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