The Texas Health and Human Services has launched a full investigation into Cypress Creek Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center, a nursing home in Houston, following a distressing incident involving an 87-year-old grandmother.
Creek Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. When she arrived, Tiffany says Medeiros had been isolated in a wheelchair and had bruises all over her body.
The grandmother told FOX 26 in a Zoom interview from a hospital room Wednesday that her memory is "fuzzy" involving what happened at the nursing home.FOX 26 Houston is now on the FOX LOCAL app available through Apple TV, Amazon FireTV, Roku and Google Android TV! "I had the staff telling me that she wasn’t leaving the facility with paramedics when they got there," said Chioles. "I’m in tears because it’s just a mess and my grandma needed help, and they’re not letting her get help. They delayed her medical treatment by maybe an hour."
The family is now working to put together a police report. They say they waited until now because initially the grandmother didn’t remember anything. Then, on Monday, Tiffany’s grandfather died. Now, they’re hoping to meet with police, so they can investigate what exactly happened.FOX 26 called the nursing home Wednesday afternoon for comment and was put on hold for roughly 10 minutes. Then, we were told to send them an email, including the accusations and our questions.
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