we trust them to take care of our moms
our dads and our grandparents but
Channel 2 investigates has discovered
disturbing violations at nursing homes
across our state violations like bed
sores neglect and abuse channel 2
investigator Amy Davis found our state
is among the worst when it comes to
caring for vulnerable adults tonight
she's revealing some of the most serious
infractions and a lack of enforcement
and accountability
Parkinson's disease stole 65 year old
Diane words voice her mobility and her
mind but what happened here at
Willowbrook residents and Rehabilitation
Center last year robbed her of her
dignity and I put it
her daughter Ronde a Crenshaw okay I did
that we haunts me they know that I did
that and that she in that way
court documents tell the haunting story
police say Woodard bed-bound and
nonverbal was sexually assaulted by
another resident of the nursing home
caught in the act by a nurse's assistant
who noticed Woodards call light on and
her door closed my mom was not able to
physically press but her head just
happened to beat against the button so
that's why the light went on but
attorney Charles Brown says what
happened in the minutes and hours after
the sexual assault is also criminal the
first call that the facility made wasn't
to the police it wasn't to a physician
it was to their corporate office to
figure out what to do state records
reveal nurses did not immediately call
police or a physician and when they
called the victim's daughter there was
no mention of an assault a man was found
in her room but she wasn't touched is
what they told me she rushed a
Willowbrook to find her mom fully
dressed in her wheelchair at the nurse's
station
she was sleep I kissed her I looked at
her and she looked fine so I said okay
she's okay and I left but hours after
the attack
she says the nurse who walked in on the
assault sent her a message detailing
what she claims actually happened and
the order she says she was given by her
boss to downplay the crime how would you
have ever known if it wasn't for the
nurse feeling guilty I wouldn't have
it was the exact type of situation Texas
lawmakers hoped to end when they passed
a new law in 2017 it was supposed to
crack down on nursing homes with repeat
violations by imposing hefty fines
Willowbrook wasn't fined state records
show a month before Woodards rape the
Department of Health and Human Services
recommended the revocation of the
facilities license for unrelated
violations including failure to treat
bed sores on multiple patients or alert
a doctor to the wounds but just a month
after Woodards assault and the homes
failure to report it the agency changed
its mind resending the order we asked
but the state won't explain the
about-face that's a I think that they
need to be held accountable all nursing
home factors will abou because
Willowbrook is not alone we found of
Texas 1,200 nursing homes more than 400
received the worst possible score from
federal regulators but Channel 2
investigates learned the state of Texas
didn't revoke the license of a single
nursing home last year and some were
repeat offenders until we have some form
of consequences for nursing homes that
hurt people we will never have quality
nursing homes for the state of Texas in
our area last year the nursing homes
with the most severe deficiencies were
Oakmont health care and rehabilitation
center of Humble the vast wood Nursing
Center on South boss and the Galleria
residents and Rehabilitation Center only
vast wood and the Galleria residents
returned our calls the Galleria saying
they have made pervasive changes at the
facility and a vos would representative
said any deficiencies received during
the last 12 months have been addressed
and corrected
while Ron dia is still waiting for
answers her mom died with no justice
it's like they don't care about the
nursing homes I think they get all the
way with a lot of things because they
don't I mean look at it and I think
the best way to research nursing homes
and their most recent inspections is on
the federal Nursing Home compare website
will link you there on click2houston.com
even after you choose a facility visit
your loved one often to make sure nurses
and staff and know who you are it
wouldn't have prevented Woodards assault
but her daughter believes that nurse
wouldn't have come forward with the
truth if she hadn't seen her there with
her mom Amy Davis KPRC channel 2 news if
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