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.
1130: Detectives are investigating the death of an 81-year-old resident of a health center after he reportedly used a handgun to shoot and kill himself on Friday night.