San Diego Care Facility Owner Sentenced To House Arrest For Elder Abuse

SAN DIEGO, CA — The former owner of a San Diego residential care facility who pleaded guilty to elder abuse charges related to neglect of the business' residents was sentenced Tuesday to one year of home detention and two years of probation.

Maria Erolina Delgado, 62, was charged last year by the California Attorney General's Office for leaving the facility, J & M Happy Guest Home, "severely understaffed," prosecutors said, resulting in multiple residents suffering from bed sores, dehydration and malnourishment.

The AG's Office also alleged some residents were left in soiled diapers for days at a time.

The charged conduct occurred in 2020, according to the criminal complaint filed against Delgado last fall.

She pleaded guilty earlier this year to two felony elder abuse counts.

— City News Service