In the summer of 2021, we started to work on the project of a planter with a mobile support, starting with a prototype developed on a volunteer basis by Angela Nauleau-Javaudin, the goal being an indoor planter able to service long term care and heath facilities. The prototype was shared with CHSLD Lionel Edmond, CHSLD Aylmer and CHSLD Ernest-Brisson to provide feedback on how this new participatory way to offer the benefits of nature was effective.
In 2022, thanks to the unrelenting efforts of the Foundation’s founder, Ms. Jeannine Lafrenière, we innovated by teaming up with a partner, DKDI Inc. to respond to CHSLD health professionals asking for a mobile adjustable planter. Following testing of a new prototype at the CHSLD Lionel Edmond, comments and suggestions were used to improve the creation of a unique mobile and adjustable garden planter, which we now call the JASMA Healthcare Planter.
In 2023, the Foundation teamed up with the Montreal Botanical Garden, to put to trial the concept of the Healthcare planter at the CHSLD Benjamin-Victor-Rousselot in Montréal. Again, comments and suggestions were used by DKDI to improve the Healthcare planter’s ability to effectively service long term care and heath facilities.
2024, and we are now, with your support via donations, ready to donate mobile and adjustable JASMA Healthcare Planters, expressly developed to meet the needs of people with reduced mobility in long term care and heath facilities.
The JASMA Healthcare Planter serves multiple purposes:
"We are grateful for the Foundation’s donation of a JASMA Healthcare Planter. As the Montessori Program lead at our Centre, I worked with male residents to plant and get their hands in the dirt. Even though their cognition isn't what it used to be, it was wonderful to see them put their gardening skills to work, something that has brought and continues to bring them so much joy. Each day, we make a point to visit the planter to take care of the hard work they've done."
The Forget For A Moment Foundation extends its heartfelt gratitude to all the healthcare professionals and organizations who supported this initiative and contributed to the development of the JASMA Health Planter:
- Éric Gagnon, CHSLD Lionel-Émond
- Kim Morin, CHSLD Aylmer
- Marc-Antoine Dumont, CHSLD Ernest-Brisson
- Sophie Bonin, Centre d'hébergement La Pieta
- Joanie Doucet, CHSLD Benjamin-Victor-Rousselot
- Gracita Pickering-Bourdeau, CHSLD Benjamin-Victor-Rousselot
- Franck Camus, CIUSSS EIM
- Marie-Sophie Vincent, Centre d’hébergement De Lajemmerais
We also thank the Integrated Health and Social Services Centre Outaouais (CISSSO), the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal (CIUSSS EIM), and the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de la Montérégie-Est (CISSSME).
Special appreciation goes to the Montréal Botanical Garden, Space For Life, for their support.
A very special thank you to our Founder, Jeannine Lafrenière, who initiated and managed the development of the JASMA Healthcare Planter.
Special thanks to Angela Nauleau-Javaudin of the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine, who has been involved in this innovative project from the very beginning (May 2021) and created the initial prototype of the JASMA Healthcare Planter.
We are also deeply grateful to the team at DKDI Inc., who believed in this project and ensured the development of a high-quality JASMA Health Planter, now ready to bring the healing power of nature to long-term care centers and healthcare facilities.
And, finally, thank you to MV Industrie of France, manufacturers of the inner part of the JASMA Healthcare Planter, for their invaluable advice, free of charge, on how to build the planter's interior.
Yes. If you would like to make a donation by mail, download, print and fill out the Individual Mail-In Donation Form. Afterwards, mail the completed form and your cheque or money order at the following address:
Forget For A Moment Foundation
211 Russell Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7X6
Your cheque or money order must be made out to:
Forget For A Moment Foundation.
Our registered charity number is 820767887 RR 0001.
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