DETROIT: 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:
130: A man has been accused of using his power-of-attorney status to secretly drain more than $100,000 from an elderly friend’s bank account.
Detectives have charged him with two counts of theft, one count of receiving stolen property and one count of misapplication of entrusted property.