CHICAGO: 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:
545: An experienced nurse gave paracetamol to a skilled nursing home resident who was allergic to the drug – and later changed medical records to cover up her error.
She was dismissed from the home but later covered up her sacking when applying for a job at a home in a “calculated attempt to mislead her future employer”.