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.

800: A disabled woman in a skilled nursing home was put into a so-called “punishment room” nearly 200 times, a court heard.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.