Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime WASHINGTON, D.C.: 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.

825: A shamed car worker who defrauded a vulnerable elderly couple has walked free after her 12-month jail term was suspended for three years.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.