Rumer Willis shares an emotional update on Dad Bruce Willis’ Dementia
Rumer Willis keep the fans updated on his father Bruce Willis‘The Battle with Prontetephoral Dementia.
Rumer, 37, opened up about the actor’s life during an Instagram Q & A on Thursday, November 20, after a fan asked him, “how’s your dad?”
“People ask me this question all the time and I think it’s a difficult one to answer because the truth is that anyone with FTD does not do well,” answered Rumer. “But you’re doing well as a person dealing with prototemporal dementia, you know what I mean?”
Rumer continued, “The answer I’ll give is that I’m very happy and I’m thankful that I’m still hugging him. That I’m showing it, so that he can feel it, so that he can feel the love you gave me.”
Bruce, aged 70, currently lives in a second home apart from his family and a round-the-clock care team. His wife, Emma Heming Willisand daughters who travel often. (The Sunshine The actor shares grown daughters Scout, Scout, 34, and Tallan, 31, with ex-KACHULU Demi moore and younger daughters Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, and Willis, 49.)
Willing Willis first opened up about her husband’s life arrangement during an ABC special Emma and Bruce Willis: An Unexpected Journey – Diane Sawyer special in August.
“It’s one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make so far,” she said during the episode. “But I knew, first and foremost, Bruce would want that for our daughters. You know, he wanted her to be in a home that suited her needs, not his needs.”
It is a topic that he also shows well in his book, An Unexpected Journey: Finding Strength, Hope, and Yourself on the Path to Carereleased in September.
“Giving and allowing the girls some space for Bruce and helping them prepare for his death,” Willing Willis wrote. “I know how dark and jarring it sounds, but that’s the harsh reality of the world that I have to navigate in order to continue to protect our girls in the best possible way.”
Willing Willing revealed how he told Mabel and Evelyn that Bruce would leave their assigned family and go to his space.
“‘We’ve come to the point where Daddy’s care needs change. I have to be more tailored to his every need,’ I told them. ‘And you have to be in a home that suits your needs now,’ and Wemis remembers. “‘Also, Daddy would want you to have play areas, stoplevers, and more freedom than you’ll be able to have here. That would make him very happy.'”
Waling Willis described Bruce’s home as “A place where they would keep personal things like toys, arts and crafts, bathing suits, PJs, and games, and we could live with him.”
Bruce’s family revealed that he was first diagnosed with aphasia, a language disorder in March 2022. The following year, they said his condition progressed to dementia, a progressive disease that affects communication, behavior and movement.
