Emma Heming Willis: Bruce Willis moves to single-story home for care

Emma Heming Willis said in an ABC News special on Aug. 26 that her husband, actor Bruce Willis, now lives in a nearby, single‑story house with a full‑time care team as his frontotemporal dementia progresses, a move she called one of the hardest decisions she has made as his primary caregiver. Heming Willis said the arrangement allows their two daughters, 13 and 11, to live in a home tailored to their needs while ensuring Bruce receives round‑the‑clock care.

"It was one of the hardest decisions that I've had to make so far," Heming Willis told Diane Sawyer in Emma and Bruce Willis: The Unexpected Journey. "But I knew, first and foremost, Bruce would want that for our daughters. You know, he would want them to be in a home that was more tailored to their needs, not his needs." She said the family visits frequently, often for breakfast and dinner, and that friends and extended family continue to spend time with him.

Providing an update on his condition, Heming Willis said Bruce remains physically mobile and "in really great health overall," but that "it's just his brain that is failing him" and that his language abilities are declining. She described brief, poignant moments when...