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:
530: A dementia skilled nursing home has been criticised for putting people at “serious risk” after inspectors found vulnerable residents had been left lying in their beds for weeks on end.