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===Health problems=== In April 2014, Windsor was diagnosed with [[Alzheimer's disease]]. She chose not to make news of the condition public, but it was known to her friends and colleagues. On 10 May 2018, Windsor's husband, Scott Mitchell, publicly revealed her condition.<ref>{{cite news|title=EastEnders star Barbara Windsor diagnosed with Alzheimer's|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44062921|work=[[BBC News]]|date=10 May 2018|access-date=10 May 2018|archive-date=10 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180510002450/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44062921|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2019, Mitchell and some of Windsor's former co-stars from ''EastEnders'' announced that they would be running the [[London Marathon]] in aid of a [[dementia]] campaign.<ref name="London Marathon">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46794236 |title=EastEnders stars to run marathon for Dame Barbara Windsor |date=8 January 2019 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=8 January 2019 |archive-date=8 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190108202320/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-46794236 |url-status=live }}</ref> Mitchell said that Windsor's health and mental state had been deteriorating, and she had moments when she no longer recognised him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-08/dame-barbara-windsor-dementia/|title=Dame Barbara Windsor's husband describes the heartbreaking moment when she didn't recognise him|publisher=ITV|date=7 January 2019|access-date=8 January 2019|archive-date=9 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190109062934/https://www.itv.com/news/2019-01-08/dame-barbara-windsor-dementia/|url-status=live}}</ref> On Windsor's 82nd birthday in August 2019, she and Mitchell became ambassadors for the [[Alzheimer's Society]]. On the same day, Mitchell and Windsor appeared in a video for the charity, in which Windsor said, "Unite with me, against dementia". Mitchell highlighted the problems many face with the disease, and urged viewers to sign a letter to [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Boris Johnson]], saying he "urgently needs to address these challenges."<ref name="Alzheimer's Society">{{cite web|url=https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/barbara|title=Barbara Windsor and Scott Mitchell become Alzheimer's Society Ambassadors|date=8 August 2019|work=[[YouTube]]|access-date=1 September 2019|archive-date=1 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901200718/https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/barbara|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2020, [[BBC News Online|BBC News]] reported that Windsor had been moved into a [[nursing home|care home]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53635317|title=Dame Barbara Windsor moves to care home|work=BBC News|date=3 August 2020|access-date=18 August 2020|archive-date=28 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828185928/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53635317|url-status=live}}</ref>
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