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.
683: A man died last week after police said he was hit in the head with a dresser drawer during an altercation at a skilled nursing home.
According to police, he was attacked and was hit in the head by another unnamed resident of the facility.