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.

868: A former skilled nursing home manager who allowed staff to tilt mattresses to prevent elderly residents getting out of bed has been struck off following the death of a resident.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.