Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeBOSTON: 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:

353: The owners of a skilled nursing home for vulnerable adults have been jailed for stealing from their residents.

The pair transferred sums of money from the victims’ accounts over two years.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.