CHICAGO: 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:
226: A former worker at a nursing home has today denied allegations he abused teenagers during his time there.
He gave evidence today, via video link to the inquiry into historical abuse in the care system.
The legal counsel presented allegations of sexual abuse dating back to the early 1990s.