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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

PROCLAIMING MAY 29, 2012, AS "HOME CARE AND HOSPICE DAY AT THE STATE

HOUSE 2012" IN THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

     Introduced By: Senators Perry, Crowley, Metts, and Walaska

     Date Introduced: May 29, 2012

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, Home care services provide high quality and compassionate health care

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services to those in need, especially at times of community or personal health care crisis; and

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     WHEREAS, Home care is the most preferred method of health care delivery among

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disabled, elderly, and chronically ill individuals eager to live independently in their own homes as

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long as they possibly can; and

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     WHEREAS, Home care allows families to stay together and provides for greater health,

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dignity, and comfort in our communities; and

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     WHEREAS, Home care is a growing alternative to hospitalization or other institution-

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based forms of health care for acute and chronic illnesses, providing care to millions of

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Americans each year; and

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     WHEREAS, Thousands of everyday heroes such as home care nurses, therapists, and

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aides work tirelessly to provide professional help and palliative care and support to millions of

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Americans in need of quality health services; 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 control, palliative medical care, and social, emotional,

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and spiritual services; and

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     WHEREAS, Hospice fulfills the basic human needs of feeling comfortable in familiar

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surroundings and of attaining physical and emotional peace during the last stage of life; and

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     WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care, which represents the voice of

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home care and hospice care, has declared that Health Care is Coming Home; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby recognizes May 29, 2012, as “Home Care and Hospice Day at the State House 2012” in

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Rhode Island; and be it further

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

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transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mary Benway, President of the Rhode Island

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Partnership for Home Care.

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