Loophole means aged care resident killings 'woefully under-reported'

By Kate Abusson
November 30 2018 - 9:56am
Aggressors in aged care facilities are more likely to be male, and younger than their victims. Photo: Jessica Shapiro
Aggressors in aged care facilities are more likely to be male, and younger than their victims. Photo: Jessica Shapiro

Elderly residents of nursing homes are dying in violent assaults carried out by fellow patients but a legislation loophole means facility operators don't have to report the abuse.

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