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CLKD

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Pauline Quirke
« on: January 21, 2025, 10:44:26 AM »

Pauline Quirke, famous for starring in TV sitcom Birds of a Feather, has retired from acting following a dementia diagnosis, her husband has said.

"It is with a heavy heart that I announce my wife Pauline's decision to step back from all professional and commercial duties due to her diagnosis of dementia in 2021," Steve Sheen said.
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jillydoll

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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2025, 06:29:48 PM »

So sad. Dementia strikes anyone.  :'(
Used to love Birds of a Feather.
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2025, 08:26:59 PM »

Me too.  We are told often to keep the brain active: well learning 'lines' would keep the brain on the alert so what is the real causation .......  :-\
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2025, 10:12:16 PM »

Good point there CLKD.

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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2025, 09:57:58 AM »

Morning.  My Mum had a deep memory bank going back years, then she developed a form of dementia which was never 'named'.  Now she sleeps.  Not taking interest in anything, never initiates conversation and apparently occasionally responds  :-\ :'(. Lockdown didn't help as she lacked stimulation as well as something to rail against, i.e. me  ::)
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2025, 10:06:35 PM »

It's a sad and horrible disease 😢
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2025, 09:50:33 AM »

It is awful.  With no apparently trigger.
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2025, 08:53:04 PM »

My mum had vascular dementia which was triggered by her heart problems caused by her diabetes. A common cause of this type of dementia.

Taz x  :'(
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #8 on: January 24, 2025, 10:17:27 PM »

Was that due to medication to ease symptoms of each diagnosis? As with cancer treatment which can cause death by association, i.e. heart or liver failure?
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Re: Pauline Quirke
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2025, 02:38:35 PM »

My dad had vascular dementia.
His decline was rapid. Very upsetting.  :'(
He obviously had the disease whilst looking after my mom, then when she became so ill, and had to go into a care home, it was then that it completely took over him.
It’s so upsetting and scary to watch someone with it.  :'(
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