HOUSTON: 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:
221: The coroner has called for a public inquiry into a skilled nursing home.
Neglect was a factor in five deaths at the privately run home while a further 14 people who died were found to have received “sub-optimal” care.