(NewsNation) — Emma Heming Willis received an alarming wake-up call from her husband's neurologist: Caregivers have 63% higher mortality rates and often die before the people for whom they're caring.

"That was a statistic that I had never heard, and it was definitely my wake up call to realize that caregiving can be really harmful to your health," Emma said in a Tuesday interview with NewsNation's Elizabeth Vargas.

The revelation prompted her to prioritize self-care while caring for husband Bruce Willis, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2022.

Emma Heming Willis is breaking her silence about husband Bruce Willis' frontotemporal dementia diagnosis and the challenges of caring for one of Hollywood's most beloved actors while raising their two young daughters.

The 69-year-old "Die Hard"

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