Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime DALLAS: 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.

713: This is the horrendous moment a care worker appeared to launch an attack on a 94-year-old grandmother suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

The shocking footage was captured by the daughter of the elderly victim, who set up a hidden camera after a tip off from a neighbour.

It appears to show the woman pushing the grandmother with her feet before standing up and grabbing her by the back of the head…

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.