SAN FRANCISCO: 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:
39. An 87-year-old man who suffers from advanced Alzheimer’s disease has been arrested for beating his 76-year-old roommate to death at their assisted living facility.