Bruce Willis wife reveals how she communicates with husband amid dementia battle

According to a recent article by US Weekly, Bruce Willis's wife Emma Heming Willis recently revealed that she has found new ways to communicate with her husband amid her frontotemporal dementia diagnosis. Heming Willis provided details about the impact of the disease on Bruce Willis's linguistics.

As per the Association of Frontotemporal Degeneration, the most common symptoms of frontotemporal dementia include struggles with movement, decision-making, language comprehension, and speaking.

Heming shares in the book that she has to make judgments for everything because her husband faces difficulty in expressing his thoughts.

“Because Bruce can’t communicate with me (due to the variant of FTD he has, primary progressive aphasia), I must make judgment calls for him about absolutely everything. I can’t ask him how he’s feeling, what’s wrong or if something hurts.”

“Instead, I read his body language or look into his eyes to understand what’s bothering him and what he’s experiencing. I compare this to the instinct that you have as a parent. With just one glance at your child, you can tell immediately if something isn’t right. And with one look at Bruce, I can tell if his neck hurts or if he’s got a headache.”

In August, Heming Wills revealed that Bruce Wills was living in a second home along with a full-time care team as he battled the disease. Although fans had mixed reactions to this decision, Heming defended their current living setup during an appearance on Good Morning America on Tuesday, September 9. She also shared her reasons on social media.

“It was a hard decision for us, but it was the safest and best decision not just for Bruce but also for our two young girls. And, you know, it’s really not up for a debate. Now I know that Bruce has the best care 100 percent of the time. His needs are met 100 percent of the time, as well as our two young daughters. So I’m not gonna take a vote on that.” Heming said during the interview

She further reflected on the happy times she shared with her husband and discussed their love story in an interview with People on September 4.

“Bruce is very present in his body, and there is something so lovely and wonderful about that. He’s not thinking about what happened yesterday or what’s happening in the future. He is very grounded in today.”

“Sometimes,love does not need words. I can just sit there with Bruce, and we look at each other and we laugh and smile and that, to me, is more than anything.”

About Bruce Willis

Bruce Willis is a renowned American actor and musician known for portraying hard-edged characters, particularly in action films.

Born on March 19, 1955, in Idar-Oberstein, West Germany, to Marlene Kassel, a German mother, and David Andrew Willis, an American father, Bruce Willis became interested in the dramatic arts during high school. He was spotted in a bar by a casting director and was offered a small role because of his personality.

Following innumerable tryouts, Bruce Willis made a few minor, typically uncredited film roles until securing the part of private investigator "David Addison" in the popular romantic comedy television series Moonlighting (1985), costarring with the seductive Cybill Shepherd.

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Bruce Willis starred as a cagey prizefighter in the Quentin Tarantino-directed mega-hit Pulp Fiction (1994), the Terry Gilliam-directed apocalyptic thriller 12 Monkeys (1995), the Luc Besson-directed science fiction masterpiece The Fifth Element (1997), and the spine-tingling epic The Sixth Sense (1999). He also starred in the oddly appealing North (1994).

Willis shared custody of his three daughters with actress Demi Moore, with whom he was married for over thirteen years.

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