Reports this weekend revealed that the decision was taken to move the actress after she was diagnosed with dementia last year.
A recent GoFundMe page set up by her friends, meanwhile, detailed how Kirkland had been struggling with “life-threatening infections” having suffered a fall in the shower. The page in question was intended to raise funds for her “urgent medical care”.
“She had a fall in the shower, when she was left unattended; injuring her ribs, foot, along with cuts and bruises,” the page read.
After studying at the Actors Studio and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Kirkland became a fixture of New York’s Off-Broadway and avant-garde scene in the 1960s—including a stint with Andy Warhol’s Factory.
