"It's been horrible,” said another resident, Jayne Carlock, 74.
The complex now has running water and electricity but the elevators aren’t working, stranding some residents who can’t use the stairs.
"It's like being in jail,” said Dusty Ford, a 77-year-old who lives by himself and is proud to be independent.
"It's so sad,” said Laurie Cooper, another disabled resident. “Just the little things you don't know you're missing. Water, you know what I'm saying? Water, food. You couldn't cook and stuff. Lost a lot of food. Had to throw it away. You know what I'm saying?"
When Margaret Seeley and other volunteers from Gateway Church first visited over the weekend, they found people without basic necessities.