BOSTON: 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.
862: A 55-year-old careworker has been ordered not to leave her residence pending court proceedings after she was charged with stealing using a chequebook belonging to an elderly resident at a skilled nursing home.