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Councilmember introduced the following resolution and moved for its adoption: RESOLUTION g95-11- RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING HOME CARE MONTH, NOVEMBER 1995 WHEREAS, Ramsey citizens of all ages and economic levels are concerned about high- quality, affordable, long-term health care. Home care provides a wide range of these needed health and supportive services to the ill, elderly, disabled and inf'm'n in their own homes. The concept of home care is the oldest and most enduring tradition of health service delivery in the United States of America; and WHEREAS, surveys show that most people prefer to receive medical care and related supportive services in their own homes. There is also a significant and growing body of evidence that home care services stimulate quicker and fuller recoveries and improvements than comparable services within institutions; and WHEREAS, home care allows our disabled and chronically ill citizens of ail ages to remain with their loved ones in surroundings that are familiar and comfortable. In so doing, home care helps preserve one of the country's most important social values, keeping families together;, and WHEREAS, as our citizens require more in-home care, Ramsey home care agencies are meeting that challenge. Home care agencies are providing services ranging from assistance with personal care to high-tech intravenous drug therapies; and WHEREAS, with rapidly rising health care costs, home care offers a practical means of providing health care and related services to those who desperately need them. By offering these services in the home, we can treat our elderly, disabled, and chronically ill population comfortably, cost-effectively, and with high-quality, individualized health care and supportive services. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RAMSEY, ANOKA COUNTY, STATE OF MINNESOTA, as follows: 1) That the City of Ramsey hereby proclaim November 1995 as Home Care Month. The motion for the adoption of the foregoing resolution was duly seconded by Councilmember and upon vote being taken thereon, the following voted in favor thereof: and the following voted against the same: and the following abstained: and the following were absent: whereupon said resolution was declared duly passed and adopted by the Ramsey City Council this the 14th day of November, 1995.