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:

410: A skilled nursing home worker who locked residents out of their rooms has been struck off.

The adult skilled nursing home manager has been removed after a Panel found she ignored the dignity and privacy of residents by locking them out of their rooms.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.