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Arvada Assisted Living Center Cited In Neglect Case, Family Calling On State To Shut It Down

The facility was cited with "deficient practice" for failing to protect Julia Gutierrez, 78, from neglect.

(CBS News)

March 10, 2021

ARVADA, Colo. (CBS4) – A family is calling for the Almost Like Home assisted living center in Arvada to be shut down, after a state health department investigation revealed their loved one was neglected there. The facility cited with “deficient practice” for failing to protect Julia Gutierrez, 78, from neglect.

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“I would have gotten her out of there sooner,” said Gutierrez’s daughter, Sylvia Torralba, of the newly released health department findings. “She could be alive today, and she’s not, and there’s nothing I can do about that.”

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