Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeSAN FRANCISCO: 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.

1161: A care worker has been struck off after turning up to work under the influence of alcohol.

Today, the skilled nursing home, where she worked during the time of the incident, slammed her behaviour as the watchdog removed her from its register.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.