Openfantasia Therapy
Care made easier to understand
Explaining illness through stories.
For children, older people, and families.
Whether in a hospital, a care home, a foundation, or at home, finding the right words is never easy.
OpenFantasia is a digital tool that turns diagnoses, treatments, and care journeys into gentle, personalized stories for children, vulnerable older people, and their caregivers.
Simple, empathetic, and respectful language, developed together with healthcare professionals.
Why is it so difficult to explain illness?
Between medical language and emotions
For a child, words like “chemotherapy,” “surgery,” or “rehabilitation” can be difficult to understand and frightening.
For a vulnerable older person, especially someone with memory or thinking difficulties, medical terms, tests, and treatments can become confusing and increase anxiety.
Every day, healthcare professionals and families face the same challenge: explaining medical information clearly while respecting the person’s emotions.
OpenFantasia helps to:
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- turn medical language into simple, understandable metaphors;
- create a space for listening and sharing;
- help patients and families understand and take part in care in a different way.
For hospitals, care homes, foundations, and associations
Children’s wards and hospitals
Personalized stories that explain medical tests, surgery, or long-term treatments in a calm and reassuring way.
A tool to support emotional well-being and communication for multidisciplinary teams, day hospitals, oncology and haematology wards, neurology departments, and rehabilitation centres
Care homes, day centres, and nursing homes
Personalized stories for older people, including those with memory or thinking difficulties. The stories help them understand treatments, daily routines, and changes in their surroundings.
They can include personal memories, family members, and favourite places, helping the person feel safe and reassured.
Foundations, associations, and hospices
Story-based programmes for projects that make care more human, support families, and offer therapeutic storytelling activities.
OpenFantasia can be included in social and educational initiatives, awareness campaigns, and funded projects.
How OpenFantasia supports care
From diagnosis to story to patient
- Describe the medical situation: A healthcare professional or family member provides a short description of the condition, procedure, or treatment to be explained, as well as the person’s individual needs.
(No sensitive information is required. Only the relevant context is needed.) - AI creates a personalized story: OpenFantasia turns this information into a personalized story, using gentle, clear language suited to the person’s age and needs.
- Words, images, and voice: The story can be read, listened to with a narrator’s voice—including the voice of a family member—or turned into a short illustrated video.
- Use it wherever it is needed: OpenFantasia can be used before a medical procedure, during a hospital stay, in psychological support sessions, during rehabilitation, or when sharing time with the family.
The benefits of care through stories
For families and caregivers
- They find simple words to explain difficult situations.
- They take a more active role in the care journey.
- Communication with doctors, psychologists, and nurses becomes easier.
- They feel more confident and less stressed when managing emotions..
For older and vulnerable people
- Metaphors and images help them understand treatments and changes in daily routines.
- Stories can reduce confusion and anxiety, especially during difficult moments.
- They encourage calm and participation, including in people with mild memory or thinking difficulties.
- Personal memories, familiar places, and life experiences help create a sense of comfort and familiarity.
For children and young people
- They better understand what will happen to their bodies and during medical procedures.
- They face treatment with less fear and greater confidence.
- They can cooperate more easily with healthcare professionals and family members.They feel supported, safe, and reassured.
Data protection, ethics, and personalization
OpenFantasia is developed in compliance with the GDPR and European data protection laws.
It does not process sensitive medical data and does not replace medical diagnosis or treatment.
Its stories are:
- suitable for the person’s age;
- designed to avoid distress;
- respectful of personal dignity and identity.
We can work together to:
- define shared clinical and storytelling guidelines for your department or organization;
- personalize stories according to the condition or care setting;
- integrate OpenFantasia into projects focused on human-centred care, education, or organizational well-being.
An approach developed with professionals
Every hospital department, care home, and foundation has different needs.
OpenFantasia is designed to fit the clinical and organizational needs of each setting. Stories, metaphors, and guidelines are developed together with healthcare professionals.
Would you like to discover how OpenFantasia could work in your organization?
We are available for pilot projects, controlled trials, and personalized programmes.