WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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.
656: A nursing home should be considered a place where a resident receives good care and companionship during the final years of life. However, not all nursing homes are safe. Sometimes, mistakes happen or negligent care is provided. In one such case, the son of a nursing home resident claims the facility was negligent in the care it provided to his mother, which resulted in her death. The lawsuit names the assisted care facility…