31-home-health-careProclamation 2003-31
WHEREAS home care and hospice 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 and hospice are 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 and hospice services allows families to stay together, and provide for greater health, dignity and comfort in our communities; and
WHEREAS home care and hospice in the United States are growing alternatives to hospitalization or other institution-based forms of health care for acute, chronic and terminal illnesses,
providing care to millions of Americans each year; and
WHEREAS thousands of everyday heroes such as home care and hospice nurses, therapists and aides work tirelessly to provide professional health and palliative care and support to millions
of Americans in need of quality health services; and
WHEREAS these dedicated home care and hospice professionals and volunteers form a support network that continues to play a vital role in health care delivery for our nation's disabled,
infirm and aging population; and
WHEREAS The City of Huntsville, the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and thousands of home care and hospice agencies across the United States have declared the month of
November 2003 as National Home Care Month and National Hospice Month and are calling on all Americans to observe these occasions with appropriate ceremonies and activities;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the power vested in me as Mayor of the
City of Huntsville, Texas that:
November 2003
be declared:
HOME CARE MONTH and HOSPICE MONTH
in the City of Huntsville.
BE IT FURTHER PROCLAIMED that all businesses, public and private agencies, media, religious and educational institutions are called upon to join with the City in the promotion of Home
Care Month and Hospice Month, encouraging the support and participation of all citizens in learning more about the home care and hospice concepts of care for the elderly, disabled, and
infirm.
PROCLAIMED AND SIGNED on this the 11th day of November 2003.
THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
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KARL DAVIDSON, MAYOR