Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeLOS 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.

1025: A former unit manager at a skilled nursing home has been sanctioned after a misconduct hearing found that she had placed vulnerable residents with dementia at risk of harm.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.