Gaston Guerrero, 84, has Alzheimer’s, relies on a walker to get around and requires 24-hour medical care.
Until July 28, Gaston’s relatives thought he was in a licensed care facility.
"She fooled everybody," said Gaston’s son, Luis Guerrero.
Guerrero is one of six patients forced out when Access Adult Family Care Center was shut down in St. Petersburg.
Investigators say owner Maria Matos Infante had been operating without a license since January.
"It’s sad that you just don’t do things the right way when it comes to elderly people,” said Luis Guerrero. “Because people trust you to take care of your family member and you want them to have the best."
“It’s a sad situation for all,” said Gaston’s son-in-law, Scott Meehan.
It’s a situation that’s also raised a lot of questions.
Bay News 9 found there was no Department of Health Inspection listed for Access Adult Family Care Center, but there was an inspection at the same address listed under a different name, Building Lives Adult Family Care.
That inspection, dated July 20 2015 at 12:30 p.m., shows none of the six patients who lived there were home at the time. Coincidentally, that’s a day and time Luis went to visit his father.
"Nobody was there and they said they’re doing a deep-cleaning in the house so they took them to another home and they’ll be back in a couple of hours," said Luis Guerrero.
The patients did go back, but not for long.
Matos Infante is now in the Pinellas County Jail facing six counts of operating an unlicensed assisted living facility, 16 counts of fraudulent use of a credit card and eight counts of fraudulent use of personal information.