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:
244. A nursing home has been placed in special measures and told to suspend all new admissions after it failed to meet four legal requirements in an inspection by health watchdogs.
Vulnerable service users were not protected from the risk of abuse and were being unlawfully restricted of their liberty at a nursing home, which provides accommodation and personal care for people with dementia, mental health and physical disabilities.