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.

556: A nurse is facing a string of abuse charges. She is alleged to have failed to call an ambulance for a stricken resident and forced another resident to take their medication.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.