Item E5 BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date: November 18, 2014 Division: BOCC
Bulk Item: Yes X No — Department: District Five
Staff Contact /Phone#: Parnela Johnson/453-8787
AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Mayor's Proclamation declaring the month of November to be
Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys Home Health Care and Hospice Month.
ITEM BACKGROUND: VNA/Hospice was founded in 1984 and is the oldest and only locally
operated non-profit home health and hospice care provider serving all residents in Monroe County and
has been doing so for over 30 years.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
TOTAL COST: INDIRECT COST:
BUDGETED: Yes —No, X
DIFFERENTIAL OF LOCAL PREFERENCE:
COST TO SOURCE OF FUNDS:
REVENUE PRODUCING: Yes— No AMOUNT" PER MONTH Year
APPROVED BY: County Atty OMB/Purchasing Risk Management
DOCUMENTATION: Included Not Required__. __
DISPOSITION: AGENDA ITEM #
Revised 7/09
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION & HOSPICE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS
HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOSPICE MONTH
WHEREAS, Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys (VNA/Hospice) was
founded in 1984 to serve those in.our community with life limiting illnesses and has fulfilled that
mission without interruption for over 30 years; and is the oldest and only locally operated non-
profit home health and hospice care provider serving all residents in Monroe County; and
WHEREAS, VNA/Hospice offers the highest quality of care to patients and families in Key
West and the Florida Keys; and provides over a quarter million in unfunded and underinsured
charity care to Monroe County residents in 2013 and brings comfort, love and respect to all
those they serve in our local community; and
WHEREAS,hospice physicians, nurses, therapists, social workers, nursing assistants, clergy,
and volunteers bring care and support to the terminally ill through physical, psychological, social
and spiritual aid; and
WHEREAS, home health and hospice care is a cost effective system that allows citizens to heal
with dignity in the comfort of their own home surrounded by their loved ones, family, friends,
and pets, and
WHEREAS VNA/Hospice is the only home health care agency in Monroe County that has
received Fazzi's Home Health Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers National Award
of Distinction for patient satisfaction placing them in the top tier in the nation; and
WHEREAS, in Monroe County, we urge all citizens, residents and visitors alike to celebrate and
affirm the importance of home health and hospice care during November's VNA/Hospice of the
Florida Keys Home Health and Hospice Care Month and encourage all people to increase tier
understanding and awareness of the services and programs provided by VNA/Hospice of the
Florida Keys.
NOW THEREFORE, 1, Sylvia J. Murphy, Mayor of Monroe County, do hereby proclaim tile
month of November, 2014 to be
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION & HOSPICE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS
HOME HEALTH CARE AND HOSPICE MONTH
Dated this 181h day of November, 2014
Sylvia J. Murphy