In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Seattle, Washington on July 30, 2004, four nursing home residents and two organizations representing residents and their families have challenged the federal government�s new "feeding assistant" regulations. The case, known as Resident Councils of Washington v. Thompson, requests the Court to declare the regulations invalid under federal law and to enjoin their continued use. The residents and organizations seek to represent a nationwide class of nursing home residents who may be harmed by the new regulations. An attorney in private practice and attorneys from the Center for Medicare Advocacy and the National Senior Citizens Law Center are handling the plaintiffs� case.

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• RE: NH Res CHALLENGE Feeding Asst     Genevieve Gipson NNCNA (10/21/2004 5:27:05 PM)