Overview

• Willis receives round-the-clock support in a single-story residence close to the family home, according to an ABC special with Diane Sawyer.
• Emma Heming Willis says his speech is fading and communication is increasingly impaired, though he remains mobile and otherwise in good physical health.
• The family visits regularly for meals and quiet activities, relying on touch and presence to stay connected as verbal language declines.
• She describes the placement as one of her hardest decisions after a period of isolating the household, noting that noise has been distressing for him.
• The update follows his 2022 retirement after an aphasia diagnosis and the family’s 2023 confirmation of frontotemporal dementia, as Emma prepares a caregiving book due in September.