Barbara Windsor in care home as dementia grips

Dame Barbara Windsor has been moved to a care home as she struggles with her advancing dementia, the actress’s husband has confirmed.

Scott Mitchell said the 82-year-old former EastEnders star left the couple’s home in mid-July.

Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2014 and her condition has worsened during lockdown.

Her 57-year-old husband said: “I feel I’m on an emotional rollercoaster. I walk around, trying to keep busy, then burst into tears. It feels like a bereavement.

“It’s always been my biggest fear, that one day I would have to take her somewhere and she’d be thinking, ‘Why would he do this to me?’ That fear has become a reality.”