Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime DALLAS: 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.

719: A care business that operated nursing homes has declared bankruptcy after government regulators cited patient neglect and cut off payments at some of the company’s facilities.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.