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Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
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Collection: Correspondence, White House Office of:
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Folder Title: National Hospice Month
Box: 76 (1984)
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y THE UNITED THE STATES. OF
SEAL
National Hospice Month, 1984
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
Hospice care is a humanitarian way for terminally ill patients to approach the
end of their lives in relative comfort and dignity. Increasing numbers of
patients have chosen to enter hospice programs in recent years because of the
competent and compassionate care they provide outside of the hospital
environment.
Hospices care for both patients and their families by attending to their
physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. A team of physicians, nurses, social
workers, pharmacists, counselors, and community volunteers work together to
meet the needs of the terminally ill.
The importance of hospices as an integral part of our Nation's health care
system is increasingly recognized. The growth of hospices was encouraged in
November 1983 when the Federal government added hospice care to the
benefits available to people under Medicare.
In order to encourage greater public recognition of hospice care, the Congress,
by Senate Joint Resolution 334, has designated November 1984 as "National
Hospice Month" and authorized and requested the President to issue a
proclamation in observance of this month.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, RONALD REAGAN, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim November 1984 as National Hospice Month, and
I call upon appropriate government officials, all citizens, and interested
organizations and associations to observe this month with activities that
recognize this important event.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this thirtieth day of
October, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-four, and of the
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and ninth.
Ronald Reagan