LOS ANGELES: 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:
543: Residents were stranded for more than two weeks on the second floor of a skilled nursing home, a shocking report has revealed.
A broken lift had left disabled residents stuck upstairs for more than two weeks, and disabled visitors had been unable to see them…