Actress Demi Moore has urged families of dementia sufferers to "let go of" the person they used to be, in light of her ex-husband Bruce Willis' diagnosis with frontotemporal dementia (FTD).
Willis' family went public about him having the condition in February of last year.
FTD is an umbrella term for a group of dementias that mainly affects the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain, which are responsible for such things as personality, behaviour, language, and speech.
61-year-old actress Moore has remained close to the Die Hard star and his wife Emma Heming Willis.
Appearing on Andy Cohen's SiriusXM show Radio Andy, Moore said she's learned to "take in the joy and the love" for who Willis is now, rather than mourn how his condition has changed him.
The actress, who was promoting her role in Feud: Capote Vs. The Swans, was then asked: "What message do you have for people out there who have family members who have dementia? Who are maybe caring for them or in their lives?'"
She replied, "I think the most important thing I could share is just to meet them where they're at."
"When you let go of who they've been or who you think they [should be], or who even you would like them to be, you can then really stay in the present and take in the joy and the love that is present and there for all that they are, not all that they're not."
Emma Heming Willis, the wife of Bruce Willis, spoke about her husband in an interview in September, saying that it is "hard to know" if the actor is fully aware of his condition.
