Balinda Garza Eady, 54, was arrested Friday morning and has been charged with injury to elderly person with intent to cause bodily injury.
BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — A medical caregiver has been accused of assaulting a 91-year-old patient, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office says.
Sheriff Javier Salazar said in a press conference that 54-year-old Balinda Garza Eady assaulted the elderly victim several times over the course of two months.
BCSO says Eady works as an in-home healthcare provider for Senior Buddies. Instead of working in a group home, providers go to the home of the person they are caring for.
The victim in this case is 91 years old and has late-stage dementia. They also require 24-hour care.
The family put up a camera to make sure they could monitor activities while Eady was caring for the victim. Salazar says Eady even knew there was a camera, but still wasn’t deterred, and continued to allegedly assault the victim.
A family member grew concerned of the victim after seeing some spilled food in the victim’s room. They asked Eady why that was the case and Eady said the victim “knocked the food off.”
In an abundance of caution, Salazar says the family then went to watch the surveillance footage. What they found was “several pretty disturbing cases of outright abuse” between January and March of 2025.
BSCO officials eventually investigated, and determined that Eady was force feeding the victim, causing pain.
There was also at least one instance where Eady allegedly “slaps her in the face.”
Eady was arrested Friday morning and was charged with injury to elderly person with intent to cause bodily injury.
Salazar goes on to say that the family initially contacted Senior Buddies and made a complaint about the alleged abuse. Management told the victim’s family that they wanted to handle the incident internally and they “wouldn’t contact law enforcement.” Salazar says the family was not satisfied with that and they themselves told law enforcement.
There is no evidence that this company or suspect has any more abuse cases, but if you have any experiences like this with Senior Buddies, make sure to contact BCSO at 210-335-6000.