While some are still resistant to the idea of having photos taken in such circumstances, they are generally open to it.
SINGAPORE: Having a family portrait taken may not seem like a priority when a loved one is terminally ill. But such photos play an important part as patients and families seek to retain as many memories as possible.
While people may think they still have time to take such portraits, this is not always the case, he said, citing the example of families that lost their loved ones during the COVID-19 pandemic. A Portrait from the Heart volunteer putting on make-up for Mr Yong Joon Kooi, the husband of hospice patient Mdm Tan Seck Eng.
On one occasion when he was discharged, Ms Tan realised that she did not have a recent family photo with him, the last one having been taken in 2015.
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