Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS ANGELES: 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.

1075: A woman, who does not wish to be named, said she was sexually assaulted by health worker Vijay Bundhun, who was jailed for life. A businesswoman who was repeatedly raped by a nurse who was supposed to be caring for her is suing for at least £100,000.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.