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:
317: Police raided and shut down an assisted-living facility on Tuesday.
Investigators accuse the operator of the facility of committing fraud against at least one of its former residents, stealing their identity, and then charging thousands on a fake credit card…