Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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:

465: A carer was caught out when concerned relatives of the victim hid a covert camera in a gift box in her room after becoming suspicious about cuts and bruises on the 89-year-old’s body.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.