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:
416: A skilled nursing home worker swore at elderly dementia patients, pushed them roughly and pressed a resident’s legs down so hard that she yelped in pain, a court heard…