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.
934: The daughter of a woman who died after suffering painful bed sores while at a skilled nursing home has shared pictures of her mother’s horrific injuries.
She says her mother’s wounds were kept hidden from the family after secret footage showed staff leaving her lying on her back, despite being on a two-hour re-positioning regime.