Full Text of HR0469 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate
Donald E. "Don" Fike on | 4 | | his 50th year in the profession of long-term care and community
| 5 | | services; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Don Fike was born in 1947 and raised in Illinois; | 7 | | he received his
undergraduate degree from the University of | 8 | | Illinois and his master's degree in health care administration
| 9 | | from DePaul University; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1969, Don Fike applied for a job with a | 11 | | community human services agency that provided sheltered | 12 | | workshop opportunities for individuals with
| 13 | | intellectual/developmental disabilities; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Next door was a nursing home with individuals who | 15 | | had
intellectual/developmental disabilities; Don Fike | 16 | | recognized the difference in caring for the
elderly and caring | 17 | | for those with intellectual/developmental disabilities and was | 18 | | determined to
create a continuum of care that would provide, in | 19 | | a protected residential setting, coordination
and integration | 20 | | of health and habilitative services to help each individual | 21 | | function at
their greatest ability; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Don Fike took this vision and created Horizon | 2 | | House of Illinois Valley; Horizon House was one of
the first in | 3 | | the State to be licensed as a community-based ICF/DD, providing | 4 | | services
for those with intellectual/developmental | 5 | | disabilities covered by Medicaid; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, In 1979, Don Fike started his own company in order | 7 | | to share his expertise and consult with human service | 8 | | providers; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, Beginning in 1981, Don Fike began constructing and | 10 | | operating
skilled nursing facilities throughout Illinois in | 11 | | order to offer long-term services; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1983, Don Fike was asked to assume control of | 13 | | the State's large developmental
disability facilities in order | 14 | | to save the facilities from closure; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, In 1985, Don Fike was the first to develop 15 bed | 16 | | community-based ICF/DDs
to better serve individuals with | 17 | | intellectual/developmental disabilities; in his career,
he has | 18 | | established over 175 facilities across the State, which have | 19 | | enriched the lives of tens of thousands
of individuals; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1990s, Don Fike was also one of the | 21 | | first to develop community integrated living
arrangements that |
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| 1 | | offered homelike supervised living for adults with
| 2 | | intellectual/developmental disabilities; with no more than | 3 | | eight individuals residing in each
home, over 60 CILA's were | 4 | | created, which have served thousands
of individuals across the | 5 | | State; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, While Don Fike continued to provide care to | 7 | | seniors in skilled nursing facilities,
he envisioned another | 8 | | level of care that was not currently being offered, serving | 9 | | seniors who rely on help with daily care but did not require as | 10 | | much help as those who lived in skilled nursing facilities; he | 11 | | was instrumental in
envisioning and driving the efforts to | 12 | | create assisted living licensure and rules for the
program, | 13 | | which has blossomed into over 650 assisted living and | 14 | | supportive living
communities across the State; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Don Fike is recognized as one of the visionary | 16 | | founders and leaders in moving
individuals with | 17 | | intellectual/developmental disabilities out of State-operated
| 18 | | developmental centers and creating smaller, home-like, | 19 | | quality, community-based
residential homes and services | 20 | | throughout Illinois; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Don Fike has been one of the visionary leaders in | 22 | | developing and providing quality,
compassionate care and | 23 | | services to seniors in skilled nursing, assisted living,
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| 1 | | supportive living, and independent senior homes and | 2 | | apartments; he now operates a number of long-term care models | 3 | | in Illinois, Florida, Iowa, and Nevada; in his career, he has | 4 | | created over 50 facilities and programs, which have served
| 5 | | hundreds of thousands of individuals; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 7 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 8 | | we congratulate Donald E.
Fike on 50 years of serving the needs | 9 | | of individuals who need specialized care; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to Don Fike as
an expression of our esteem and | 12 | | respect.
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