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.
632: A male nurse has been cleared of forcing tablets down the throat of an elderly woman at a skilled nursing home.
He was alleged to have physically and verbally abused both residents and staff at a nursing home.