SAN JOSE: 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:
179. A woman was sentenced to 24 years in prison after being found guilty of 29 counts including neglect of a vulnerable adult, abuse of a vulnerable adult, false imprisonment, kidnapping and theft and for tricking disabled and elderly adults into believing they were moving to an assisted living facility to receive care.