Nursing home worker found woman covered in ants

Linda Law said she was delivering clean laundry to Lucille Devers and expected to find her still in bed in her darkened room. Instead, Devers appeared to be dancing or marching. Alarmed, Law said she turned on the light.

''It was like something out of a horror movie,'' she said. ''She was covered with ants.''

I have to agree. Dear God. Mrs. Devers -- who is 79 years old -- survived the ordeal. Not surprisingly, she moved.

The state's nursing home laws -- which aren't always strongly enforced -- mandate that homes be kept free of insects and other pests. Given that, the claim by their lawyer that they're "in the nursing home business, not the pest control business" rings hollow. Terminix, meanwhile, says fire ants are hard to control, which runs counter to the ad I remember seeing that said Terminix could solve your fire ant problem. The former administrator admits she knew there were ants in the building but didn't call an exterminator until after the attack.