Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeSAN FRANCISCO: Retirement communities and rest 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:

400: Small signs that read “grand re-opening” and “now hiring” line the front of the building at the skilled nursing home.

Regulators uncovered major problems at the nursing home which led to the facility temporarily losing the right to take in new residents.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.