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PRINTER'S NO. 1318
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 193
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY LANGERHOLC, COLLETT, TARTAGLIONE, CULVER, HUGHES,
L. WILLIAMS, VOGEL AND LAUGHLIN, NOVEMBER 17, 2025
REFERRED TO RULES AND EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS, NOVEMBER 17, 2025
A RESOLUTION
Designating the month of November 2025 as "Care at Home Month"
in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, Home care, home health and hospice professionals
provide invaluable, life-enhancing services to individuals with
disabilities and to this Commonwealth's rapidly aging
population, enabling them to remain safely and comfortably in
their own homes while staying connected to their families,
friends and communities; and
WHEREAS, Home care aides and direct care workers perform
vital hands-on assistance with essential activities of daily
living, including medication management, meal preparation,
mobility support, bathing, dressing, light housekeeping and
transportation to medical appointments ensuring dignity,
independence and quality of life for those they serve; and
WHEREAS, Hospice care combines medical expertise, pain and
symptom management and compassionate support providing comfort,
dignity and peace to terminally ill individuals and their loved
ones during life's most tender moments; and
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WHEREAS, Home health professionals offer a broad range of
skilled medical services, including nursing care and physical,
occupational, speech and respiratory therapies, helping patients
recover, regain strength and thrive in the place they call home;
and
WHEREAS, Home care, home health and hospice teams work hand-
in-hand with families, offering valuable education, training and
respite, empowering caregivers with the tools and confidence to
provide the best possible care for their loved ones; and
WHEREAS, These dedicated professionals represent more than
375,000 jobs across this Commonwealth, forming a vital part of
Pennsylvania's health care workforce, with the growing demand
for care projected to create a need for more than 115,000
additional workers by 2030; and
WHEREAS, Pennsylvania's aging population is expanding at an
unprecedented rate, with an estimated one in three
Pennsylvanians expected to be over 60 years of age by 2030; and
WHEREAS, Each month, more than 500,000 residents of this
Commonwealth receive compassionate, person-centered home-based
care that allows them to live fuller, safer and more independent
lives; and
WHEREAS, Every individual, whether aging, living with a
disability or managing chronic illness deserves the right to
choose to live independently and with dignity in the comfort of
their own home; and
WHEREAS, Despite the extraordinary dedication of these
professionals, there remains only one home care worker for every
eight Pennsylvanians who wish to receive care in their own
homes, underscoring the urgent need to strengthen and support
this essential workforce; therefore be it
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RESOLVED, That the Senate designate the month of November
2025 as "Care at Home Month" to honor, commend and express its
deepest gratitude to the compassionate home care, home health
and hospice professionals whose tireless service, skill and
empathy enhance the lives of countless Pennsylvanians and their
families every day.
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