Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: 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.

1206: A skilled nursing home worker has been found guilty of striking an elderly dementia sufferer in a bid to shut her up.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.