Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime BOSTON: 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.

750: A fit and active 86-year-old died after taking medication intended for another woman with a similar sounding name, a fatal accident inquiry was told yesterday.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.