BOSTON -- A local woman is fighting for a new law after her aunt became homeless after a nursing home kicked her out without any warning.

NewsCenter 5's Bianca de la Garza reported that Rachel Geller was very close to her aunt Sally Miller.

Suffering from Alzheimer's, Geller placed her at the Sherrill House Nursing and Rehab Center in Jamaica Plain.

Less than 24 hours after leaving Miller, and a check for $12,000, she discovered a problem.

"I received a phone call telling me my aunt had a seizure and they were going to send her to hospital for observation," Geller said.

Two days later Miller was discharged, the phone rang. It was the hospital.

"'Rachel, we have a really big problem. They evicted her and they are refusing to take her back,'" Geller said.

Miller was homeless. Desperate to find her a new place, Geller admitted her 77-year-old non-verbal aunt to the hospital psychiatric ward for three weeks.

"She was terrified. She was scared. Whenever I came to see her she didn't know what was going on," Geller said.

Geller claims Sherrill House employees told her about a bogus 24-hour law allowing them to evict new patients. After calls to her state representative, she learned the truth.

"There are about 10 requirements they have to adhere to if they are going to discharge them," she said.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health investigated and found the facility did not provide a safe discharge plan.

The CEO declined NewsCenter 5's interview request.

"Sherrill House is not at liberty to discuss an individual's medical care absent authorization from the patient," officials said in a statement.

"They knew the law. They were well aware. I didn't know the law. They know none of us know the laws," Geller said.

Drafting Sally's Law, the bill would require nursing homes to provide new patients and families a copy of their rights.

Miller died this year. Geller plans to testify for the bill at the Statehouse later this month.