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:
180. A blind woman was killed after a fire spread from a gas stove to her clothes. The fire was reported at at her Village Retirement Apartments.
By the time fire crews arrived at the complex, investigators said it was too late. The fire was limited to one apartment, but the woman’s body was covered in second and third degree burns.