Watch Video: Milestone Reached

Yesterday, I announced that “Operation Guardian,” my initiative that makes unannounced compliance checks on nursing homes, reached a significant—yet troubling—turning point: we have found more than 100 wanted criminals living in nursing homes.

Watch an interview on this important milestone here.

My office has made surprise visits to 21 nursing homes over the past several months and identified 124 residents and staff wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. The goal of the program is to ensure proper safety and care of nursing home residents and ensure those with outstanding criminal warrants are not allowed to live near nor prey on vulnerable and elderly residents.

This achievement is significant, but our work is not yet done.

We will continue making unannounced Operation Guardian compliance checks and finding these wanted criminals so that our loved ones who need the care provided by nursing homes are protected and can live safely.

Sincerely,

Lisa Madigan