HOUSTON: 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:
412: The former bookkeeper at a skilled nursing home has been convicted of stealing from patient trust fund accounts. She was arrested.
She allegedly modified residents’ electronic profiles to list the names of people in on the scheme as family members of the residents.