CHICAGO: 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:
29. The deaths of more than 50 skilled nursing home residents were investigated by specialist police officers last year.
In total, the squad looked at 721 alleged offences against vulnerable adults.
A team of 20 specially-trained officers looks into cases of ill-treatment by care staff and allegations such as vulnerable people being manipulated for their money…