SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 352
         WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to
  welcome members of the Texas Association for Home Care and
  Hospice and to recognize Home Care and Hospice Awareness Day; and
         WHEREAS, Home care services provide high quality and
  compassionate health care services to those in need and are
  especially helpful during community or individual health
  crises; and
         WHEREAS, Home care is the most preferred method of health
  care delivery among disabled, elderly, and chronically ill
  individuals who are eager to live independently in their own
  homes as long as they possibly can; and
         WHEREAS, Home care in Texas is a growing alternative to
  hospitalization or other institution-based forms of health care
  for those who suffer from acute and chronic illnesses; home care
  services are provided to hundreds of thousands of Texans each
  year; and
         WHEREAS, Hospice care provides humane and comforting
  support for terminally ill patients and their families; hospice
  care includes pain control, palliative medical care, and social,
  emotional, and spiritual services; and
         WHEREAS, Hospice fulfills the basic human need of feeling
  comfortable in familiar surroundings and of attaining physical
  and emotional peace during the last stage of life; and
         WHEREAS, There is a growing need to increase public
  discussion about the advances in pain control and the care
  options available to individuals of all ages, races, and
  backgrounds who are at the end of life; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
  Legislature, hereby proclaim March 13, 2019, Home Care and Hospice
  Awareness Day and encourage the support and participation of all
  citizens in learning more about home care and hospice care for the
  elderly, disabled, and the terminally ill.
 
  Seliger
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on March 13, 2019.
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate