HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 11-01-1993 - IV-C ORANGE COUNTY
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Action Agenda
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ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT
Meeting Date: November 1, 1993
SUBJECT: PROCLAMATION DESIGNATING NOVEMBER 28 THROUGH DECEMBER 4, 1993 AS
HOME HEALTH WEEK IN ORANGE COUNTY
DEPARTMENT: COUNTY COMMISSIONERS PUBLIC HEARING YES: NO: X
ATTACHMENT(S) : YES-PROCLAMATION INFORMATION CONTACT: MOSES CAREY,JR.
TELEPHONE NUMBER -
Hillsborough - 732-8181
Chapel Hill - 968-5401
Durham - 688-7331
Mebane - 227-2031
PURPOSE: To proclaim November 28 through December 4, 1993 as Home Health
Week in Orange County.
BACKGROUND: President Clinton and the Congress of the United States have
declared the week of November 28 through December 4, 1993 as National Home
Care Week. In addition, Governor James B. Hunt has issued a proclamation
declaring that week as Home Care Week in North Carolina. The Home Health
Agency of Chapel Hill has requested that the County Commissioners issue a
proclamation on behalf of National Home Care Week.
The Home Health Agency of Chapel Hill, Inc. , a not-for-profit agency, has
been providing home health care in Orange County since 1970. This year
their 350+ employees, including nurses, therapists, medical social workers
and home health aides, will provide home health care services to over
2, 200 community residents. To celebrate Home Care Week and the Agency's
relocation to their new building, they will have an Open House
Celebration on Wednesday, December 1, 1993 starting at 4 : 00 p.m.
RECOMMENDATION(S) : Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the proclamation
proclaiming November 28 through December 4 , 1993 as "National Home Care
Week" in Orange County.
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DATE ITEM --.2.---e: // P R O C L A M A T I O N
National Home Care Week
WHEREAS, the citizens of Orange County have benefited from the
advantages of home care for decades. As an alternative to
institutional care, home care fosters a sense of independence and
self-respect by affording patients the right to receive services in
the comfort of their homes, with the reassurance and companionship
of family and friends, and
WHEREAS, through the dedication and caring of Orange County
home care providers and caregivers, a wide variety of home care
services are available to our citizens. Home care allows quality
care to be brought to all those in need: the young and old,
indigent and wealthy, urban and rural. By caring for the
individual at home, home care not only strengthens the family bond,
but serves as a cost-effective method of care by avoiding
unnecessary institutional care, and
WHEREAS, home care providers are recognized for their
meaningful work with our ill and disabled citizens. Through the
special relationships formed between patient and caregiver, a
better quality of life and sense of dignity are achieved by many
Orange County residents each year,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orange County Board of
Commissioners, do hereby proclaim November 28 through December 4,
1993 as "National Home Care Week" in Orange County and urge our
citizens to recognize the efforts of home care providers and the
families and friends of the elderly and disabled who provide
important services in the home.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hands and affixed the
seal of Orange County, this First Day of November, Nineteen Hundred
and Ninety-Three.
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Moses Carey, Jr. , Chai
Orange County Board o. •mmissioners