PHOENIX: 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.
1174: Residents of a Rehabilitation and Healthcare Centre were left to sit in their own urine and faeces, sometimes for hours at a time. One patient became so frustrated that he stopped eating. Some were underfed and dehydrated.