HR 366 — A Resolution designating the month of November 2025 as "Care at Home Month" in Pennsylvania.

PRINTER'S NO.   2574

                  THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



           HOUSE RESOLUTION
              No. 366
                                              Session of
                                                2025

     INTRODUCED BY MADDEN, SANCHEZ, K.HARRIS, HOHENSTEIN, GUENST,
        MAYES, HILL-EVANS, SCHLOSSBERG, CEPEDA-FREYTIZ, CURRY,
        NEILSON, SHUSTERMAN, MENTZER, RIVERA AND GALLAGHER,
        NOVEMBER 5, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON AGING AND OLDER ADULT SERVICES,
        NOVEMBER 6, 2025


                               A RESOLUTION
 1   Designating the month of November 2025 as "Care at Home Month"
 2      in Pennsylvania.
 3      WHEREAS, Home care and hospice professionals provide critical
 4   services to individuals with disabilities and this
 5   Commonwealth's aging population, allowing them to remain in
 6   their homes and stay connected with their communities; and
 7      WHEREAS, Home care aides and direct care workers offer
 8   essential support with daily living activities, such as managing
 9   medications, meal preparation, assisting with mobility, bathing,
10   dressing, light housekeeping and transportation to medical
11   appointments; and
12      WHEREAS, Hospice care integrates medical care, pain
13   management and emotional and spiritual support, offering
14   compassionate end-of-life and palliative care to terminally ill
15   patients and their families; and
16      WHEREAS, Home health services provide skilled care, including
 1   nursing services and physical, occupational, speech and
 2   respiratory therapies; and
 3         WHEREAS, Home care, home health and hospice professionals
 4   collaborate closely with families, offering guidance and
 5   training in caregiving techniques and providing needed respite
 6   for family caregivers and natural supports; and
 7         WHEREAS, These professionals represent more than 375,000 jobs
 8   in this Commonwealth at any given time with a growing demand
 9   that may require an additional 115,000 or more workers by 2030;
10   and
11         WHEREAS, This Commonwealth's aging population is growing
12   rapidly, with a projected one in three Pennsylvanians being over
13   60 years of age by 2030; and
14         WHEREAS, More than 500,000 Pennsylvanians of all ages receive
15   home-based care in any given month; and
16         WHEREAS, Individuals of all ages who are aging or physically
17   or intellectually disabled deserve to live independent and full
18   lives in the setting of their choice; and
19         WHEREAS, There is only one worker for every eight people who
20   want and need to have care inside their own homes; therefore be
21   it
22         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
23   month of November 2025 as "Care at Home Month" to honor and
24   express gratitude for the dedication and contributions of these
25   professionals in improving the lives of their patients.




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