PRINTER'S NO. 778
No. 112 Session of 2005
INTRODUCED BY WENGER, MADIGAN, ARMSTRONG, BRIGHTBILL, THOMPSON,
MELLOW, WONDERLING, BOSCOLA, RHOADES, PUNT, FERLO, PIPPY,
EARLL, C. WILLIAMS, ERICKSON, STOUT, KITCHEN, LEMMOND,
GORDNER, PILEGGI, RAFFERTY, D. WHITE, ORIE, O'PAKE, CONTI,
FUMO, TARTAGLIONE, KASUNIC, MUSTO, LAVALLE, LOGAN, COSTA,
GREENLEAF, WOZNIAK, STACK AND ROBBINS, MAY 4, 2005
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MAY 4, 2005
A RESOLUTION
1 Declaring that May 8 through 14, 2005, be observed as "National
2 Nursing Home Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Skilled nursing facilities throughout the nation are
4 observing "National Nursing Home Week"; and
5 WHEREAS, The dedicated professionals who work in nursing
6 homes provide critical services in the continuum of long-term
7 care for many citizens of this Commonwealth; and
8 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania has more than 1.9 million people over
9 65 years of age, representing approximately 16% of this
10 Commonwealth's population; and
11 WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is the third oldest state in the nation
12 by percentage of those 65 years of age and older; and
13 WHEREAS, There are 82,000 frail, elderly and disabled
14 Pennsylvanians residing in this Commonwealth's 732 nursing
15 homes; and
16 WHEREAS, It is appropriate that nursing homes in this
1 Commonwealth join the nation to observe "National Nursing Home
2 Week"; therefore be it
3 RESOLVED, That the Senate declare that May 8 through 14,
4 2005, be observed as "National Nursing Home Week" in
5 Pennsylvania and urge all citizens to join in recognizing the
6 significant contributions of nursing facilities and caregivers
7 in this Commonwealth and beyond.
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