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:
345: A fire that killed one resident and injured two others at an assisted-living centre last March is being blamed on a resident with a penchant for drinking heavily and smoking in his room. Investigators have cited the facility’s operators for negligence.