Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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.

1115: A former counselor at a centre for special care has been indicted on charges that he sexually abused six residents of the facility, all of whom suffered from traumatic brain injuries.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.