Bruce Willis’ Family Reveals His Aphasia Has ‘Progressed’ Since 2022, Details Updated Dementia Diagnosis: There’s ‘No Treatments’
16.02.2023 - 23:09
/ usmagazine.com
A rare update. Demi Moore revealed how ex-husband Bruce Willis’ aphasia has “progressed” since going public with the news in March 2022.
“Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD),” the G.I. Jane actress, 60, wrote in a statement via the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD) on Thursday, February 16. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”
Moore — who shares daughters Rumer, 34, Scout, 31, and Tallulah Willis, 29, with the Six Sense actor, 67 — shared the message via Instagram as well. She noted that the update came from the entire Moore/Willis family, including Bruce’s wife, Emma Heming Willis, and their two daughters, Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, 8.
“As a family, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank you all for the outpouring of love and compassion for Bruce over the past ten months,” the message stated. “Your generosity of spirit has been overwhelming, and we are tremendously grateful for it. For your kindness, and because we know you love Bruce as much as we do, we wanted to give you an update.”
The group broke down what the Die Hard actor’s updated diagnosis of FTD means, explaining that it is a “cruel disease that many of us have never heard of and can strike anyone.”
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According to the family, FTD is the “most common form of dementia” for people under the age of 60. “Today there are no treatments for the disease, a reality that we hope can change in the years ahead,” the statement read.
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