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.
902: A nurse who grabbed a dementia patient’s shirt and forced him against a wall has been kicked out of the profession.
He was struck off this week after being convicted of assaulting the 79-year-old resident.