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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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

PROCLAIMING MAY 9, 2013, AS "RHODE ISLAND HOME CARE AND HOSPICE DAY"

     Introduced By: Senators Doyle, Paiva Weed, Satchell, Lombardi, and Sheehan

     Date Introduced: May 09, 2013

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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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 Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby recognizes May 9, 2013, as Rhode Island Home Care and Hospice 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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