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:
330: Four more staff members at a skilled nursing home are being investigated in the wake of abuse allegations.
Initially, 14 employees were suspended on full pay pending the outcome of an investigation started after a TV documentary which purported to show scenes of abuse at the facility…