CHICAGO: 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:
235: An elderly woman has died after a fire broke out in her bedroom at a retirement home.
The incident was reported during the early hours of the morning. It’s not yet clear what caused the blaze.