BALTIMORE: Retirement communities and rest 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:
162. A care worker has been jailed for “grooming” and having sex with a vulnerable woman in his care. He admitted sexual activity with the woman who has learning difficulties.
The judge jailed him for four years and three months for the “appalling” offences. He also sent the woman “sexually explicit” text messages and had sex with her at the skilled nursing home.