MIAMI: 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:
264: Health care regulations have advised that “significant improvements” are required in the design, layout, and maintenance of a skilled nursing home. It was also critical of the centre’s failure to notify it of an unexpected death of a resident.
The report’s authors, who inspected the premises last March, noted improvements, recommended from a previous inspection, had yet to be implemented…