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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION |
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| INTRODUCED BY BROOKS, HENNESSEY, BAKER, BOBACK, CALTAGIRONE, COHEN, D. COSTA, DALEY, J. EVANS, FLECK, GEIST, GILLEN, GINGRICH, GOODMAN, KAVULICH, F. KELLER, KILLION, KIRKLAND, KORTZ, KULA, LONGIETTI, MAJOR, MILNE, MIRABITO, MURT, MUSTIO, QUINN, READSHAW, SAINATO, SWANGER, THOMAS, VULAKOVICH, WATSON, YOUNGBLOOD, VEREB AND MILLARD, OCTOBER 3, 2011 |
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| INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35, OCTOBER 3, 2011 |
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| A RESOLUTION |
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1 | Congratulating graduates of the Pennsylvania Empowered Expert |
2 | Residents Program and recognizing October 5, 2011, as |
3 | "Pennsylvania Empowered Expert Residents Day" in |
4 | Pennsylvania. |
5 | WHEREAS, The Department of Aging administers the Long-Term |
6 | Care Ombudsman Program Statewide for consumers 60 years of age |
7 | or older and the department partners with the 52 local Area |
8 | Agencies on Aging in this Commonwealth; and |
9 | WHEREAS, The ombudsman program supports and empowers |
10 | consumers to resolve individual complaints involving long-term |
11 | care services and also works to improve and enhance the long- |
12 | term care system, its laws, regulations, policies and |
13 | administration through public education and empowerment; and |
14 | WHEREAS, Pennsylvania is the first state nationwide to |
15 | creatively include a resident dimension within its ombudsman |
16 | program to support all individuals living in long-term care |
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1 | facilities and to educate residents and staff on resident rights |
2 | in the 183 facilities across this Commonwealth where they |
3 | reside; and |
4 | WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Empowered Expert Residents (PEER) |
5 | Program offers an additional mechanism to equip residents with |
6 | the knowledge to enable them to be a part of the solution; and |
7 | WHEREAS, The PEER Program was developed to train resident |
8 | advocates to work from within the respective long-term care |
9 | facilities where they reside to enhance the quality of care and |
10 | quality of life; and |
11 | WHEREAS, PEER Program graduates volunteer their time and |
12 | expertise to self-advocate issues that resonate among their |
13 | peers; and |
14 | WHEREAS, The PEER Program, working with and supporting local |
15 | ombudsman programs in counties throughout this Commonwealth, has |
16 | grown since its inception in June 2002; and |
17 | WHEREAS, The PEER Program has graduated more than 1,400 |
18 | residents in long-term care facilities in the following 58 |
19 | counties: Adams, Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Berks, Blair, |
20 | Bradford, Butler, Cambria, Cameron, Carbon, Centre, Chester, |
21 | Clarion, Clearfield, Columbia, Crawford, Cumberland, Dauphin, |
22 | Delaware, Elk, Erie, Fayette, Forest, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, |
23 | Indiana, Jefferson, Juniata, Lackawanna, Lawrence, Lebanon, |
24 | Luzerne, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Mifflin, Monroe, Montgomery, |
25 | Montour, Northampton, Northumberland, Perry, Philadelphia, Pike, |
26 | Potter, Schuylkill, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, Warren, |
27 | Washington, Wayne, Westmoreland, Wyoming and York; and |
28 | WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program |
29 | recognizes the PEER Program graduates as certified volunteer |
30 | ombudsmen and congratulates all participants for promoting and |
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1 | educating advocacy among residents of long-term care facilities |
2 | in this Commonwealth; therefore be it |
3 | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives congratulate |
4 | graduates of the Pennsylvania Empowered Expert Residents Program |
5 | and recognize October 5, 2011, as "Pennsylvania Empowered Expert |
6 | Residents Day" in Pennsylvania. |
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