Bruce Willis’ Family Forced To Make Heartbreaking Decision As Actor’s Health Wanes

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Bruce Willis’ Family Forced To Make Heartbreaking Decision As Actor’s Health Wanes

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on August 28, 2025

By Mark Steffen

The family of legendary actor Bruce Willis has been thrown into making gut-wrenching decisions about his end-of-life care as his health worsens.

Emma Heming, Willis’s second wife. revealed that the “Die Hard” actor is living in a second home as a result of deteriorating mental health, a symptom stemming from his diagnosis of frontotemporal degeneration, or FTD, a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by an inability to recognize faces and remember words and their meanings.

In his new home, Willis will be outfitted with round-the-clock care from a health team that responds to his every beck and call.

The revelation was made by Heming during a new ABC documentary on Willis and his struggle, titled “Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey,” and featuring Diane Sawyer.

Early clips show Heming telling Sawyer about the difficulty explaining to their daughters, Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, why their father must be sent to live in a new, unfamiliar home.

“I knew, first and foremost, Bruce would want that for our daughters. He would want them to be in a home that was more tailored to their needs, not his,” she said.

Willis, 70, will be living in a single-story house that provides access to all his daily needs. Heming emphasized that his family will always be close by, going for morning and evening walks with him on a regular basis.

“It’s our second home. It’s filled with love, care, and laughter, and it’s been beautiful to see,” she said.

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[Wingnut]

I am so glad his family can afford this instead of shipping him off to a home for the soon to be departed.

[berdie]

I think it is a blessing that they are wealthy enough to afford this option. In most cases a dementia patient needs more care than be provided in a home setting. And sadly, most families can't afford it.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Frontal Lobe Dementia ---
Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is a neurodegenerative brain disorder that occurs when nerve cells in the frontal and temporal lobes degenerate, causing the lobes to shrink. It affects behavior, personality, language, and movement, and causes intellectual losses that can interfere with daily life.

Middle Stage
* Increased Behavioral Problems: Apathy, inappropriate behavior, and compulsions can become more pronounced.
* Severe Communication Issues: Making it difficult for the person to speak, understand, or write.
* Motor Skills Decline: Leading to problems with coordination, stiffness, or slow, shuffling movements.

Late Stage
* Severe Cognitive and Physical Impairment: Significant decline in all cognitive and physical functions.
* Loss of Communication and Motor Skills: The ability to communicate and perform basic movements is severely limited or lost entirely.
* Increased Dependency: Patients require complete, round-the-clock care, and may experience other complications like difficulty swallowing or incontinence.