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CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW <br />OFFICE OF THE MAYOR <br />PROCLAMATION <br /> <br />National Hospice Palliative Care Month – November 2014 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care empower people to live as fully as <br />possible, surrounded and supported by family and loved ones, despite serious and life- <br />limiting illness; and <br />WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care bring patients and family caregivers the <br />highest quality care delivered by an interdisciplinary team of skilled professionals that <br />includes physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, counselors, health aides, <br />spiritual care providers and others who make the wishes of each patient and family a <br />priority; and <br />WHEREAS, through pain management and symptom control, caregiver training <br />and assistance, and emotional and spiritual support, allowing patients to live fully up <br />until the final moments, surrounded and supported by the faces of loved ones, friends, <br />and committed caregivers; and <br />WHEREAS, Each year, hospice saves Medicare more than $2 billion by <br />providing solutions for physicians, care to patients and comfort to families anywhere, at <br />any time; and <br />WHEREAS, every year more than 1.65 million Americans living with life-limiting <br />illness, and their families, received care from the nation’s hospice programs in <br />communities throughout the United States; and <br />WHEREAS, more than 450,000 trained volunteers contribute 21 million hours of <br />service to hospice program annually; and <br />WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care providers encourage all people to learn <br />more about options of care and to share their wishes with family, loved ones, and their <br />healthcare professionals; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Joe Flaherty, Mayor of the City of <br />Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota, by virtue of the authority vested in me do <br />hereby proclaim November 2014 as National Hospice Palliative Care Month and <br />encourage citizens to increase their understanding and awareness of care at the end of <br />life and to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs. <br /> <br />IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this <br />27TH day of October, 2014. <br /> ________________________________________________ <br />Joe Flaherty, Mayor <br /> <br />(seal)