Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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.

1187: The former CEO of a company that operates dozens of nursing homes and three others face federal charges in a kickback scheme worth millions of dollars, according to an indictment released Wednesday morning.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.