The Andrea Fredericks Foundation will honor my mother’s heroic battle against Lewy Body Dementia and help other families experiencing it today.
Vision: To be a force for change on behalf of anyone diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and their caregivers as a conduit for education, compassionate outreach and crowdsourced donations for research funding.
Mission: Free Lewy Body Dementia caregivers from debilitating isolation and hopelessness through education, dynamic community interaction and the donations of their loved ones in support of a cure.
This foundation will focus on 2 main things:
2. Provide guidance and comfort to families like mine who find themselves taking on the demanding and heartbreaking responsibilities of daily caregiving.
If you or someone you know has been affected by Lewy Body Dementia, I invite you to read more about my story, the foundation and the community I’m building to honor my mothers fight against LBD.
Welcome to The Andrea Fredericks Foundation. My name is David, I am the son of Andrea Fredericks and founder of the foundation. I thank you for taking a moment of your life to learn more about this foundation and the heart behind the mission. I have begun this foundation in honor of my mother and to help foster a community of support to other patients and caregivers alike. This foundation will focus on raising awareness and educating people on Lewy Body Dementia, and bring love and support to other caregiving families.
I was a caregiver for almost 7 years until my mother passed away in February of 2020. It was by far the most difficult time in my life watching my dear mother fade away before my very eyes. I will never forget what my family and I had to endure as the primary caregivers for her but it will still never compare to what she had to go through herself. I will never be the same after witnessing and experiencing what we went through and that is why creating this foundation is so near to my heart. I was very blessed to have the support of my family through it all, including my mother of such a strong faith. She fought and held strong all the way to her last breath. And I never left her side as I know she would have never left mine.
After her passing, I knew I needed to do something to honor her battle and find a way to raise more awareness about the disease and help other caregiving families going through this today. There are over 2 million affected families just in the United States each year. There's a lot I can say about the journey I went through but I can't articulate it here. I encourage you to reach out to me personally and I would gladly share my story as well as hear yours.
Through my foundation, you can learn more about the disease Lewy Body Dementia, my mothers legacy and find other useful tools through the blog content I am writing and posting weekly on my website and social channels.
If you are someone you know is or has suffered from a form a dementia or is in a caregiving position, I encourage you to share this resource with them. Please remember, you are not alone in this fight, people love you and care for you. Thank you for your support of the foundation.
Sincerely,
David Fredericks
Founder & Son
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