HomeMy WebLinkAboutHome Care Week_11.25.1990rJ
CITY OF GEORGETOWN
1)R0CLAIIIATION
WHEREAS, citizens of un ages and economic levels ar•e concerned about high-qualily,
alTordable, long-term health care. horse care provides u wide r -rnge of these needed health
and supportive services to the ill, elderly, disabled and infirm in their own horses. The
concept of horse erre is the oldest and most enduring; t-rrclitiort of health services delivery in
the United States of America; and
WHEREAS, surveys show that most people prefer to receive medical care and related
supportive services in their own homes. There is also a significant and growing body of
evidence that home care services stimulate quicker and fuller recoveries and improvements
than comparable services within institutions; and
WHE'RI:AS, home cure allows our disabled and chronically ill citizens of all ages to remain
with their loved ones in surroundings that are familiar and comfortable. In so doing, home
care helps preserve one of the country's most important social values, keeping; families
together; and
WHEREAS, as our citizens require more in-home care, Georgetown's home care agencies
are meeting; that challenge. Home care agencies are providing services ranging from
assistance with personal care to high-tech intravenous drat; therapies; and
WHEREAS, EREAS, with rapidly rising; health cure costs, home care orrers a practical means of
providing health care and related services to those who desperately need them. 133' offering
these services in the home, we can treat our elderly, disabled, and chronically ill population
comfortably, cost-eli'ectively, and with high-quality, isdividtialized health erre and supportive
services.
NOW 1'IIERI:FORE, I, 111 LL C0NN0R, MAYOR OIC T1IE CI"1-Y 0 F (;I:OR(pETOWN,
TEXAS, do hereby proclaim the week of November 25 through December 1, 1990, as
HOME CARE `VEEK
in the City ol'.Georgetown, Texas. I urge our citizens to recognize the efrorts of bonne care
providers, unci the families and friends of the elderly and disabled, who provide such
important services in the horse.
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Mayor
Attest: , ty Secretary