LOS ANGELES: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers. But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively counter the growing threat:
54. Eventually, when assistance did come, the resident’s clothing was so wet it left a trail of urine from the chair to the bathroom, where a medication aide stripped her down, sat her on the toilet and left her there for an hour.