Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime SAN FRANCISCO: 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.

612: The heartbroken family of a man who suffered a severe brain injury after choking on his own vomit at a care institution has been awarded an undisclosed settlement.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.