A joint resolution to designate the period commencing February 21, 1988, and ending February 27, 1988, as "National Visiting Nurse Association Week".
PL 100-246 (S.J.Res.172), enacted 02/11/1988

102 STAT. 8 
PUBLIC LAW 100-246—FEB. 11, 1988 
Public Law 100-246 
100th Congress 
Joint Resolution 
Feb. 11, 1988 
To designate the period commencing February 21, 1988, and ending February 27, 
[S.J. Res. 172] 
1988, as "National Visiting Nurse Associations Week". 
Whereas Visiting Nurse Associations have served homebound 
Americans since 1885; 
Whereas such Associations annually provide home care and support 
services to nearly 1,000,000 men, women, children, and infants; 
Whereas such Associations serve 504 urban and rural communities 
in 47 States; 
Whereas such Associations adhere to high standards of quality and 
provide personalized and cost-effective home health care and 
support regardless of the individual's ability to pay; 
Whereas such Associations are voluntary in nature, independently 
operated, and community-based; 
Whereas such Associations ensure the quality of care through over-
sight provided by professional advisory committees composed of 
local physicians and nurses; 
Whereas such Associations enable hundreds of thousands of Ameri-
cans to recover from illness and injury in the comfort and security 
of their homes; 
Whereas such Associations ensure that individuals who are chron-
ically ill or who have physical and mental handicaps receive the 
therapeutic benefits of care and support services provided in the 
home; 
Whereas, in the absence of such Associations, thousands of patients 
with mental or physical handicaps or chronically disabling ill-
nesses would have to be institutionalized; 
Whereas such Associations provide a wide range of services, includ-
ing (where appropriate) health care, hospice care, personal care, 
homemaking, 
occupational, 
physical, 
and 
speech 
therapy, 
"friendly visiting services", social services, nutritional counseling, 
specialized nursing services, and meals on wheels; 
Whereas such Associations offer nursing care provided by registered 
nurses, homemaking, therapy, and social services by qualified 
specialists, and "friendly visiting services" by volunteers; 
Whereas in each community served by such Associations, local 
volunteers support the Association by serving on the board of 
directors, raising funds, visiting patients in their homes, assisting 
patients and nurses at wellness clinics, delivering meals on wheels 
to patients, running errands for patients, working in the Associa-
tion's office, and providing tender loving care; 
Whereas the need for home health care for young and old alike 
continues to grow annually; and 
Whereas on February 23, 1988 a national meeting of Visting Nurse 
Associations from throughout the United States will be held in 
Innisbrook, Florida: Now, therefore, be it 
PUBLIC LAW 100-246—FEB. 11,1988 
102 STAT. 9 
Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled, That the period commenc-
ing February 21, 1988, and ending February 27, 1988, is designated 
as "National Visiting Nurse Associations Week", and the President 
is authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the 
people of the United States to observe such week with appropriate 
programs, ceremonies, and activities. 
Approved February 11, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—S.J. Res. 172: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECX)RD: 
Vol. 133 (1987): Nov. 4, considered and passed Senate. 
Vol. 134 (1988): Feb. 2, considered and passed House.