PORTLAND: 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:
183. A social worker who was accused of leaving his shift at a skilled nursing home 45 minutes early, contributing to a resident falling and breaking an arm, has been cleared of misconduct after a hearing.