Beth Baker, a long-time freelance writer whose work has appeared in the "Washington Post, AARP Bulletin, Washingtonian", and "Ms. Magazine", is the features editor of "BioScience", the journal of the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Baker is the author of "Old Age in a New Age: The Promise of Transformative Nursing Homes", also published by Vanderbilt University Press. She and her husband live in a close-knit community in Takoma Park, Maryland.