SAN FRANCISCO: 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.
1158: The manager of a skilled nursing home where staff “horribly abused vulnerable residents has been struck off.
A police investigation into the abuse at the home, which took place between 2010 and 2011, found that four members of staff took part in actions including throwing beanbags at residents heads, slapping them, causing them distress by flicking their ears, and mocking them. There was an incident where a resident was tipped from a wheelchair and another where a resident’s foot was stamped on.