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
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on March 13, 2019.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate