Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeWASHINGTON, D.C.: 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.

654: Police are investigating the “unexplained” death of a 95-year-old woman at a nursing home. A number of staff have been suspended as a “precautionary measure” while an investigation is underway.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.