[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Page 23900]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     NATIONAL ASSISTED LIVING WEEK

  The resolution (S. Res. 292) designating the week beginning September 
9, 2007, as ``National Assisted Living Week,'' was considered and 
agreed to.
  The preamble was agreed to.
  The resolution, with its preamble, reads as follows:

                              S. Res. 292

       Whereas the number of elderly and disabled citizens of the 
     United States is increasing dramatically;
       Whereas assisted living is a long-term care service that 
     fosters choice, dignity, independence, and autonomy in the 
     elderly and disabled across the United States;
       Whereas the National Center for Assisted Living created 
     National Assisted Living Week;
       Whereas the theme of National Assisted Living Week 2007 is 
     ``Legacies of Love''; and
       Whereas this theme highlights the privilege, value, and 
     responsibility of passing the legacies of the lives of the 
     elderly and disabled of the United States down through the 
     generations that care for and love them: Now, therefore, be 
     it
       Resolved, That the Senate--
       (1) designates the week beginning September 9, 2007, as 
     ``National Assisted Living Week''; and
       (2) urges all people of the United States--
       (A) to visit friends and loved ones who reside at assisted 
     living facilities; and
       (B) to learn more about assisted living services, including 
     how assisted living services benefit communities in the 
     United States.

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