SAN DIEGO: 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:
211. A fire engulfed a nursing home killing at least 16 elderly residents in a pre-dawn inferno that may have been intentionally ignited, authorities said.
Another five seniors had burns and smoke inhalation injuries while one person was listed as missing after the blaze.