PRINTER'S NO. 4246
No. 423 Session of 1992
INTRODUCED BY SAURMAN, NOVEMBER 23, 1992
ADOPTED, NOVEMBER 23, 1992
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the valuable service performed by home health care
2 agencies.
3 WHEREAS, Home health care is a vital health care service
4 available to citizens of this Commonwealth; and
5 WHEREAS, Home health care services are given to patients
6 regardless of their race, religion, nationality or ability to
7 pay; and
8 WHEREAS, Home health care services enable patients to be
9 treated at home, thereby keeping family members together; and
10 WHEREAS, Home health care fosters more rapid recovery,
11 earlier hospital discharge and reduced admissions to
12 institutions; and
13 WHEREAS, Most persons prefer to remain with their families in
14 the comfort and security of their homes; and
15 WHEREAS, The number and variety of treatments and therapies
16 available to patients in their homes is increasing; and
17 WHEREAS, There is growing evidence that home health care is
1 an economical means of treating patients; therefore be it
2 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives proclaim November
3 29 through December 5, 1992, as "Home Health Care Week" and ask
4 the citizens of this Commonwealth to do likewise in recognition
5 and appreciation of the valuable service provided by home health
6 care agencies.
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