In April, Julie Thauer’s 91-year-old mother, Nancy, suffered a stroke, and her assisted living facility could no longer provide the services she needed. She had to move.  Once she began researching her options, Thauer, a Shorewood resident, was confronted with a number of roadblocks.  Thauer’s mother, a woman she describes as a 1950s homemaker who … Continue reading The nursing home funding crisis