H.R. No. 576
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, With the aging of the American population, many
    1-2  families have been devastated by the need to institutionalize their
    1-3  loved ones because community-based services were not available to
    1-4  meet their family members' pressing physical or emotional needs
    1-5  while allowing them to remain in their homes; and
    1-6        WHEREAS, To this end, adult day-care centers have emerged as
    1-7  a viable alternative to nursing home care, and their existence has
    1-8  had a positive influence on the lives of both center participants
    1-9  and the members of their families; and
   1-10        WHEREAS, Designed to meet the individual needs of
   1-11  functionally impaired adults, such centers provide crucial relief
   1-12  to countless individuals each day, enabling caregivers to pursue
   1-13  their careers and to get the respite they need from the often
   1-14  crushing demands that can accompany caring for an ill, confused, or
   1-15  disabled loved one; and
   1-16        WHEREAS, While assisting caregivers, adult day-care centers
   1-17  also help to stimulate center participants by providing them with
   1-18  an outlet for social interaction with their peers, which in turn
   1-19  gives structure and meaning to their days; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, At the present time, more than 4,500 elderly and
   1-21  frail Texans are receiving much-needed services from the 144 adult
   1-22  day-care centers filling this vital role in Texas today, and by
   1-23  providing their participants with a wide variety of health, social,
   1-24  and support services in a protective setting, these centers have
    2-1  greatly enhanced the lives of a significant portion of the state's
    2-2  population; it is fitting that this worthy industry be honored for
    2-3  providing our state's frail and disabled citizens with the care and
    2-4  attention they so richly deserve; now, therefore, be it
    2-5        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
    2-6  Legislature hereby recognize April 11, 1995, as Adult Day Care Day
    2-7  in Texas and encourage all Texans to explore this concept as a
    2-8  positive alternative to nursing home care; and, be it further
    2-9        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-10  prepared for the Adult Day Care Association of Texas as an
   2-11  expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives.