Emma said: “It’s where your brain can’t identify what is happening to it [so sufferers] think this is their normal.
“People think this might be denial, like they don’t want to go to the doctor because they’re like, ‘I’m fine, I’m fine’, actually, this is the anosognosia that comes into play. It’s not denial. It’s just that their brain is changing. This is a part of the disease.”
The Looper actor is still “very much present in his body” but as he has changed with his dementia, his entire family have adapted too.
Emma said: “We have progressed with him. We’ve adapted with him.
“He has a way of connecting with me, our children that might not be the same as you would connect with your loved one, but it’s still very beautiful.
“It’s still very meaningful. It’s just – it’s just different. You just learn how to adapt.”
In November, the 70-year-old actor’s eldest daughter, Rumer Willis – who he had with ex-wife Demi Moore – admitted Bruce doesn’t always recognise her any more, but she still feels “grateful” to be able to connect with him.
Rumer – who has 2-year-old Louetta with former partner Derek Richard Thomas – said in an Instagram stories video: “I’m so happy and grateful that I still get to go and hug him.
“I’m so grateful that when I go over there, and I give him a hug, whether he recognises me or not, that he can feel the love I’ve given him, and I can feel it back from him.
“That I still see a spark of him, and he can feel the love that I’m giving.
“So that feels really nice.
“I just feel grateful that I get to go over there with Louetta and we get to spend time with him, and I get to feel the love that he has for me, and that I can love him and be with him.”
