State investigates tip off of nursing home raid

9/2/2010 2:55:00 PM
By: The Associated Press

CHICAGO (AP) _ Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan says she's taking steps to make sure nursing homes aren't tipped off to surprise raids aimed at increasing safety in the facilities. Madigan tells The Associated Press her office is clamping down on leaks and "if they do happen" her team is "going to show up at your nursing home again."

She says her office is investigating whether someone tipped off a Chicago nursing home to an impending visit. The Chicago Tribune first reported the investigation today. Madigan says a Grasmere Place administrator met officials in the lobby of the home, looked at her watch and said: "What took you so long? I heard you were going to be here a lot earlier."

The facility's administrator hasn't returned a phone message seeking comment.

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