{"id":129287,"date":"2026-01-19T18:02:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129287\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T18:02:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:02:07","slug":"el-paso-family-says-care-home-denied-final-goodbye-to-dying-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/129287\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso family says care home denied final goodbye to dying mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO (KVIA) \u2014 An El Paso family is demanding answers after they say they were denied access to an adult care home as their mother was dying \u2014 leaving them without the chance to say goodbye or pray with her during her final moments.<\/p>\n<p>The Bajala family says they rushed to Golden Angels Adult Care Home after learning their mother\u2019s condition had worsened. But when they arrived, they claim staff would not allow family members \u2014 or a priest \u2014 inside the facility.<\/p>\n<p>Family members say they repeatedly asked to be let in, explaining their mother was near the end of her life. They say those requests were denied, and they were left waiting outside without clear information about her condition.<\/p>\n<p>KVIA will update this story if Golden Angels Adult Care Home or state regulators respond.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/station\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO (KVIA) \u2014 An El Paso family is demanding answers after they say they were denied access&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129288,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-129287","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129287\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}