Age 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:

307: A woman has been arrested and charged by police probing claims of physical abuse at a skilled nursing home.

The 60-year-old was one of three staff members suspended last month after a whistleblower raised concerns.

She has now been charged with two assaults as police continue their investigation…

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.