Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeWASHINGTON, D.C.: 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:

343: A skilled nursing home nurse who tied a pair of tights around a dead resident’s head to stop her jaw from falling open has won a bid to return to the profession.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.