The actor Bruce Willis He is going through a complex health moment after his family revealed in February 2023 that he suffers from frontotemporal dementia. From then on, the actor left the world of cinema and secluded himself in his house with his loved ones, who took care of him daily, including his wife Emma Heming Willis.
However, in a recent television appearance, the eldest daughter he has with Demi Moore, Rumer, revealed what her father’s days are like and what condition he is in.
More than a year after becoming aware of the health problem that affects the performer of great hits like, his relatives issued different statements about the advance of the neurodegenerative disease; However, at the recent Laughter Is the Best Medicine Gala 2024, which took place on Thursday in New York, Rumer Willis spoke with Fox News and provided exclusive details about his father.
“I think that, for me, through this experience, what has been so incredible is that my dad is so loved, and that has been so evident in the transparency with which we have been sharing,” the young actress began, and continued: “And I think that if there is some way sharing our experience brings hope, whatever comes up as a family, that can have an effect and bring any kind of hope, comfort to someone else who is experiencing that, so for me, that that’s all”.
In addition, he told People magazine: “He is doing very well. I’m going to see it with [mi hija] “Louetta.” In that tune, in front of the Extra cameras, she added: “I had the opportunity to visit him, which was a very pleasant encounter. It was very nice to see it with my daughter and just go give her love”.
What is frontotemporal dementia?
This disease is considered a group of disorders that affects the frontal and temporal lobes. This means that the lobes atrophy and with this different manifestations can occur such as problems in speech, emotions and personality. In addition, other motor complexities are also attributed to it, such as: muscle spasms, difficulty walking or eating.
Normally, patients can experience the first symptoms of this disease from the ages of 40 to 65; However, cases of younger people were also found, which is why it became one of the best-known forms of dementia among those under 60 years of age.
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