Woman sues over nursing home placement
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 9, 2002 --An 86-year-old Forest Lake, MN woman is asking a federal judge to rule "that the U.S. Constitution guarantees all mentally competent people -- no matter any physical disability -- the right to decide for themselves where they will live." "The case could affect the way county human services officials -- and perhaps even families -- deal with people who resist pressure to move to a nursing home," writes the Minneapolis Star reporter Warren Wolfe.