HOUSTON: 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:
433: A care worker mistreated a disabled man by swearing at him and bathing him in cold water. When the patient started to misbehave, he swore at him and stuck his fingers up…