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Dame Barbara Windsor's heartbroken husband has revealed the 82-year-old actress may have to move to a care home as her Alzheimer's has worsened.Scott Mitchell, 57, said a specialist warned staying at home may no longer be sustainable for the EastEnders and Carry On starBarbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2014 and Scott has been campaigning to raise awareness of the disease ever since.He reportedly told a TV documentary made by the actress' former co-star and on-screen son Ross Kemp that his wife moving to a care home is "the thing I've always feared".According to The Sun, he said: "He's (the specialist) basically telling me I need to prepare myself that at some point it may not be sustainable to give her the kind of care she needs at

delivered a letter to Downing Street signed by 100,000 people, asking for better provision for people with Alzheimer's.The letter said dementia care across the country was "difficult, and in some places even impossible, to access".It added: "Our experience is of a care system that too often doesn't care - one that is completely inadequate, unfair, unsustainable and in dire need of more money."Now Mitchell has reportedly told a TV documentary made by the actress' former co-star and on-screen son Ross Kemp that his wife moving to a care home is "the thing I've always feared".He said: "He's (the specialist) basically telling me I need to prepare myself that at some point it may not be sustainable to give her the kind of care she needs at the

Barbara Windsor's husband has told of his heartbreak after he was told it might be best for her to be cared for in a home.

Ross Kemp has revealed how Alzheimer’s disease has left his former EastEnders co-star, Barbara Windsor unable to recognise him.Kemp starred alongside 82-year-old Windsor as they played mother and son Peggy and Grant Mitchell on the BBC One soap for over 20 years.Still close friends, the 55-year-old has spoken candidly about how Windsor’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis six years ago has changed the star as part of his latest documentary series Ross Kemp: Living With Dementia.“Barbara was my 'TV mum' on EastEnders and is hilariously funny and vivacious, with a rapier wit — we’ve always had a giggle, on and off set,” he told The Sun.

Naga Munchetty: BBC Breakfast star addresses her 'reputation'“When I arrived, she greeted me with a hug, as one of her ­closest friends,” he added.“Barbara was my TV mum on EastEnders and is hilariously funny and ­vivacious, with a rapier wit — we’ve always had a giggle, on and off set.“But now she clearly has no idea who I am.”The actor caught up with Barbara’s husband of 20 years, Scott Mitchell, who first spoke out about his wife’s diagnosis in 2018.Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting around six in every 10 people in the UK.Ross, whose grandmother also suffered from the disease, said he explored the issue “to get a vivid insight into the reality of their lives”.He admitted exploring the disease was “an

Ross Kemp has said it has been “deeply upsetting” to see Barbara Windsor’s condition deteriorate following her diagnosis with Alzheimer’s.

This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield spoke to EastEnders star Ross Kemp about his new show, Britain's Volunteer Army.