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.

765: Nursing homes are supposed to be safe havens for elderly parents or relatives, yet sometimes that just isn’t the case. The daughter of a woman who died in a nursing home has filed a lawsuit alleging negligence. The woman was observed having a choking problem after eating and taking her medication, however, the staff did nothing.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.