Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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:

404: The father of a severely disabled man has accepted money to settle the lone remaining allegation against a skilled nursing home that withstood judicial scrutiny.

The settlement headed off a trial.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.