Eight years ago, Anita fell at her apartment. She went to the hospital and went through two surgeries for a brain bleed. She was in a coma for 7 weeks. She couldn’t walk and had to re-learn a number of daily tasks. She struggled through therapy for five months.

During this time, she lost her apartment and a family member used or got rid of most of her belongings to avoid paying storage fees. She was very unhappy living at a nursing home, but she had no other options. There was not a lot of support from her family. She was in Wisconsin, and had no major assets, just living off of her Social Security. As she was completing therapy, the social services worker called Heritage Woods in Belvidere. She had heard about the Illinois Supportive Living Program and knew Anita was too independent and social to stay where she was living.

When Anita moved to Heritage Woods, we were able to offer her donated furniture to replace what she’d lost.