Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeDALLAS: 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.

1147: A former skilled nursing home manager will appear before a disciplinary panel this month accused of placing staffing needs above patient safety.

Ms Jenkins is accused of 15 failings which would impair her fitness to practise nursing by reason of misconduct.

One of the charges against Ms Jenkins is that she failed to notify the authorities when allegations of abuse were made at the home.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.