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<br /> <br />Office of the County Supervisor <br />Hall County <br /> <br />20000493 <br /> <br /> <br />National Hospice Month <br />Hospice Care: Comfort and Compassion When It's Needed Most <br />November 2000 <br /> <br />Proclamation <br /> <br />Whereas, there are nearly 40 million seniors in the U.S. In the next 30 years, that number is <br />expected to double, as baby boomers reach age 65. Considering the discussions taking place in the media, <br />online and in other areas, these boomers will place importance on dying well, just as they have emphasized <br />living well. <br /> <br />Whereas, Americans are focused on spas and wellness, on natural childbirth and living well. <br />Despite that focus, too many Americans still die alone or in pain-and, in the process, are enduring costly and <br />effective treatments. <br /> <br />Whereas, National Hospice Foundation research on end-of-life care found that Americans are more <br />willing to talk about safe sex and drugs with their children than to discuss end-of-life care with their <br />terminally ill parents. Only 24% of Americans put into writing how they want to be cared for at the end of <br />life. A substantial proportion, 19% have not thought about end-of-life care at all, while 16% have thought <br />about it, but not told anyone their wished. <br /> <br />Whereas, more than 40,000 professionals and 150,000 volunteers provide comforting and <br />supportive hospice services to nearly 700,000 patients and their families in an estimated 3,100 hospice <br />programs throughout the United States; <br /> <br />Whereas, hospice provides the quality care that allows people to live well at the end oflife; <br /> <br />Whereas, Tabitha Health Care Services, St Francis Home HealthlHospice, Option Care and Home <br />Care & Companions, have joined the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, and an estimated <br />3,100 other hospice programs to commemorate November 2000 as National Hospice Month and call on all <br />Americans to observe this occasion with appropriate ceremonies and activities; <br /> <br />Now, therefore, be it resolved that I, Richard Hartman, Chairperson, do hereby proclaim <br />November 2000 as <br /> <br />NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH <br /> <br />in the county of Hall and encourage the support and participation of all citizens in learning more about the <br />hospice concept of care for patients with terminal illness and their families. <br /> <br /> <br />In Witness whereof I have hereunto set <br />my hand and caused this seal to be affIxed, <br /> <br />/!~dP ~ <br />Richard Hartman, hairperson <br /> <br />