AUSTIN: 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:
246. The response of a skilled nursing home group to elderly residents was a lot slower than the lightning strike which left many of them stranded.
The strike caused a power cut to the building, affecting the lifts, television and phone receptions.
A letter sent to residents explained that the company outsourced for maintenance did not have the parts to fix the lifts.
One resident was forced to cancel a trip as she was unable to leave the floor of her room…