WATCH: Elderly cry for help due to mistreatment at a retirement centre
91-year-old Lydia Marchetti, lived at this retirement centre since 2004, she watched the centre's state deteriorate throughout the years.
Lydia Moeketsie (91) at Donovan McDonald Retirement Centre in Florida, 23 January 2023. Picture by Sibongumenzi Sibiya/ The Citizen
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Donovan McDonald, situated in Florida Johannesburg, is a senior citizens rental facility with 175 units. The elderly citizens from this retirement centre came in numbers fed up with alleged mistreatment and years of empty promises.
91-year-old Lydia Marchetti, who had lived at this retirement centre since 2004, watched the centre’s state deteriorate more and more throughout the years.
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