Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeCHICAGO: 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.

976: One of the largest nursing home chains is being sued after it was accused of neglecting an elderly man’s bedsores, something his family said led to his death.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.