AUSTIN: Retirement communities and rest 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:
90. A regulators report reads: “The service was not safe, people were being put at risk as staffing levels in the service did not reflect the needs of people living in the service.”
“We received a high number of safeguarding alerts prior to our inspection which indicated people were potentially plaed at risk.”