Illinois Nursing Home Raid Nets Four Arrests
Burnham Healthcare, a Chicago, Illinois nursing home facility housing young residents suffering from mental illness, was the latest raid target for the task force founded by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan. Formed in 2010 to make Illinois nursing homes safer and known as "Operation Guardian", random visits are made to Illinois nursing homes as a compliance check system designed to put nursing home owners and operators throughout the state on alert that state officials can visit any facility at any time without notification to ensure the safety of the adults that live at the facilities.
The facility was raided on April 19, 2011, when investigators from the Attorney General's Office paired up with Burnham, Illinois police and made an unannounced visit to the facility. Four residents were arrested on outstanding arrest warrants for a variety of offenses such as trespassing, possession of marijuana, theft, and disorderly conduct.
If your family member is a resident of an Illinois nursing home, you should ask the Administrator if they have checked to see if they are housing criminals that could put your loved one at risk. Illinois nursing homes have been notorious for allowing dangerous people to live in their facilities.
If the nursing homes allow criminals or people with serious mental problems to reside in the facilities the risk for Illinois nursing home abuse increases. Injuries such as physical assaultand sexual assault become more common because the vulnerable residents become targets of those who seek to do harm.
If your loved one has been victimized in an Illinois nursing home, contact our Illinois Nursing Home Abuse Lawyer for a free consultation about the rights of your loved one. Call us toll-free at 1-888-317-2525.
