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PLANETREE ALLIANCE
Aurrum is Planetree’s partner in Australia. In line with the Planetree philosophy, all Aurrum residences are committed to giving residents and their families quality care that respects their needs and wishes.
ABOUT PLANETREE
Planetree is a not-for-profit organisation that partners with hospitals and other health care organisations to transform organisational cultures and improve the resident experience. The Planetree philosophy was founded in 1978 by a patient, Angelica Thieriot, after several traumatic hospital experiences. Her experience left her with mixed emotions — the high-tech environment was commendable, but the lack
- f personalised care during her stay was abysmal. Nurses hurried in and out
- f her room without becoming familiar with her as an individual, not to mention
familiarising themselves with her medical chart. She spent hours staring at blank walls, which left her feeling lonely and afraid. She formulated her vision of a new type of hospital where patients get support and healing on all levels—a place where individuals could learn more about healthcare and medicine in order to become active participants in their own care and well-being. She founded the Planetree organisation taking its name from the tree that Hippocrates sat under to teach the first medical students in ancient
- Greece. In 1985, with the same commitment of Hippocrates, Planetree was
- created. A 13-bed medical/surgical unit in a large San Francisco medical center
became the first Planetree unit in the country. Today, Planetree is a growing global network of acute care hospitals, aged care facilities, ambulatory centres, community health centres and health libraries, representing nearly one million annual hospital admissions, 15 million annual outpatient visits, 100,000 births, and more than 110,000 health care professionals. PLANETREE MEMBERS = USA, AUSTRALIA, BRAZIL, CANADA, DENMARK, MALAYSIA, NETHERLANDS & TURKEY
“AURRUM’S COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE IN ALL ASPECTS OF THE CARE EXPERIENCE – FROM THE PHYSICAL COMFORT OF RESIDENTS, TO THEIR EMOTIONAL AND INTELLECTUAL WELL-BEING IS A ROLE- MODEL FOR WHAT A TRULY HEALING ENVIRONMENT CAN BE. PLANETREE IS HONORED TO BE PARTNERING WITH SUCH AN INNOVATIVE LEADER IN THE FIELD” SUSAN B. FRAMPTON, PH.D.
PRESIDENT, PLANETREE
