CHICAGO: 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:
441: A former nurse who drained a significant sum of money from the account of her dementia-suffering mum leaving her unable to pay skilled nursing home fees was warned she faces prison. She claimed spiralling debts led her to “borrow” the money from the 88-year-old. But skilled nursing home staff raised the alarm after bills were not paid because there were insufficient funds in her account.