LOS ANGELES: 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:
228: Health inspectors have branded a care provider unsafe after a patient was found on the floor with injuries and was taken to hospital.
Staff had missed both evening and morning visits at the patient’s home before he was found lying on the floor during a scheduled lunch time visit.
The report said that staff were repeatedly late or missed call outs to patients.