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Emma Heming Willis Publishes Caregiving Book, Says Daughters Face Bruce Willis’s Dementia Openly

She presents the memoir as a call for greater dementia research to reduce stigma.

Overview

  • In a dpa interview carried by German outlets, Heming Willis described raising Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, with frank discussion of their father's condition.
  • Her book, titled "Eine ganz besondere Reise," chronicles caregiving and serves as the guide she wished she had at the outset.
  • Bruce Willis was 67 when he was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia in November 2022.
  • Heming Willis argues that speaking openly is key to progress and hopes for treatments within her children's lifetimes.
  • She highlights Willis’s enduring screen legacy and says his experience has helped open wider conversations about dementia and caregiving.