Despite a concerted effort by one state’s Patient Safety Commission, hospitals are falling short in providing written notice to patients that a mistake occurred within their facility. Experts say the mere acknowledgement of a mistake and telling patients “I’m sorry”…

The family of a retired judge has accused one nursing home of neglect.  The family alleges that the nursing home refused to give him a diabetic menu and frequently missed giving him required insulin shots. “He had diabetes that was…

An unidentified nursing home is currently being investigated by the sheriff’s office on a possible incident of elderly neglect.. According to a sheriff’s office report, and 86-year-old man was found by his daughter on Tuesday at the home slumped over…

A woman accused of neglecting an elderly woman in the early stages of dementia pleaded guilty Monday to recklessly endangering another person.  The caretaker accepted the elderly woman as a client at her personal care home in February 2006. At…

Three employees of a health & rehabilitation center have been fired amid allegations that they took nude pictures of the residents with their cell phones. The state Department of Health and Social Services is investigating. Administrators at the facility reported…

According to a story by the Courier-Journal, the son of one nursing home resident said his mother, who was blind and suffered from dementia, would sometimes go without eating because the nursing home didn’t have enough staff to feed her….