Dame Barbara Windsor moved to care home as dementia advances, husband says

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

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.

Speaking to The Sun newspaper, her 57-year-old husband said:

Mitchell, Dame Barbara’s husband of 20 years, said she moved to a care home in London and he has decorated her room to make it as welcoming as possible.

He has put up family pictures as well as a photograph of the actress receiving her damehood from the Queen and a snap of her with Paul O’Grady and Cilla Black at the Royal Variety Performance.

Speaking of the day he left Dame Barbara at the home, Mitchell said:

Dame Barbara was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s six years ago and made the news public in 2018.

Both Dame Barbara and her husband have campaigned to raise awareness of the illness, which is most common in people over the age of 65.