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BOOK 10 7 PACE 445 <br />Chairman Tippin requested the addition of 5.B., a Proclamation concerning National <br />Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. <br />ON MOTION by Commissioner Ginn, SECONDED BY <br />Commissioner Macht, the Board unanimously (3-0, <br />Commissioner Adams and Commissioner Eggert absent) added <br />and deleted items as requested above. <br />5.A. PROCLAMATION - NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH <br />Chairman Tippin read the following and presented it to Carol Kanarak who accepted <br />it with thanks. <br />November J, 1909 <br />PROCLAMATION <br />WHEREAS, hospice care is the most humane tradition of health service delivery in the <br />United States, providing 24-hour palliative medical care and support, as well as social, emotional <br />and spiritual services for the terminally ill and their families; and <br />WHEREAS, hospice cafe seeks to alleviate the fears most frequently associated with the <br />diagnosis of a terminal illness by enabling patients to remain in the comfort of their home or <br />homelike settings, sharing their final days with loved ones in dignity and peace; and <br />WHEREAS, there is a need to recognize the more than 40,000 professionals and 90,000 <br />volunteers in an estimated 3,200 hospices throughout the nation who dedicate themselves to <br />providing quality end -of -life tare and support for the nearly 450,000 patients and families who need <br />it most; and <br />WHEREAS, hospice offers the terminally ill an emotionally supportive, cost-effective <br />alternative to hospital and other more curative -based care; and <br />WHEREAS, increased public awareness and understanding of hospice care will serve to <br />strengthen the services available to terminally ill patients through" the community and help ensure <br />that hospice services are accessible to all citizens; and <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY <br />COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, in association with Visiting Nurse <br />Association and Hospice of Indian River County, the Hospice Association of America, the National <br />Hospice Organization and an estimated 3,200 hospice agencies, that the month of November,1998 <br />be designated as <br />NATIONAL HOSPICE MONTH <br />in Indian River County, and the Board urges all citizens of Indian River County to observe this <br />occasion by taking part in appropriate ceremonies activities. <br />Adopted this 3 day of November,1999. <br />j <br />BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA <br />&Tippin, Chai <br />