12-R321
2012 -- S 3021
Enacted 05/29/15
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
Introduced
By: Senators Perry,
Date Introduced: May 29, 2012
WHEREAS, Home care
services provide high quality and compassionate health care
services to those in need, especially at times of community or
personal health care crisis; and
WHEREAS, Home care is
the most preferred method of health care delivery among
disabled, elderly, and chronically ill individuals eager to
live independently in their own homes as
long as they possibly can; and
WHEREAS, Home care
allows families to stay together and provides for greater health,
dignity, and comfort in our communities; and
WHEREAS, Home care is a
growing alternative to hospitalization or other institution-
based forms of health care for acute and chronic illnesses,
providing care to millions of
Americans each year; and
WHEREAS, Thousands of
everyday heroes such as home care nurses, therapists, and
aides work tirelessly to provide professional help and
palliative care and support to millions of
Americans in need of quality health services; and
WHEREAS, Hospice care
provides humane and comforting support for terminally ill
patients and their families, including pain control,
palliative medical care, and social, emotional,
and spiritual services; and
WHEREAS, Hospice fulfills
the basic human needs of feeling comfortable in familiar
surroundings and of attaining physical and emotional peace during
the last stage of life; and
WHEREAS, The Rhode
Island Partnership for Home Care, which represents the voice of
home care and hospice care, has declared that Health Care
is Coming Home; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this Senate of the State of
hereby recognizes May 29, 2012, as “Home Care and Hospice
Day at the State House 2012” in
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and he hereby is
authorized and directed to
transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mary Benway, President of the
Partnership
for Home Care.
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