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:
276: When a 78-year-old woman faced eviction from an assisted living facility due to nonpayment, her brother notified police.
The office manager was arrested on charges of identity theft and theft.