DALLAS: Retirement communities and rest 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:
401: A number of deficiencies found during an inspection at a skilled nursing home last month have resulted in the owners being fined.
The 85-page inspection report, released to the public last week, identified a number of issues at the facility, including findings that staff failed to properly install bed rails, used improper procedures with the administration of catheters, served meals at unsafe temperatures, improperly stored drugs and did not have fire drills.
The inspection also found the nursing home’s elevators to be in poor condition.