He went in for physical therapy and recovery, but was met with mice and rodent droppings on the floor in several areas around the room. A Philadelphia family called CBS News Philadelphia after their brother was admitted to Graduate Post Acute, a nursing facility in Center City. The family didn't let him stay there because he has cancer, and they say the conditions were too unsanitary.
Michael D'Emilio was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2018, and he's been fighting ever since.
"It's just been a struggle for him," Rob D'Emilio, his younger brother, said. "He's the strongest person I know."
This past April, Michael D'Emilio spent nearly a month in the hospital with pneumonia and needed physical therapy and rehab before he could go home. He said he decided on Graduate Post Acute,