NEW YORK: 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:
248. A skilled nursing home company director has admitted “lessons have been learned” following the death of a resident.
A post-mortem report read to the inquest said he died of ischemic heart disease and bronchopneumonia.
The hearing heard that the resident – who had a form of dementia and difficulty walking, often using a zimmer frame – had been complaining about pain in his knees for some time before being taken to hospital.