Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeCHICAGO: 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.

688: Police have launched a manhunt after an elderly woman was attacked at her home in a retirement community.

The woman was attacked with a blunt object.

The 86-year-old was discovered by her neighbour after he noticed her sliding door was open.

The woman was unconscious and had sustained serious bodily injuries…

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.