[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 19]
[Senate]
[Page 25760]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                       TRIBUTE TO CAROLYN HARRIS

 Mr. JEFFORDS. Mr. President, I am here today to honor my 
fellow Vermonter, Carolyn Harris, who has spent the last four decades 
improving the management and implementation of long-term health care.
  A nurse by training, Carolyn Harris has worked in the management, 
administration, and certification of long-term care systems, as well as 
acting as a care provider. Additionally, through her work with the 
Vermont association of the American Health Care Association, AHCA, a 
national health organization representing more than 10,000 long-term 
care facilities and providers Ms. Harris has trained fellow physicians, 
nurses, and other health care professionals to provide appropriate and 
effective long-term care to patients.
  Along with the Vermont Health Care Association, VHCA, Ms. Harris has 
worked for more than 30 years to promote affordable, accessible quality 
care in Vermont nursing and assisted-living facilities. Her efforts 
have gone a long way to assure the privacy, rights, dignity, comfort, 
and well-being of Vermont nursing home residents and to foster a spirit 
of cooperation and excellence in long-term care. Most remarkably, Ms. 
Harris continues to provide personal attention and care to her patients 
while sharing her wisdom, energy, and compassion with her colleagues. 
Carolyn Harris has met the challenge of providing long-term health care 
head on and has become a trusted adviser to long-term care providers 
and patients throughout Vermont.
  Today, at the Helen Porter Nursing Home in Middlebury, VT, Carolyn 
Harris is being honored by the VHCA and the AHCA for her service to all 
long-term care recipients and Vermonters. Ms. Harris is a valuable 
member of the long-term health care community, and I am proud to be 
able to honor her before the Senate.

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