SAN DIEGO: 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:
212. A nursing home has been ordered to improve after inspectors found safety regulations had been breached.
Regulators raised concerns about fire safety rules, residents having access to potentially hazardous chemicals and a lack of window locks.