HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 10-27 November National Hospice Pallative Care Month CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
OFFICE OF THE MAYOR
PROCLAMATION
National Hospice Palliative Care Month — November 2014
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care empower people to live as fully as
possible, surrounded and supported by family and loved ones, despite serious and life-
limiting illness; and
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care bring patients and family caregivers the
highest quality care delivered by an interdisciplinary team of skilled professionals that
includes physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, counselors, health aides,
spiritual care providers and others who make the wishes of each patient and family a
priority; and
WHEREAS, through pain management and symptom control, caregiver training
and assistance, and emotional and spiritual support, allowing patients to live fully up
until the final moments, surrounded and supported by the faces of loved ones, friends,
and committed caregivers; and
WHEREAS, Each year, hospice saves Medicare more than $2 billion by
providing solutions for physicians, care to patients and comfort to families anywhere, at
any time; and
WHEREAS, every year more than 1.65 million Americans living with life-limiting
illness, and their families, received care from the nation's hospice programs in
communities throughout the United States; and
WHEREAS, more than 450,000 trained volunteers contribute 21 million hours of
service to hospice program annually; and
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care providers encourage all people to learn
more about options of care and to share their wishes with family, loved ones, and their
healthcare professionals; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that I, Joe Flaherty, Mayor of the City of
Mounds View, Ramsey County, Minnesota, by virtue of the authority vested in me do
hereby proclaim November 2014 as National Hospice Palliative Care Month and
encourage citizens to increase their understanding and awareness of care at the end of
life and to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
27T" day of October, 2014.
oe Flaherty,
(seal)