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.
706: A skilled nursing home worker is facing charges for allegedly stealing cash and a credit card from a resident of a nursing and rehabilitation centre. She was employed as a nurse’s aide at the facility at the time of the crime…