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.
1019: A nurse is to face a watchdog hearing relating to her work at a skilled nursing home.
She will appear before the Nursing and Midwifery Council to face charges with regard to her work at a care centre.
Among the charges is an accusation that she told a resident “if you don’t stop shouting I’ll put you in the conservatory”…