Tag: Assisted Living
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2 dead, 4 injured after fire at assisted living facility in Centennial
Investigators determined the fire was caused by careless disposal of smoking materials outside the building
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‘Families have been let down’: Colorado’s troubling assisted living deaths stir calls for action
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Colorado lawmaker along with a national advocate for the elderly have called on Gov. Jared Polis and the state’s health department to do more to protect vulnerable assisted living residents following revelations by The Gazette of underreported deaths and a lack of substantial consequences…
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Colorado care worker sentenced to 60 days in jail for assisted-living facility death
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A care worker on duty the day Hazel Place died after being left unattended for six hours in 100-degree weather at a Grand Junction assisted living facility was sentenced to 60 days in county jail on Monday in Mesa County district court. Jamie Johnston, 32,…
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Zoning change allows expansion of assisted living facility in Denver
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A technical snafu that left several Denver City Council members in stitches at Monday’s meeting did not prevent the body from approving several rezoning measures after public hearings. In what could have been called the…
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Jury acquits former assisted living health care worker charged in Grand Junction death case
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A former assisted living health care worker in Grand Junction was found not guilty on Thursday in connection with the death of 86-year-old Hazel Place, a dementia patient left unattended outside in 100-degree heat for six hours in June 2021. The Mesa County district court…
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Denver committee advances rezoning of baseball field despite community opposition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver City Council land use committee advanced a proposal to rezone a baseball field Tuesday despite opposition from the surrounding community. The private baseball field, located at 8890 E. Lowry Blvd., is currently zoned to be used as a park, playground, church, school or…
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Mother’s Day pop-up shop provides free gifts for moms who faced homelessness
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Natalia Moon came to the U.S. eight years ago as a refugee, fleeing religious persecution. Five years later, she found herself a victim of domestic violence with three young children, facing homelessness after her husband…