Aged care compounds becoming soft crime targets

HOUSTON: 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.

1213: One of the long-term care facilities that employed a nurse accused of murdering her patients had a history of drug-related violations, including allowing an unqualified staff member to administer insulin and leaving drugs unlocked.

Full story covered in the Governance Weekly.