A dementia-stricken elderly woman dies when a caregiver in the senior citizens home where she resided gave her caustic dishwashing detergent instead of grape juice, leaving her mouth, throat, and esophagus severely burned.
Saturday morning, three ambulances arrived at the Atria Park Senior Living facility in the San Francisco Bay Area following an incident.
Three individuals were transported to a local hospital after consuming the toxic liquids.
Among them was 93-year-old Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell, who passed away later.
Her daughter reported suffering from mouth, throat, and esophagus ulcers.
According to a source close to the investigation, the cleaning solution may have been mistaken for grape juice.
A dementia-stricken elderly woman died after a caregiver at her senior living facility fed her caustic dishwashing liquid instead of grape juice.
Saturday at 8.30 a.m., three ambulances were dispatched to the Atria Park Senior Living facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Three residents were reportedly sent to the hospital after receiving dishwashing liquid instead of juice.
Among them was 93-year-old Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell, who died due to mouth, throat, and esophagus blistering.
Atria Park is located near San Mateo, approximately 20 miles south of San Francisco.
Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell, 93, passed away on Saturday after consuming the poisonous liquid at the Atria Park Senior Living facility in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
“We have been collaborating with local officials, who notified us that one resident had passed away. Our deepest condolences are with the family,’ Atria said in a statement to the local KRON-TV station.
The institution has suspended the involved personnel while it investigates, and it is also cooperating with authorities, according to the statement.
Other information was not immediately disclosed.
The featured Atria Park facility is located in San Mateo, approximately 20 miles south of San Francisco.
Marcia Cutchin, however, told KRON-TV that the deceased resident was her 93-year-old mother, Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell.
According to one source cited by NBC Bay Area, the liquid may have been mistaken for grape juice.
A source involved in the inquiry of Ms. Maxwell’s case told the local NBC affiliate, “There may have been an error.”
Someone assumed they had picked up and poured grape juice into glasses, but it was actually a cleaning solution.
Ms Cutchin stated that Ms Maxwell arrived at the hospital with “severe blistering of her lips, throat, and oesophagus.”
She stated that Atria informed the family that the material was a “alkaline cleaning solution that consumes protein.”
Ms. Cutchin stated that her mother’s dementia rendered her incapable of feeding herself.
According to her daughter, Ms. Maxwell left eight children and twenty grandchildren.