Bill Text: IL HR0469 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Donald E. "Don" Fike on his 50th year in the profession of long term care and community services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0469 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0469-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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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
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5 | services; and
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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
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9 | from DePaul University; and
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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
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13 | intellectual/developmental disabilities; and
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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18 | developmental centers and creating smaller, home-like, | ||||||
19 | quality, community-based
residential homes and services | ||||||
20 | throughout Illinois; and
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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
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5 | hundreds of thousands of individuals; therefore, be it
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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
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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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