ATLANTA: 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:
105. A care worker has been found guilty of mistreating a severely disabled patient at a respite skilled nursing home.
She forced the resident into a bath when she was still wearing clothes and an incontinence pad.