Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeCHICAGO: 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:

377: Multiple reports of bed bug infestation, beds soiled in faeces and urine, expired food and inappropriate behaviour by staff at a residential care facility led to its 39 residents being relocated this week…

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.