CARROLL L.ESTES,* Chair, Professor and Director,

Institute for Health and Aging, University of California at San Francisco

JANICE M.CALDWELL, Executive Director,

Texas Department of Protective and Regulatory Services, Austin, Texas

DONALD L.CUSTIS, Senior Medical Advisor,

Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, D.C.

WORTH B.DANIELS, JR.,* Medical Director,

Union Memorial Hospital Hospice, Baltimore, Maryland

REBECCA D.ELON, Assistant Professor and Medical Director,

Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Francis Scott Key Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Geriatrics Center, Baltimore, Maryland

CHRISTINE GIANOPOULOS, Director,

Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, Augusta, Maine

ELMA L.HOLDER, Executive Director,

National Citizens’ Coalition for Nursing Home Reform, Washington, D.C.

ROSALIE A.KANE, Professor,

Division of Health Services, Research, and Policy, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis

VIVIAN OMAGBEMI,

Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Department of Family Resources, Division of Elder Affairs, Area Agency on Aging, Wheaton, Maryland

MARY D.POOLE, Consultant,

Fund Development and Institutional Advancement, Albuquerque, New Mexico

JOANNE RADER,

Clinical Research Fellow, Benedictine Institute for Long-Term Care, Mt. Angel, Oregon

CHARLES P.SABATINO, Assistant Director,

American Bar Association Commission on Legal Problems of the Elderly, Washington, D.C.

JEANNE V.SANDERS, Administrator,

Golden View Health Care Center, Meredith, New Hampshire

PETER W.SHAUGHNESSY, Director,

Center for Health Services Research, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado

JOHN H.SKINNER, Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies,

Department of Gerontology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa

HOLLIS G.TURNHAM,

State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Citizens for Better Care, Lansing, Michigan