PHILADELPHIA: 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:
378: A carer told police that she stole medications for patients at her skilled nursing home for personal use over the past three months and replaced those medications with over-the-counter drugs or water pills, according to court records…