Ruth Langsford gave her Instagram followers a quick update on the health of her mum, Joan, who was recently diagnosed with dementia.
The Loose Women panellist's mum has been in recovery having fractured her pelvis back in December following a fall.
At the time, Ruth posted on social media: "No dancing in my kitchen peeling the veg for my darling Mum this Christmas….she’s had a fall and fractured her pelvis! She’s ok…ish, no surgery required thank goodness but she needs rest and time to heal now.
"She’s in hospital at the moment but I’m hoping to get her home soon.
"This time last year she fell and broke her hip but recovered well…she’s a very strong woman so I’m sure she’ll recover from this too.
"Put’s life and what’s important into perspective eh? Happy Christmas! X x (sic)."
On Saturday (5th April), Ruth posted an update on her Instagram story that read: "Mum's still not very well... Nurse Maggie's on duty again" referring to her dog that she used to share with former husband Eamonn Holmes.
This update comes just days after Ruth wrote a heartwarming tribute for her mum for Mother's Day. On her Instagram alongside an older video of her mum dancing in the kitchen, she wrote: "HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY to all you wonderful Mum’s out there but especially to my amazing Mum Joan.
"I’m sharing an old video because unfortunately Mum’s not well….she’s got a nasty chest infection so she’s not up to celebrating today. Maggie and I are with her though and giving her lots of TLC. I’m sure she’ll be back peeling the veg, dancing and drinking sherry in my kitchen very soon."
She ended the post with: "Hope you’re all having a lovely day with your Mum if you’re fortunate, like me, to still have her."
Ruth's dad Dennis died in 2012 following complications caused by Alzheimer's disease, with Joan later diagnosed with dementia also.
Previously speaking to Kaye Adams on the How To Be 60 podcast, Ruth shared: "Whenever they say that you can do a test to see if you would be prone to getting Alzheimer’s, I don’t really want to do it, because there’s no cure at the moment.
"If I could do that test and they said: 'right, now you know, this is what you do to stop you getting it. You have to take this tablet, you have to do these exercises, you have to eat this or don’t eat that.' But there’s nobody can tell you that, so I almost don’t want to know."
