[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 111 (Friday, August 7, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


RECOGNIZING THE HOME HEALTH ASSEMBLY OF NEW JERSEY ON TWENTY FIVE YEARS 
                               OF SERVICE

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                          HON. MICHAEL PAPPAS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, August 6, 1998

  Mr. PAPPAS. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the Home Health 
Assembly of New Jersey, which is celebrating their twenty-fifth year of 
providing health care services to the caregivers and citizens of New 
Jersey.
  In the face of our nation's every-changing healthcare system, the 
Home Health Assembly of New Jersey has served as a consistent and 
reliable source of support, education and advocacy for those who 
administer home health care and to those who receive it. As the state's 
largest and most comprehensive professional home care association, home 
care providers, hospices and associations have relied on their 
knowledge and insight for a quarter-century.
   Mr. Speaker, home health care allows so many of our citizens to 
receive necessary health care in comfortable and familiar surroundings. 
Equally important to the physical health care services which home 
health care providers offer to the elderly, the disabled, children and 
adults, is the emotional support they give. Offering a hand to hold and 
a shoulder to lean on makes one's illness more manageable and more 
hopeful.
  Through their leadership and advocacy, the Home Health Assembly of 
New Jersey has truly achieved its mission of being ``the Voice for Home 
Care in New Jersey.'' I wish the Assembly continued success in the 
future years of service which they will provide to the people of New 
Jersey.




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