CHICAGO: 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:
171. Twenty eight disabled people are being moved from a skilled nursing home after inspectors warned over fire risks.
Other concerns raised were exit doors locked and doors protected by coded key pads leaving residents unable to make their own way out in an emergency.
A court order was secured which will see all the adults who were housed in bungalows at the facility moved to new accommodation.