38-A Pineywoods-homehealth
PROCLAMATION NO. 2007-38
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 services allows families to stay together and provide for greater health, dignity and comfort in our communities; and
WHEREAS, Home care in the United States 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 health and palliative care and support to millions of Americans
in need of quality health services; and
WHEREAS, These dedicated home care 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, A Pineywoods Home Health Care, Inc., the National Association for Home Care & Hospice, and thousands of home care agencies across the United States have declared the month
of November 2007 as National Home Care Month;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT HEREBY PROCLAIMED, by the power vested in me as the
Mayor of the City of Huntsville, that
NOVEMBER, 2007
be designated as:
HOME CARE MONTH
in the City of Huntsville and encourage 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 this the 29th day of November, 2007.
____________________________ J. TURNER, MAYOR