Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:      Home care and hospice services provide high quality and compassionate health care services to those in need, especially at times of community or personal health care crisis; and

WHEREAS:      Home care and hospice services allows families to stay together and provides for greater health, dignity, and comfort in our communities; and

WHEREAS:      Home care and hospice in the United States are growing alternatives to hospitalization or other institution-based forms of health care for acute, chronic, and terminal illnesses, providing care to millions of Americans each year; and

WHEREAS:      Thousands of everyday heroes such as home care and hospice nurses, therapists, and aides work tirelessly to provide professional health and palliative care and support to millions of Americans in need of quality health services; and

WHEREAS:      These dedicated home care and hospice professionals and volunteers from a support network that continues to play a vital role in health care delivery for our nation’s disabled, infirm, and aging population; and

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Mike Amyx, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the month of November as

“NATIONAL HOME CARE MONTH”

and

“NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH”

in Lawrence and encourage the support and participation of all citizens in learning more about the home care and hospice concepts of care for the elderly, disabled, and infirm.

                                                                                    Mike Amyx

                                                                                    Mayor

November 7, 2006