Steven C. Fox D.O.

Geriatric and Disability Medicine
Medical Director of Wellspring Personal Care Founder of RESILIENR80s

Steven C. Fox D.O.

Geriatric and Disability Medicine Medical Director of Wellspring Personal Care

Founder of RESILIENT80s

For the past 43 years, Dr. Fox has been devoted to the care of the elderly and disabled. He has continuously made house calls home visits providing care for cognitively impaired older adults, brain injured adults, disabled children and psychiatric patients hospital and nursing. Since 1999, he has served as the Medical Director of Wellspring Personal Care a private duty home nursing and home services company in Chicago Illinois. In 2014, Dr. Fox founded and developed Home Care MetricsSM. a telehealth platform used by complex chronically ill patients to avoid hospitalization and emergency room care. In November 2024, he completed the development of RESILIENT80s an online program for people 60 to 90 years of age. RESILIENT80s establishes an accurate current “functional age,” statistical and healthy life expectancy.

A History of My Practice

Geriatric Geriatrician Completes 72 at 72

On his 72nd birthday Dr. Steve Fox swam 72 lengths (1.25 miles) in 63 minutes. His practice of medicine has focused on the care of older adults for the past 43 years. He has no intention to retire. The author of ‘Fall Down Seven Times Get Up Eight’ and ‘ How to Markedly Reduce Your Risk of Going to a Nursing Home,’ has a projected Healthy Life Expectancy of 94 years.

Healthy life Expectancy (HLE) is defined as the year to which an individual is capable of and functionally able to live independently. It is a significant indicator of the when someone will need daily nursing home and personal care. It is based upon the measured physical and psychological resilience of an older adult.

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Our Care Process & Specialized Services

Severe Intellectual Impairment

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Alzheimer's Disease

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Disability

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