Family outraged after father, 89, left on assisted living floor for 22 hours

An 89-year-old man spent more than 22 hours naked and alone on the floor of a Gilbert assisted living facility without staff ever finding him in need of help.

Video from a motion-activated camera inside the room of 89-year-old James McHose captured footage of him lying on the floor, pleading for help.

“I’m watching it go from dark to light,” said his daughter, Jamie Hammonds. “From day to night to day.”

Hammonds was the one who found her father as she came by to check on him inside The Oaks Senior Living facility in Gilbert last month.

“I’m sad that his dignity was taken away from him, and he laid naked on the floor for 22-plus hours until I found him,” she said…

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