HOUSTON: 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:
478: A skilled nursing home is under threat of closure after being branded inadequate in a damning report by inspectors.
Unexplained bruises and injuries to some of the 21 elderly residents and a lack of staff with specialist training were two main areas of concern…