Eileen Grimshaw

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Originally Posted by LostVoodoo

what, so she goes into a care home for a trial period and suddenly drops dead?

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oh please!!! this isnt believable, Lesley's Alzheimers isnt that far advanced that she is near death - unless she wandered into the canal by accident!!

a cop out easy ending to the storyline

Eileen and Paul are an awful pairing she has more chemistry with Steve and how does Lesley die? Does Paul kill her?

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Originally Posted by tammyy2j

Eileen and Paul are an awful pairing she has more chemistry with Steve and how does Lesley die? Does Paul kill her?

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it cant be the Alzheimers that kills her, it isnt advanced enough?

she isnt bed bound, so not at risk of pneumonia etc, she can still swallow??!

this doesnt make sense medically, unless yes Paul helps her on her way, or she has a fatal accident

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Originally Posted by alan45

There's a story in today's Daily Mirror that says medics were called to the Coronation Street set as Sue Cleaver, who plays Eileen Grimshaw, was filming a fight scene and got clobbered for real.

Sue, as Eileen, was having a “scuffle” with *Alzheimer’s sufferer Lesley Kershaw – played by Judy Holt – when she took an accidental smack in the face and fell to the floor. A doctor was asked to check a bump on the 47-year-old’s head.

Ashow source said: “They could have used stunt doubles but they did it themselves. It was a scene the pair did a number of times without any problems.But Sue ended up getting a glancing blow and feeling some real pain. She had a nasty bump on her head.”

Sue was given time to recover and a doctor later gave her the OK to carry on.

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Why would Eileen be fighting with her is she is a care home now, surely Eileen wouldnt be so cruel as to visit and taunt her with Paul so she attacks and Eileen kills her leaving them carefree to continue being loved up

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Originally Posted by lizann

Why would Eileen be fighting with her is she is a care home now, surely Eileen wouldnt be so cruel as to visit and taunt her with Paul so she attacks and Eileen kills her leaving them carefree to continue being loved up

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maybe Lesley wandered off out of the home and turned up at Eileens?

they are resedential homes, not institutions with bars at the windows

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Originally Posted by sarah c

maybe Lesley wandered off out of the home and turned up at Eileens?

they are resedential homes, not institutions with bars at the windows

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She wouldnt remember where Eileen lived

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Originally Posted by lizann

She wouldnt remember where Eileen lived

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maybe not?

but my Dad in the same situation had always had a head for 'maps' and despite not knowing what time of day it was, he would never not know how to get somewhere he had been before?

This storyline gets worse and worse

So many stories are rushed in soaps. I blame it on the amount of episodes that are on each week. Instead of researching a story properly and doing it justice. Soap writers are just competing with each other to see how many controversial they can cover over a year. Just look at Emmerdale. In real life no-one would discover abuse after a couple of weeks. If they did there wouldn't be so many vulnerable people living in fear. I think Lesley may turn violent against Eileen or Paul, during a day out. run out of Eileen's house and get knocked down and killed by one of street cabs.

Coronation Street stars Sue Cleaver and Tony Hirst have said that the soap's dementia storyline is receiving a positive response from viewers.

Over the past few months, fans have seen Cleaver's character Eileen Grimshaw embark on a relationship with firefighter Paul Kershaw (Hirst), whose wife Lesley suffers from early onset Alzheimer's disease.

Most recently, Paul agreed to move Lesley (Judy Holt) into a care home for a trial period, having finally conceded that he was finding it too difficult to look after her.

Hirst today (April 19) told Lorraine of playing Paul: "It's a massive responsibility. Right from the beginning, the creative team were really careful that they knew it would be a sensational storyline, but they wanted to do it justice.

"They've been in constant contact with the Alzheimer's Society, and our scripts are checked and verified by them - in terms of credibility and being realistic and true to the issue."

He continued: "With viewers who come up and see you, the ones who make a judgement are the ones who have absolutely no experience or understanding of dementia. The fans who have some experience of people living with dementia are absolutely positive, and they want Eileen and Paul to find some kind of happiness.

"People are writing to us on a daily basis. Interestingly, the Alzheimer's Society wanted to know where the hope would come in our story. It's really difficult because it is bleak and it is brutal, but I think the hope lies in [the fact that] people do find mechanisms to cope. However dysfunctional people think Eileen and Paul are with Lesley, actually they are functioning."


Cleaver added that she has also been pleased with the reaction to the ongoing plot.

She said: "It's been lovely, actually - the response. It's quite controversial, the story, but people affected with Alzheimer's in their life really get it and really understand it. There was concern as to how people would respond to this."

The pair were recently spotted filming a major turning point in the storyline, which is expected to air next month.

Cleaver explained: "There's lots of twists and turns coming up, and what we're filming at the moment is all very exciting. We can't speak too much about that. We'll have to see what happens."