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Bruce Willis’s Condition Worsens as Frontotemporal Dementia Advances to Palliative Stage

By sharing candid updates on his severe impairments, his family is shining a light on frontotemporal dementia.

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Overview

  • Medical reports indicate Willis can no longer speak, read or walk as his frontotemporal dementia reaches an advanced stage.
  • Doctors have shifted to an exclusively palliative care plan focused on managing symptoms and preserving his comfort.
  • His wife Emma Heming Willis, ex-wife Demi Moore and their daughters have formed a unified caregiving team providing constant love and support.
  • Emma Heming Willis plans to publish a memoir this September detailing her caregiving journey and advocating for dementia research.
  • Willis’s public struggle has generated global empathy and heightened awareness of early-onset neurodegenerative diseases.