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.

1207: A care worker is to face a disciplinary hearing over a number of allegations of misconduct while employed at a nursing home — including swinging a resident by her hands.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.