Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeBOSTON: 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.

685: A church has entered into a settlement agreement concerning resident care at one of its former skilled nursing homes.

Areas of concern related to physician orders, wound care, medication administration, documentation of care, and transfer and toileting of residents…

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.