The CPS Elder Abuse Unit has been called in to investigate after a 68-year-old woman was found in a northeast Calgary home which had been left in a deplorable state by a group of renters.

They say the woman had apparently been left alone for days in the house after the tenants, two women and a baby, packed up and left in the middle of the night.

The landlord of the home told CTV that she’d been having trouble with her renters, who had been behind in paying their lease for some time. She’d just served them with an eviction notice and came by the house on Monday morning, finding it had been abandoned.

Despite the home being left in a deplorable condition and her being out thousands in rent, Sandy Ert says the biggest shock came when she found the senior lying in bed upstairs by herself, with no food or water.

“I had my husband go up there because, you know, the lady was lying in the bed and I asked her to go up to make sure she was still alive. He was talking to her and she’s a very sweet old lady,” Ert said. “She’s only 69. She’s naïve. How you could have somebody do that – that’s your family. What kind of family is that, that would leave her behind?”

Ert said the woman told her that before the women left, they said that someone was going to come back to pick her up and take care of her.

Officials say the woman, who has not been identified, suffers from apparent brain damage. They say that there was no knowledge that the woman was there and her family did not contact anyone about her presence in the home after they left.

Ert said that she visited the home earlier in the weekend to show it to some potential renters. The tenants were there and were in the process of packing up their belongings, but nothing for the senior appeared to be packed.

"We go up the stairs and the grandmother is in the back bedroom in the corner, with her dog but he stuff is all around her," Ert said. "Everything else in the house was packing things. I said to my husband, 'there's nothing packed in her room, why does it look like they're going to leave her behind?' and he said 'well, they're not going to do that'."

Meanwhile, Ert’s family members helped her clean out the home all day. They say the house was littered with household items, garbage, rotting food and dirty diapers.

There is no estimate on the damage, if any, caused to the home.

Calgary police confirmed to CTV that they are investigating and say the woman has been taken to hospital for a checkup and to be cared for while her relatives are tracked down.

It’s believed they may have gone to B.C.

CTV attempted to contact them over social media, but had no response.