Amedisys participates in the Arbor Day Foundation Trees in Memory Program.
Care centers participation in this program requires that a specific sympathy card be used. The card cost is what pays for the tree to be planted. Care center DOOs or BOMs order Trees in Memory cards from the Barnett Company: Job Aid- TIM card ordering.pdf. For every Trees in Memory Sympathy card sent by the care center, the Arbor Day Foundation plants a tree in a Forest of Great Need.
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The forests being planted change regularly. Updated locations of where trees are being planted can be found on the Arbor Day Foundation website: https://shop.arborday.org/commemorative-forests. FAQs about the process are also available: https://shop.arborday.org/commemorative-faq. The Arbor Day Foundation typically plants trees in the spring or fall. Amedisys trees are planted along with thousands of other trees throughout the forests in need. While there is not a plaque or sign by each tree, we are able to request a map of locations within forests where trees in memory were planted.
Patients receive information on Trees in Memory in the Amedisys admission packet. Patient(s) or their authorized representatives can choose to have their name added to the Trees in Memory registry by completing the Hsp – Trees in Memory HIPPA Authorization located in Signature Forms in Pointcare. This form can be accessed and completed at any time during a patient’s time on hospice care.
The bereavement services department sends the Arbor Day Foundation the names to be added after a patient’s death. It may take several months before names are added to the registry. The registry is located on the Arbor Day website: https://www.arborday.org/join/tictim/registrybrowser.cfm.
