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.
644: A crooked skilled nursing home manager has been jailed for taking significant sums from elderly residents.
The carer took control of vulnerable people’s finances and used their cash on personal expenses such as spa treatment, a new television and parking tickets.