LOS ANGELES: 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.
1127: Two former skilled nursing home workers have been placed on community payback orders for nine months and must carry out unpaid work after being found guilty of assaulting an 89-year old female patient by throwing balls of tinfoil at her.