Proclamation 5575 --
National Home Care Week, 1986
By
the President of the
A
Proclamation
Home
health care is an American tradition. When illness strikes our loved ones, we
wish to care for them at home unless hospital or other care is clearly needed.
This care is supplemented by the many members of our system of home health care
providers who give special assistance to families and can make the difference
in preventing, postponing, or limiting institutional care.
Our
home health care system includes untold numbers of churches, volunteer groups,
private agencies, and families, as well as government programs. All Americans
can be proud of this effort for those in need, and of this national commitment
to our American values of strong family life and neighbor helping neighbor.
Let
us continue to emphasize the benefits of home health care. Let us also give
much-deserved thanks and recognition to the dedicated men and women of our home
health care system who help us care for our loved ones, preserve their independence,
and keep our families intact.
The
Congress, by Public Law 99 - 535, has designated the week of November 30
through December 6, 1986, as ``National Home Care Week'' and authorized and
requested the President to issue a proclamation in observance of this week.
Now,
Therefore, I, Ronald Reagan, President of the
In
Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this twentieth day of November, in
the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and eighty-six, and of the
Ronald
Reagan
[Filed
with the Office of the Federal Register,
Note:
The proclamation was released by the Office of the Press Secretary on November
21.