[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 23, 1999)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Page 66087]
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                Proclamation 7254 of November 19, 1999

                
National Family Caregivers Week, 1999

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                During this season when we give thanks for the many 
                blessings in our lives, let us take time to acknowledge 
                the loving support of the millions of family caregivers 
                across our country who provide for the needs of 
                parents, spouses, and other loved ones who are no 
                longer able to care for themselves. These remarkable 
                individuals give their utmost to ensure that their 
                relatives can remain in the comforting, familiar 
                surroundings of their homes and communities.

                Family caregivers embody the finest of American values. 
                With compassion and a deep sense of responsibility, 
                they devote their time and energy and often their own 
                financial resources to care for family members in need. 
                In many ways, family caregivers are mainstays in the 
                provision of long-term care in our country. Today, more 
                than 7 million Americans are informal caregivers who 
                provide unpaid help to older persons, and 95 percent of 
                older Americans with limitations on their daily living 
                activities depend on family members for some portion of 
                their care. That number will continue to grow during 
                the next three decades as our elderly population 
                doubles, with the aging of 76 million baby boomers. 
                Recognizing the important role family caregivers play 
                in the lives of so many, we must continue to strongly 
                support efforts to provide them with the assistance, 
                information, and encouragement they need to fulfill 
                their vital responsibilities to older family members, 
                and to those who are chronically ill or disabled.

                Millions of lives have been enriched by the hard work 
                and generosity of family caregivers; many older, ill, 
                or disabled Americans enjoy a greater measure of 
                comfort, dignity, and independence thanks to the loving 
                care of family members. During National Family 
                Caregivers Week, let us honor the many devoted men and 
                women whose efforts do so much to strengthen the bonds 
                of family and community in our Nation.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the 
                United States of America, by virtue of the authority 
                vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United 
                States, do hereby proclaim November 21 through November 
                27, 1999, as National Family Caregivers Week. I call 
                upon all Americans to pay tribute to and acknowledge 
                the contributions of caregivers to the quality of our 
                national life.

                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                nineteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord 
                nineteen hundred and ninety-nine, and of the 
                Independence of the United States of America the two 
                hundred and twenty-fourth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 99-30686
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