First responders were called in to help after a woman checked herself out of a local nursing home. Employees said the woman shouldn’t be left alone but was insisting on going.
Dispatch said they could send an ambulance for a woman, but there was no way to make her accept the help.
A deputy spoke to the woman, who’d just had hip surgery, and learned there was no running water at her home and the inside of the home was not in habitable condition despite family members’ attempts to clean it up while she was in rehabilitation.
The woman made arrangements to stay with a friend but wasn’t in any condition to ride in a car due to her surgery. Officers called for an ambulance to see if medics could transport her. However, she didn’t have the address at first, and medics needed to confirm that resident of the home were okay with her staying there.
Deputies contacted the Adult Protective Services hotline. A CPS worker called back and said they’d pass the information on to the agency in the morning.
Officers learned the woman had been released from three different nursing homes recently due to behavioral issues. She refused the offer of an ambulance.
Deputies told the woman to keep her phone near her and call 911 if she needed assistance.
