SEATTLE: 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:
15: A former skilled nursing home boss who was suspended following the death of an 89-year-old patient has been suspended from the nursing register.
She faced a series of allegations about her treatment of several residents including one resident who suffered 54 accidents during her four months at the home whilst the accused was in charge, from January to October 2012.