Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime CHICAGO: 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.

664: Police say a woman stole tens of thousands from nursing home residents.

She was supposed to deposit checks in residents’ bank accounts, however investigators say she kept more than 73-thousand for herself.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.