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:
294: A home health care aide who allegedly stole thousands from an elderly client has been indicted on a theft charge.
Prosecutors say the charges included payments for a holiday timeshare, airfare, dental work, insurance, a car loan and phone bills.