Overview

• Bruce Willis is living in a specially adapted second home near the family with round-the-clock professional caregivers, which his wife says allows consistent care and calmer routines for their children.
• Emma Heming Willis writes that giving daughters Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, some distance helps them adjust emotionally and prepare for their father's eventual death.
• She cites a neurologist’s warning that caregivers sometimes die before their loved ones as the wake-up call that pushed her to seek help and accept residential care.
• In interviews, including Good Morning America and an ABC special, she defends the placement as the safest and best option for both Bruce and the girls, while acknowledging public criticism.
• The Unexpected Journey, published this week, blends personal guidance for caregivers with context on Bruce Willis’ frontotemporal dementia, which the family says was confirmed in 2023 and typically carries a seven- to 13-year post-symptom prognosis.