Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: Retirement communities and rest 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:

383: A worker at an assisted living facility has been arrested and faces charges after seniors complained to police about valuables going missing from their rooms…

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.