On Tuesday, two employees of Servpro spent much of the morning disinfecting and cleaning garbage out of an apartment in Fulton. Landlord Rose Anthony is upset that the situation with her tenant got to this point. "Shame on Oswego County." Anthony told CNY Central's Jim Kenyon.

Earlier this month, Anthony says an Oswego County caseworker and a woman, whose name we're withholding, approached her about renting an apartment on the second floor of the building she owns at 306 Oneida Street. The woman is developmentally disabled, but Anthony claims she was misled into believing the woman could live independently.

County officials say the woman had just been separated from her husband and was in danger of becoming homeless. Oswego County Social Services Commissioner Gregg Heffner said the individual was a new client who had never been adequately evaluated in her lifetime. "We're really just discovering the extent of those needs." Heffner says.

After the woman moved in, neighbors in the building noticed the odor of rotting garbage along with maggots and flies. Susan Mintonye says the smell was "freakin' bad. I was getting sick to my stomach."

Mintonye says the garbage began spilling out of the apartment and into the hallways.

Anthony pointed out, "She does not have a piece of furniture in her kitchen. She sits on the floor, she eats on the floor ... throws her garbage on the floor. She only has a mattress in her living room. I feel sorry for this lady, she needs help. It's not this lady's fault, it's the system's fault."

Heffner says the incident points to a growing problem with some developmentally disabled adults leaving group homes and other residential services who are unable to take care of themselves. He says many end up on the streets. "We have individuals coming back in the community who have adult status, have the ability to say yes and no to services, but have no independent living skills and have significant mental health and developmental disabilities."

Heffner says the county is working with the state to provide in home services for the woman including cleaning services. She may not be living there much longer because Rose Anthony says she's preparing an eviction notice.