The Shameless star's sibling, now 56, was diagnosed with the incurable condition nine years ago while in his 40s - although she believes symptoms began as far back as 14 years ago.
Have YOU got a story? Email [email protected] Duff has opened up about her brother Eddie's shock diagnosis of young-onset dementia.
But she never thought it would be that he had young-onset dementia, where people develop the devastating condition before the age of 65. 'It was sad, because he couldn't accept it and he couldn't fully comprehend it, it's quite aggressive when it’s very early onset,' Anne-Marie said. But despite his worsening condition, Anne-Marie and her family still find moments of joy and manage to laugh together.She also shared that it is touching to watch her parents revert back to caring for him as they would have done when he was a child, as she added: 'Just watching them still parent and shaving him, things like that are so beautiful.
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