Proclamation Hospice Care Month
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PROCLAMA TION
WHEREAS, hospice care provides patients and families the highest quality care during
life-limiting illness and at the end of life, 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, last year, more than one million Americans living with life-limiting illness, and
their families, received care from the 4,100 hospice care programs in
communities throughout the United States; and
WHEREAS, professional and compassionate hospice staff-including physicians, nurses,
social workers, therapists, counselors, health aides, and clergy-provide
comprehensive care focused on the wishes of each individual patient; and
WHEREAS, more than 400,000 trained volunteers contribute 18 million hours of service to
hospice program annually; and
WHEREAS, providing high-quality hospice care reaffirms our belief in the essential dignity
of every person, regardless of age, health, or social status, and that every
stage of human life deserves to be treated with utmost respect and care; and
WHEREAS, hospice 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;
NOW THEREFORE, I, ROY D. BUOL, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA DO
HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER AS:
"HOSPICE CARE MONTH"
IN DUBUQUE, IOWA 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 THEREOF, I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the Great Seal of the City of
Dubuque, IA to be affixed this 6th day of
November, 2006.
Roy D. Buol, Mayor
Attest:
Jeanne F. Schneider, City Clerk