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WHEREAS, hospice and palliative care prov 'Ides patients and families the highest quality,
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care during life -limiting illness and at the end of life, through pain management and'
symptom control, care 'ver training and assistance, and emotional and spiritual support
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allowing patients to live fully up until the final moments, surrounded and supported b
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WHEREAS, last year, more than 1.2 million Americans living with life -limiting Illness,
and their families, received care from the 4,000 hospice and palliative care programs in
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WHEREAS, professional and compassionate hospice staff including physicians,
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and clergy —
nurses, social workers, therapists, counselors', health aides,, provide
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comprehensive care focused on the wishes of each *individual patient-
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HEREAS, more than 400,000 trained volunteers contribute 18 million hours of service j
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to hospice programs annually;
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td WHEREAS, providing high -quality hospice and palliative care reaffmms our belief in the
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essential d'gnity of every person, regardless of age, health, or soci *al •
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stage of human life deserves to be treated with the utmost respect and care;
WHEREAS, hospice and paffiative care prov*ders encourage all people to learn more
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healthcare professionals;
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NOW, THEREFORE, 1, Parnela B. Kennedy, Mayor of the City of Kalispell, do hereby
proclaim the month of November, 2006 as
;� ry. r - `r r NATIONAL. HOSPICE/PALLIATIVE CARE MONTH � { �,�,� �,:
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DATED this 6th day of November, 2006.
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