Bradley Cooper is an actor, director, writer, producer and former caregiver to his late father, Charles J. Cooper, who had lung cancer.
After learning the diagnoses in 2011, Bradley was able to put his life on hold to be by his dad’s side through treatments, medication, pain management and constant interaction with his clinical team. Bradley and his family found themselves organizing rides to and from medical appointments, finding palatable food, and providing emotional support to make sense of everything that was going on.
These caregiving experiences spurred him to start One Family Foundation in 2013 to provide families impacted by cancer access to basic resources and financial support. Bradley believes that everyone should be able to age and die with dignity, and that vast inequities and the lack of access to essential resources can make an already unbearable situation infinitely more stressful. He wants all people to have the care and support that his father did—somebody to walk hand in hand with as they navigate their treatment—and the financial security to have the peace of mind knowing their family's quality of life will be taken care of.
