NEW YORK: Retirement communities and rest 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:
121. A widower is suing his wife’s nursing care facility, alleging medical malpractice caused her death.
The facility breached its duty of care during her residency when she suffered respiratory failure and cardiac arrest following a fall and the defendant failed to monitor her condition.