13-R282
2013 -- H 6117
Enacted 05/15/13
H O U S E R E S
O L U T I O N
PROCLAIMING MAY
9, 2013, AS "RHODE ISLAND HOME CARE AND HOSPICEDAY"
Introduced By: Representatives Naughton, McNamara, Azzinaro, Fellela, and Slater
Date Introduced: May 15, 2013
WHEREAS, Licensed home care agencies provide a variety of
high-quality health care
services to Rhode Islanders in their home; and
WHEREAS, Home care is
the preferred setting for home care delivery among our state’s
elderly, disabled, and chronically ill as they strive to live
independently in the comfort of their
own homes and their own communities for as long as they
are able; and
WHEREAS, Home care
allows families to stay together and provides for stronger health,
dignity, and comfort within our communities; and
WHEREAS, Home care is
the most cost-effective health care delivery setting versus
hospitalization and other institutional-based health care settings
for acute and chronic conditions;
and
WHEREAS, Our state’s unsung workforce of home care aides, nurses,
social workers,
and therapists work tirelessly to provide 24-hour
clinical support, palliative care, and daily living
assistance to Rhode Islanders in need of quality health care
services in their home and deserve to
be recognized, supported, and applauded; and
WHEREAS, Hospice care
provides humane and comforting support for terminally ill
patients and their families, including pain management, social
emotional support, and spiritual
guidance during the final months, weeks, days, and hours of
life; and
WHEREAS, Hospice care
provides the final piece in the full circle of life by providing
for the basic human needs of comfort in familiar
surroundings by a community of care that attains
physical and emotional peace during our last days; and
WHEREAS, The Rhode
Island Partnership for Home Care is the state’s unified voice for
home care and hospice services that demands that its
members provide the highest quality of
health care service delivery to all Rhode Islanders in need;
and
WHEREAS, It is critical to support those in need of health care in
the home and those
who strive to maintain their ability to continue to live
in our communities for as long as they are
able; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED,
That this House of Representatives of the State of
Providence Plantations
hereby recognizes May 9, 2013, as Rhode Island Home Care and Hospice
Day; and be it further
RESOLVED,
That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized
to and directed to
transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to the
Secretary of the Rhode Island Executive
Office of Health and Human
Services, the Director of the
Services, the Director of
the Rhode Island Department of Health, the Director of the
Division of Elderly
Affairs, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Behavioral
Healthcare, Developmental
Disabilities, and Hospitals, and the President of the
Partnership
for Home Care.
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