Every person is unique and so is their biography.
Palliative care is about the care of people with life-threatening and incurable diseases. The goal is always to treat these people with respect for their dignity and to guarantee them the best possible quality of life, both medically and in terms of nursing and psychology. Photography can play a major role in accompanying a person at the end of life because a photograph may help the person look back at their life story and encourage them to deal with their own biography. A photograph can bring emotions, needs and desires to the surface and trigger memories that may have been long forgotten. Private family photos have a unique value, because they are often the only documents still available from a bygone era. Dealing with one's own biography can also be used as a legacy for the surviving relatives. (Photo books, photo albums, family portraits) Life stories can be retold and passed on to the next generations. In looking at personal pictures and remembering, people give their own life a new value once again at the end. For patients suffering from dementia, dealing with their own life story also helps them to connect experiences from the past with the present. Therefore, phototherapy uses photography as a base for bringing back memories and rediscovering long forgotten emotions and feelings.