PHILADELPHIA: 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:
350: A skilled nursing home has been placed “on watch” after a damning report found a number of failings.
Inspectors found that in some cases, residents at the home had to wait up to 15 minutes to be assisted by care staff…