HomeMy WebLinkAbout24-224 RESOLUTION NO. 24-224
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 2024 AS
"HOSPICE AND PALLIATIVE CARE MONTH " IN ST. LUCIE COUNTY,
FLORI DA.
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie County, Florida, has made the
following determinations:
1. Medicare's first proven coordinated care model, hospice is a program that works offering
person-centered, compassionate care, ensuring people dignity, choice and quality of life.
2. The hospice model involves an interdisciplinary, team-oriented approach to treatment,
including expert medical care, quality symptom control, and comprehensive pain management
as a foundation of care.
3. Beyond providing physical treatment, hospice attends to the patient's emotional, spiritual
and family needs, and provides family services like respite care and grief counseling.
4. Hospice and palliative care organizations are advocates and educators about advance
care planning that help individuals make decisions about the care they want.
5. Forty-two years ago in 1982, volunteers came together to establish Treasure Coast
Hospice because they wanted their family, friends and neighbors to have access to
compassionate, quality end-of-life care from a locally based hospice provider.
6. Treasure Coast Hospice delivers compassionate, caring, experts and professional Hospice
and Grief Support Services to patients and families at the end of life.
7. Today Treasure Coast Hospice serves more than 4,000 patients annually, providing holistic
patient-centered care and comfort to patients and families in Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee
counties.
8. This year, Treasure Coast Hospice celebrated the 10th Anniversary of its specialized
pediatric care program, Little Treasures, which improves the quality of life of children and teens
with a life-limiting illness by providing support for the entire family.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of St. Lucie
County, Florida does hereby proclaim the month of November 2024 as "Hospice and Palliative
Care Month" in St. Lucie County, Florida, encourages residents to learn more about hospice and
palliative care at the end of life and try to help as they can, and commends the Treasure Coast
Hospice Team for their service to the people of St. Lucie County.
PASSED AND DULY ADOPTED this 12th day of November 2024.
ATTEST: BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
ST LUCIE COUNTY, FLORIDA
DEPUTY CLERK � `�y�,v CHAIR
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