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WHEREAS, home care is the oldest and most humane tradition of health service in
the United States, enabling the ill and disabled to receive high-quality medical assistance and
retain a sense of dignity and independence in the comfort of their own homes; and
WHEREAS, home care in the United States is a growing alternative to hospitalization
for acute and chronic illnesses, with an estimated expenditure of $23 billion for services to
more than seven million Americans; and
WHEREAS, more than 15,027 American home care agencies deliver cost-effective
skilled nursing, home care aid and social services, and physical, occupational, and speech
therapies that stimulate quicker and fuller recoveries and improvements than institutional
care; and
WHEREAS, the President of the United States and United States Congress have
declared the period commencing on November 27, 1994 and ending on December 3, 1994 as
National Home Care Week and are calling on all Americans to observe this occasion with
appropriate ceremonies and activities; and
WHEREAS, the President of the World Organization for Care in the Home and
Hospice has designated this same period as World Home Care Week, recognizing that aging
populations around the world are increasing the demand for home care services and a
universal understanding of the issues surrounding them;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that I, Robert A. Pool do hereby
proclaim November 27, 1994 through December 3, 1994, as
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in the City of Clermont and urge all of our citizens to support the home care profession in its
efforts to provide safe, affordable, and comfortable health care in the homes of our elderly,
disabled, and infirm.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Clermont to be affixed at Clermont this 22nd day of November, 1994.
ATTEST:
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Ann Whitlock, Deputy City Clerk
A. POOL, MAYOR