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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, Hospice and palliative care provides patients and |
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| families the highest quality care during life-limiting illness |
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| and at the end of life, through pain management and symptom |
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| control, caregiver training and assistance, and emotional and |
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| spiritual support, allowing patients to live fully up until the |
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| final moments, surrounded and supported by the faces of loved |
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| ones, friends, and committed caregivers; and
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| WHEREAS, Last year, more than 1.2 million Americans living |
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| with life-limiting illness, and their families, received care |
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| from the 4,000 hospice and palliative care programs in |
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| communities throughout the United States; and
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| WHEREAS, Professional and compassionate hospice staff, |
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| including physicians, nurses, social workers, therapists, |
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| counselors, health aides, and clergy, provided comprehensive |
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| care focused on the wishes of each individual patient; and
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| WHEREAS, More than 400,000 trained volunteers contribute |
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| 18 million hours of service to hospice programs annually; and
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| WHEREAS, Providing high-quality hospice and palliative |
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| care reaffirms our belief in the essential dignity of every |
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| person, regardless of age, health, or social status, and that |
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| every stage of human life deserves to be treated with the |
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| utmost respect and care; and
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| WHEREAS, Hospice and palliative care providers encourage |
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| all people to learn more about options of care and to share |
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| their wishes with family, loved ones, and their healthcare |
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| professionals; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |