ENROLLED
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 24
BY REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT JOHNSON
A RESOLUTION
To designate Wednesday, March 23, 2016, as AARP Louisiana Caregiver Day at the state
capitol.
WHEREAS, Louisiana ranks thirty-seventh in the nation for support of unpaid family
caregivers; and
WHEREAS, an estimated six hundred twenty-seven thousand family caregivers in
Louisiana provide care to adult relatives or friends, with the economic value of this care
estimated to be roughly five billion seven hundred million dollars annually; and
WHEREAS, almost all older adults who need assistance with the activities of daily
living wish to remain in their homes and communities as they age; and
WHEREAS, almost three-fourths of older people who live in a community and who
receive personal assistance rely exclusively on unpaid caregivers for help.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby designate Wednesday, March 23, 2016, as AARP
Louisiana Caregiver Day at the state capitol.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to Andrew Muhl, director of advocacy at AARP Louisiana.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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