MINNEAPOLIS: 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:
152. A former resident of a senior center has pleaded guilty to trying to burn it down. A judge sentenced the 62-year-old to 11 years in prison, suspending all but 6 months.