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.
1163: A former nursing home employee was sentenced after pleading guilty to a pair of theft charges including stealing a resident’s wedding ring and bringing it to a pawn shop in 2015.