BOSTON: 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:
398: A care assistant could be jailed for stealing from an elderly resident’s bank account. She dodged prison last year for a similar scam. At Court today she admitted theft.