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:
442: Three nurses have been struck off for poor care – some of which led to patient deaths – at a skilled nursing home. Following the hearing, families of patients who lived at the home vowed to continue campaigning for criminal cases.