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2013 -- H 6117 | |
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LC02617 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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PROCLAIMING MAY 9, 2013, AS "RHODE ISLAND HOME CARE AND HOSPICE DAY" | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Naughton, McNamara, Azzinaro, Fellela, and Slater | |
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Date Introduced: May 15, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, Licensed home care agencies provide a variety of high-quality health care |
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services to Rhode Islanders in their home; and |
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WHEREAS, Home care is the preferred setting for home care delivery among our state’s |
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elderly, disabled, and chronically ill as they strive to live independently in the comfort of their |
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own homes and their own communities for as long as they are able; and |
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WHEREAS, Home care allows families to stay together and provides for stronger health, |
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dignity, and comfort within our communities; and |
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WHEREAS, Home care is the most cost-effective health care delivery setting versus |
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hospitalization and other institutional-based health care settings for acute and chronic conditions; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Our state’s unsung workforce of home care aides, nurses, social workers, |
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and therapists work tirelessly to provide 24-hour clinical support, palliative care, and daily living |
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assistance to Rhode Islanders in need of quality health care services in their home and deserve to |
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be recognized, supported, and applauded; 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 the final piece in the full circle of life by providing |
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for the basic human needs of comfort in familiar surroundings by a community of care that attains |
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physical and emotional peace during our last days; and |
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WHEREAS, The Rhode Island Partnership for Home Care is the state’s unified voice for |
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home care and hospice services that demands that its members provide the highest quality of |
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health care service delivery to all Rhode Islanders in need; and |
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WHEREAS, It is critical to support those in need of health care in the home and those |
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who strive to maintain their ability to continue to live in our communities for as long as they are |
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able; 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 recognizes May 9, 2013, as Rhode Island Home Care and Hospice |
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Day; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized to 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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