘How long have we been together?’. I say: ‘25 years’.
“Our reality is, for instance the last few weeks, her confusion is really bad – I spend a lot of time explaining where we are.
“She has a lot of trouble identifying our house.
“She will say: ‘Are we staying here