FORT WORTH: 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:
66. A reported “lockdown” of a skilled nursing home for more than two weeks has been attributed to an outbreak of gastroenteritis.
A spokeswoman said a number of residents were being treated for the illness.