HomeMy WebLinkAbout2005-11-01 Proclamation CITY OF IOWA CITY
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care provide patients and families the
highest quality pain management and symptom control, caregiver training
and assistance, and emotional and spiritual support, most often delivered in
the home, allowing patients to live fully up until the final moments,
surrounded and supported by loved ones, friends, and committed caregivers;
WHEREAS, last year, more than one million Americans living with life-
limiting illness, and their families, received care from the 3,300 hosPice and
palliative care programs in communities throughout the United States;
WHEREAS, professional and compassionate hospice staff and trained
volunteers including physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists,
counselors, health aides, and clergy--provide comprehensive care making
the wishes of each patient a priority;
WHEREAS, providing high-quality hospice and palliative care reaffirms
our belief in the essential dignity of every person, regardless of age, health,
or social stares, and that every stage of human life deserves to be treated
with the utmost respect and care;
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;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest W. Lehman, Mayor of the City of Iowa
City, Iowa do hereby proclaim November 2005 to be
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.
Mayor
Signed in Iowa City, Iowa
this 1st day of November, 2005
CITY OF IOWA CITY
PROCLAMATION
, hospice and palliative care provide patients and families the
hi quality pain management and symptom control, caregiver training
and as :ance, and emotional and spiritual.support, most often delivered in
the home. lowing patients to live fully up until the final moments,
surrounded supported by loved ones, friends, and committed ~regivers;
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WHEREAS, s~ear, more than one million Americans living/with life-
limiting illness, an~,heir families, received Care from the 3,30/0 hospice and
palliative care i rogra~n communities throughout the Uni~d States;
WHEREAS, professiona~nd compassionate hospice staf~and ~ained
volunteers including phys~ians, nurses, social workers/therapists,
counselors, health_aide, s, apd N,.ergy--provide compreh/gfisive care making
the wishes of each patient/~pri~Sq~it3.
WHEREAS, providing high-Xq~l~l ~ hospice and p~iative care reaffirms
our belief in the essential dignity& every person/~egardless of age, health,
or social status, and that every stag ~f human/life deserves to be treated
with the utmost respect and care;
WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care encourage all people to
learn more about options offcare and to their wishes with family, loved
ones, and their healthcare professionalSi
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Ernest W'i Lehman,of the City of Iowa
City, Iowa do hereby proclai,.rn N6'~vember 2005 to
National Hosni ce/Palliative .re Month
~r
and encourage citizens t~ncrease their understanding n( awareness of ca e
at the end of life and to/o/observe this month with >ro :i~ activities and
programs. ~
Mayor
Signed in Iowa City', Iowa
this lst day of November, 2005