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:
527: A manager at a skilled nursing home where five patients died from neglect is accused of shredding records to hide the fact that a 77-year-old woman was given an overdose.