Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

BcrimeIRMINGHAM: 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.

1028: Two women charged with neglecting or mistreating elderly people in their care following ‘dementia doll’ abuse allegations at a nursing home are due to stand trial.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.