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:

411: A skilled nursing home nurse has denied claims that he mishandled a frail 91-year-old widow after she suffered a broken leg, an inquest has heard.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.