Amid the fight against dementia that forced Bruce Willis to end his acting career a year ago, his wife, Emma Heming Willis, shared a grim update on the action movie star’s health.
In March, the family of the protagonist of Hard to Kill issued a statement in which they reported that 68-year-old Bruce’s aphasia had progressed to frontotemporal dementia.
Since then, the Hollywood icon’s wife regularly shares updates on her husband’s condition. Unfortunately, however, the latest news is not positive.
After attending the premiere of the documentary Little Empty Boxeswhich follows writer Max Lugavere and his dementia-stricken mother, the 44-year-old model got candid about Bruce’s illness, revealing that the prognosis is rather bleak as options in fighting his illness are remarkably limited.
When you live in the world of dementia, you know your options are slim.
There is no method of treatment
In this regard, in an interview for the British tabloid Mirror, citing Tim Parry, director of Alzheimer’s Research UK, the expert on the subject reported that there is no treatment method available to stop or even slow down frontotemporal dementia.
Finally, the specialist praised how Bruce’s family deals with this difficult situation by handling it with enough openness and considering it important that the world learns about this form of dementia that is less in the spotlight.
Emma Heming thanks for the support after the update on the health of Bruce Willis
Meanwhile, Bruce’s wife took to social media to express her gratitude to fans for being “so loving and caring.” Additionally, she said that she is “very lucky” to be surrounded by such a supportive community.