BOSTON: 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.
618: A report last month contains statistics that are “disgusting and discouraging”, says a politician.
The annual report shows there were five deaths classified as homicides in skilled nursing homes in 2013 and eight classified as homicides in 2014…