MIAMI: 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:
65. A total of 86 failings by nurses relating to vulnerable people in their care have been found proven by a disciplinary panel.
They relate to nine residents.
They include failing to prevent pressure sores and delays in seeking advice about an infected feeding tube.