Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: 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.

744: A woman is suing a nursing home, claiming negligence by staff led to her mother’s death.

She is seeking a jury trial and punitive and compensatory damages in an amount to be determined at trial.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.