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.

678: A social worker at a skilled nursing home has been charged for allegedly pushing a 68-year-old female resident to the ground.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.