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.

859: Three former care workers have today admitted ill-treating an 84-year-old dementia sufferer at a skilled nursing home.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.