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Dame Barbara Windsor’s Alzheimer’s is so bad she now needs constant nursing care and ‘can’t be left alone’
DAME Barbara Windsor now needs constant nursing care as her Alzheimer’s is so bad.
Hubby Scott Mitchell, 55, said the TV legend, 81, can no longer be left alone.
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Barbara has carers six hours a day and Scott cares for Barbara every day from 4pm to 10am when the carers arrive.
She can get “very emotional” and often mistakenly believes she is in Stoke Newington, North London, where she grew up.
Scott said: “I used to feel very guilty about leaving her, so I could be stuck in the house for two or three days.
“When I did first have carers in I still felt a sense of guilt.
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"But I also realised it is so important for me to have that little bit of rest from the situation — otherwise you can’t keep strong. You need to keep strong for the other person.”
Scott revealed music therapy helps trigger the ex-EastEnders’ star’s memories.
He said: “We watch quite a lot of TV and we have a lovely, special radio for people with dementia.
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“They make it very easy and you can do playlists — there’s a whole thing of Barbara’s career and her songs on that. She really loves that, she connects with it.”
Scott and eight of his wife’s former co-stars are running the London Marathon on April 28 to raise £100,000 for Dementia Revolution.
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