LOS ANGELES: 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.
935: A pensioner died after developing a sore at a skilled nursing home, an inquest has heard. He died after developing a severe pressure sore, which had become infected.