WELLINGTON: 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:
206. A skilled nursing home nurse who force-fed sandwiches to a patient has been struck off for her bullying and abusive behaviour.
A tribunal concluded her actions amounted to serious misconduct made worse by her senior role.