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PAULINE Quirke's lad Charlie has shared a heartfelt connection aft his TV prima mum's dementia diagnosis.
The Birds of a Feather actress's husband, Steve, revealed Pauline's 2021 diagnosis to the nationalist this week.
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Pauline volition present discontinue from acting and the moving of her performing arts schools.
Charlie, 30, has responded to the outpouring of emotion and enactment from the 65-year-old's fans.
He wrote connected Instagram: "Hi all, I conscionable wanted to accidental a monolithic convey you to each of you for your messages of support, benignant words astir my beauteous mum and stories you have.
"We, arsenic a household are precise moved and touched by each of them, and they person enactment a grin connected each of our faces. We admit each and everyone of you. Thank you."
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After the diagnosis was made nationalist this week, a tribute Charlie made to his mum portion she secretly lived with the information resurfaced.
He took to Instagram connected the time she was awarded her MBE for services to charity and the amusement industry.
In February 2023, the Birds Of A Feather histrion met Prince William to person the honour astatine Windsor Castle.
Pauline was primitively awarded the medal successful the precocious Queen’s last Birthday Honours successful 2022.
Charlie wrote astatine the time: "To my beauteous mum. I can't commencement to archer you however arrogant I americium of my mum getting her MBE today.
"Her services to charity, young radical & the amusement industry. To the astir selfless, funniest and astir caring idiosyncratic I know.
"Mad time to beryllium honest. Here's to you mum."
The histrion is champion known for her quality arsenic Sharon Theodopolopodous successful Birds of a Feather, which ran connected the BBC and past ITV crossed astir 30 years.
She was nominated for a fig of BAFTA Awards for her roles successful The Sculptress and ITV's Broadchurch.
In total, Pauline appeared successful much than 60 TV and films, which besides included Emmerdale and Casualty.
A connection from her hubby Steve revealing the diagnosis read: "It is with a dense bosom that I denote my woman Pauline's determination to measurement backmost from each nonrecreational and commercialized duties owed to her diagnosis of Dementia successful 2021.
"Pauline has been an inspiration done her enactment successful the film and TV industry, her foundation endeavours and arsenic the laminitis of the precise palmy Pauline Quirke Academy of Performing Arts (PQA).
"Her talent, dedication, and imaginativeness person touched countless lives and volition proceed to bash truthful done the bequest of her enactment and done PQA wherever her imaginativeness and guidance has facilitated galore young peoples’ progression and involvement successful the Arts and enhanced their self-confidence."
Is it ageing oregon dementia?
Dementia - the astir communal signifier of which is Alzheimer's - comes connected dilatory implicit time.
As the illness progresses, symptoms tin go much severe.
But astatine the beginning, the symptoms tin beryllium subtle oregon mistaken for mean representation issues related to ageing.
The US National Institute connected Aging gives immoderate examples of what is considered mean forgetfulness successful aged age, and dementia disease.
You tin notation to these above.
For example, it is mean for an ageing idiosyncratic to hide which connection to usage from time-to-time, but difficulting having speech would beryllium much indicative of dementia.
Katie Puckering, Head of Alzheimer’s Research UK’s Information Services team, antecedently told The Sun: “We rather commonly arsenic humans enactment our car keys determination retired of the mean and it takes longer for america to find them.
“As you get older, it takes longer for you to recall, oregon you truly person to think; What was I doing? Where was I? What distracted me? Was it that I had to fto the canine out? And past you find the keys by the backmost door.
“That process of retrieving the accusation is conscionable a spot slower successful radical arsenic they age.
“In dementia, idiosyncratic whitethorn not beryllium capable to callback that accusation and what they did erstwhile they came into the house.
“What whitethorn besides hap is they mightiness enactment it determination it truly doesn't belong. For example, alternatively than putting the beverage backmost successful the fridge, they enactment the kettle successful the fridge.”
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