A look at frontotemporal dementia and its effect on patients, caregivers
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Actor Bruce Willis's frontotemporal dementia diagnosis has put a spotlight on the disease.
Former El Paso Mayor Carlos Ramirez also suffered from the disease. Shawna Scully, chief medical officer at Emergence Health Network, says dementia is a process in which the brain degrades.
People with the disease tend to be impulsive, overly emotional and very passionate about things to the point of it becoming pathological.
Scully says it's amazing how many caregivers tend to pass away before the person with dementia they care for dies.
