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Emma Heming Willis tells PEOPLE why her husband Bruce now lives in a separate home

His one-story home nearby the family's house offers a quiet, comfortable and safe environment with round-the-clock care

"Everything just feels a lot calmer, more at ease now," says Emma

Emma Heming Willis has faced countless challenges and tough decisions while navigating Bruce Willis ’ dementia journey over the last few years. But none has been as difficult as the decision to move Bruce, 70, into a separate home.

"It was the hardest thing," Emma, 49, tells PEOPLE in this week's print cover story, explaining that Bruce's progressive frontotemporal dementia (FTD) disease "requires a calm and serene atmosphere."

Considered the family's "second home," the one-story house nearby is more

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