LOS ANGELES: 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:
217. An elderly man with dementia has gone missing from his nursing home. Police are appealing for his whereabouts.
Officers are becoming increasingly concerned for his welfare as he suffers from dementia and is in need of medication.