HOUSTON: 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:
328: Staff have vowed to work without pay to look after vulnerable residents after a struggling skilled nursing home announced it would shut.
Owners said the home will close because the business is “unviable” – leaving 13 residents looking for a new home…