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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING MAY 7, 2015, AS "RHODE ISLAND HOME CARE AND HOSPICE DAY"

     

     Introduced By: Representatives O'Brien, Slater, Diaz, Marshall, and McKiernan

     Date Introduced: May 07, 2015

     Referred To: House read and passed

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     WHEREAS, Home healthcare agencies licensed by the Rhode Island Department of

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Health as home care providers, home nursing care providers, and hospice providers deliver a

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variety of high quality healthcare services to Rhode Islanders in their homes; and

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     WHEREAS, Home is the preferred setting for healthcare service delivery among our

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state’s elderly, disabled, and chronically ill as they strive to live independently in the comfort of

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their own homes and their own communities for as long as they are able to safely; and

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     WHEREAS, Home healthcare allows families to stay together and provides for stronger

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health, dignity, and comfort within our communities; and

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     WHEREAS, Home healthcare is the most cost-effective healthcare service delivery

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setting versus hospitals, nursing homes, and other institutional-based healthcare settings for acute

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and chronic conditions care; and

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     WHEREAS, Hospice care provides humane and comforting support for terminally ill

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patients and their families, including pain management, social-emotional support, and spiritual

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guidance during the final months, weeks, days, and hours of life; and

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     WHEREAS, Hospice care provides for the final piece in the full circle of life by

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providing for the basic human needs of comfort in familiar surroundings by a community of care

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that attains physical and emotional peace during the last stage of life; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care is "Advancing quality

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healthcare at home" as it demands of its provider member agencies and their staff to provide the

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highest quality of healthcare service delivery to all Rhode Islanders in need; now, therefore be it

 

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     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and

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Providence Plantations hereby proclaims May 7, 2015, as "Rhode Island Home Care and Hospice

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Day"; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this House hereby supports access to quality healthcare services in the

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home in order to provide Rhode Islanders with the ability to continue to live in our communities

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for as long as they are able to do so safely; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That this House hereby recognizes, supports, and applauds our state’s

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unsung workforce of home healthcare aides, nurses, social workers, and therapists that work

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tirelessly to provide 24-hour clinical support, palliative care, homemaking, and daily living

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assistance to Rhode Islanders in need of quality healthcare services in their homes; and be it

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further

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     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the Secretary of the Rhode Island Executive

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Office of Health and Human Services, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Human

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Services, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Health, the Director of the Rhode Island

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Division of Elderly Affairs, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral

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Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities, and Hospitals, and the President of the Rhode Island

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Partnership for Home Care.

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