NATIONAL CAMPAIGN · 2026

Year of Culture
Tools and Templates
Last updated: 26 May, 2026

Life Story

A person-centred life story template to support meaningful engagement and understanding. Encourages conversation, reminiscence, identity and relationship building.

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Introduction

A comprehensive life story template designed to support individuals in sharing their experiences, memories, relationships, preferences and personal identity. The resource includes prompts covering childhood, education, work, hobbies, family, culture, spirituality, food, routines, appearance, relationships, physical activity and how individuals like to spend their time. It supports person-centred care planning, meaningful engagement, reminiscence and relationship building while helping teams better understand the people they support. Includes space for photographs, reflections and ongoing updates to create a living and evolving personal biography.

About this resource

Category

Tools and Templates

Audience

Activity Provider Activity Team Care staff Dementia Friends and Family Home Care Hospital Learning Disability Managers Volunteers

Topic

Communication Culture Dementia Equality Faith Food Life History Life Story Music Person-centred Physical Activity Relationships Reminiscence Spirituality Wellbeing