Alleged Neglect At Almost Like Home Assisted Living Center: Family Claims Arvada Facility Allowed Woman To ‘Suffer’

From CBS Denver:

By Kati Weis

October 13, 2020

ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – Arvada police and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment are investigating an alleged neglect case involving a 78-year-old woman at the Almost Like Home assisted living center. The woman’s family claims the facility’s neglect has led to the woman now being on hospice, where she is expected to die within days.

The woman, Julia Gutierrez, has been a resident at the Almost Like Home facility for two years, due to her dementia. However, her family says other than the dementia, she was in good health prior to the pandemic.

Now Gutierrez’s family claims the facility neglected to properly hydrate her, leading to an untreated urinary tract infection, as well as allegedly failed to properly treat a bedsore, leading to a septic infection.

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