WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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.
1115: A former counselor at a centre for special care has been indicted on charges that he sexually abused six residents of the facility, all of whom suffered from traumatic brain injuries.