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:
280: A skilled nursing home owner must pay a large fine for breaching fire safety laws which put the lives of his residents at risk.
The home was in such a bad state of repair that a locksmith working on an exit door put his foot through the stairwell and almost fell three storeys through the collapsing landing.