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.

557: A “highly dishonest” care worker who admitted stealing cash from clients aged 92 and 87 has narrowly escaped jail.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.