Death at California elderly home after dishwasher soap served instead of juice

Three people living at Atria Park senior living facility in San Mateo, California, just south of San Francisco, had to be taken to a hospital after ingesting the liquid in question on Saturday morning. One of them later died, and the local police, the state department of social services and the facility itself are investigating, Atria Park officials said in a statement provided to media outlets on Monday.

The case highlighted one of the worst outcomes imaginable for the more than 800,000 people residing in licensed assisted living facilities across the US and their loved ones.

Nonetheless, citing information from her daughter, the San Francisco news outlet Kron-TV identified the dead resident as 93-year-old Gertrude Elizabeth Murison Maxwell.

According to the daughter, Marcia Cutchin, Maxwell had dementia and needed help to feed herself.