The owner of a San Diego residential care facility who is facing elder abuse charges for the alleged neglect of senior citizens staying at her facility was in court on Wednesday.

Maria Erolina Delgado, 62, who owns J & M Happy Guest Home, is accused of leaving the facility "severely understaffed," resulting in multiple residents suffering from bedsores, dehydration and malnourishment. The California Attorney General's Office also alleged some residents were left in soiled diapers for days at a time.

Delgado, who is out of jail on a $100,000 bail, appeared in court for her arraignment on Wednesday. She pleaded not guilty to all charges and was told that a condition of her bail is that she is unable to care for any elderly or dependent adults she is not related to at her home or at any lon

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