Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crime LOS ANGELES: 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.

932: A nurse has admitted misconduct charges in connection with a string of incidents at a skilled nursing home.

She administered four times the amount of oxycodone hydrochloride required to a patient between 23 September and 27 September 2014.

She gave 100mg, but 20-25mg was prescribed.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.