Kids scatter and a man is seen running on to the tracks to
grab a small child thankfully,
nobody was injured in the
near miss.
near miss. >> There’s some 1200 nursing
homes in Texas, so you would
think that finding a facility
for your loved one wouldn’t be
that hard.
that hard. >> Yes, but a recent study put
Texas on the list of the top 10
states
states with the.
with the. >> Worse nursing homes.
Consumer investigator Amy Davis
poured through hundreds of
records to show you our areas
homes with the worst
violations.
>> The fancy front desk, the well appointed lobby and the
gift shop or what sold the law
Blount on that Crescent in
Sugar Land, but it’s
♪
♪ like getting.
like getting. >> A president that’s really
pretty and then you open it up
and it’s a fun show rock.
>> Yolanda 70 year-old mother
Miranda was here for just 48
hours but still she feels
guilty.
guilty. >> I just feel like I feel
for her.
for her. >> This was more and of the day
before the hospital transfer
her after she fell and broke
her hip. Sums up showing she
was ready to get back on her
feet. We a lot to stop by
♪
♪ the Crescent, the very next
day.
day. >> My mom was.
She was saturated in urine and >> home that it
was covered.
was covered. >> She says her mom who has
dementia and diabetes was
incoherent with the fresh
blister she had Rob draw on
her foot the London found her
mom’s call button out of reach
under her bed.
>> I pressed and I pressed it
and I pressed it and
nobody came.
nobody came. >> And then a man appeared in
the doorway wearing a
maintenance shirt, but you want
to said he didn’t speak
English.
English. >> I was not understanding he
was an understanding me he
pointed to the restroom.
I was over and I screamed for
him to
him to ♪
♪ >> get out the day.
>> The media can that scream
and got the attention of the
staff person and the hall with
that person didn’t help much
either.
either. >> They said that she must go
free move her
own clothes and got out of the
bag and put them in a plastic
bag and walk 25 steps and put
them in touch or or a a the
cause of in which I found out
then hop back in
♪
♪ the bed.
On top of urine and >> I’m I’m Amy Davis with
KPRC police.
KPRC police. >> By the Crescent to speak
with the executive director
when he wouldn’t answer our
questions by phone or e-mail we
just had basic questions like
how long people sick patients
stay in their rooms with with
no attention from a staff
member.
member. >> I can see
for context can text continuing care owns 37 nursing homes, 9
are in the Houston area and 5
of those homes, including
the Crescent get a 2 star
rating or lower meaning below
average or much below
average care in an can Tex
representative wrote in part
during the approximately 48
hours Mrs. Blount was in
our facility. Our team fell
short of the standards of care
we regularly provide we’re
disappointed that
disappointed that this occurred these homes are
not the worst rated we found we
use Medicare inspection data to
rank Houston area, nursing
homes with the most
serious violations those
causing immediate jeopardy to
resident health or safety the
West to replace recently
renamed paradigm in Westbury in
southwest Houston.
southwest Houston. This had such a poor history of
quality care and currently has
no stars on the federal nursing
home compare website and this
red hand means in Specter’s
have cited this home for abuse,
the focus, Karen Allen Brooke
in Baytown has also been cited
for abuse and has 6 serious
violations that put patients at
risk and the nursing home with
the worst history of violations
in our area.
His legend Oaks health care and
rehabilitation near Willowbrook
recently renamed misty willow
health care and rehab the feds
have 5
have 5 this facility nearly $300,000
over the last 3 years. I don’t
think that could be worse.
>> Then what happened to my
mother
mother ♪
♪ >> is death.
>> You want to said one thing
she did not check before she
picked the nursing home for her
her mother were
online reviews on yelp and
Google the reviews are much
more blunt they’re easier to
read than the inspection
reports on the Medicare nursing
home compare website. Tomorrow
morning on Channel 2 news