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.
1064: An owner of multiple health care facilities, including senior living communities, has been charged in the largest single fraud scam of its kind in history, totalling more than $1 billion, according to the Department of Justice.