Pamela Nadash is Professor in the Department of Gerontology and Fellow in the Gerontology Institute at the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA. Her research centers on policies that enable people with long-term care needs to live in the community. One model of special interest is managed long-term care; she has also been heavily involved in consumer-directed services. Dr. Nadash is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and Book Review Editor of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy. She serves as a Leadership Council Member at the National Consumer Voice for Quality Long-Term Care, a leading national organization advocating on behalf of people needing long-term services and supports (LTSS), and as Co-Chair of the Long-Term Care Discussion Group, which holds monthly meetings featuring topics in LTSS.

Edward Alan Miller is Professor and Chair in the Department of Gerontology and Fellow in the Gerontology Institute at the Donna M. and Robert J. Manning College of Nursing and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Boston, USA, and Adjunct Professor of Health Services, Policy and Practice at the School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, USA. His research focuses on understanding the determinants and effects of public policies and practices affecting older adults in need of long-term services and supports. He is the author/co-author/editor/co-editor of more than 155 journal articles, 22 book chapters, and 9 books. Dr. Miller is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America and 2024 awardee of the Maxwell A. Pollack Award for Contributions to Healthy Aging, which recognizes an individual who has distinguished themselves by bridging the worlds of research, policy, and practice. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Aging & Social Policy.