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:

358: A 21-year-old man was in custody Monday on suspicion of raping a 72-year-old woman in her retirement apartment.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.