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Bruce Willis Lives in 2nd Home Amid Dementia: Experts Weigh In on Relocation
Emma Heming Willis became Bruce Willis's full-time caregiver and moved him to a nearby one-story home to balance his dementia care with their young daughters' needs.
- Emma Heming Willis told People on Wednesday, September 3 that she moved Bruce Willis, actor, into a one-story second home near the family’s main house after his frontotemporal dementia diagnosis to better support their needs.
- Facing caregiving strain and two young children, Heming Willis took on a 24/7 caregiver role, limiting their activities and navigating isolation to support Bruce Willis' needs.
- The ABC special Emma & Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey on August 26 revealed Willis relocated some time ago to a separate home supervised by a full-time care team, allowing his daughters Mabel and Evelyn to visit regularly in a calmer atmosphere.
- Heming Willis faced backlash after sharing Bruce's separate residence, calling it `one of the hardest decisions` while describing her search for care as difficult and heartbreaking.
- Specialists caution that relocation choices depend on caregivers, home layout, care needs, goals, and finances; experts on aging and caregiving add home safety is a top priority, while Nancy Treaster notes second homes are rare due to cost.
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Emma Heming Willis says she mistook Bruce Willis’ early symptoms for marriage troubles
Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center Before Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, Emma Heming Willis says she mistook his early symptoms as a sign that their marriage was in trouble. “It’s very gray to know where Bruce stopped and where his disease kicked in. I started noticing his stutter started to come back, but I never in a million years thought that was a symptom of FTD,” …
Emma Heming Willis says she mistook Bruce Willis' early symptoms for marriage troubles
Bruce Willis and Emma Heming WillisTheo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln CenterEmma Heming Willis says she mistook Bruce Willis' early dementia symptoms for marital issues."Conversations weren't really aligning anymore, and our relationship started to shift," she said.Last month, she revealed she had moved Willis to a one-story home nearby where he has round-the-clock care.Before Bruce Willis was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, Emm…
Bruce Willis’ Health Rapidly Declines As He Is Unable To Recognise Certain Family Members
Bruce Willis, the legendary action star best known for Die Hard, is now confronting his toughest battle yet. At 70 years old, Willis is living with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a progressive brain disorder that has altered his life and deeply impacted his family. In March 2022, his family shared that Willis was stepping back from acting due to aphasia, which impaired his communication abilities. By 2023, it was confirmed that his condition had…
Struck by frontotemporal dementia, a degenerative disease, Bruce Willis is now a different man than the one who dreamed of on cinema screens. A reality that his wife Emma Heming had to embrace and to which she had to adapt. The actor now lives in a home close to that of his family where he receives appropriate care. In the pages of PEOPLE, his wife evokes the positive impact of this painful decision on his family.
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