Joshua M. Wiener
Distinguished Fellow, Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care
Joshua M. Wiener, PhD, directs RTI's Aging, Disability, and Long-Term Care Program and is the author or editor of eight books and more than 200 articles and reports on health care for older people, people with disabilities, long-term services and supports, Medicaid, health reform, health care rationing, and maternal and child health. Dr. Wiener is currently involved in studies of Medicaid spend down, medical homes, residential care facilities, the risk of institutionalization, and long-term care awareness and planning. He is also co-director of the Administration on Aging-funded Alzheimer's Disease Supportive Services Program National Resource Center. Prior to coming to RTI, Dr. Wiener did policy analysis and research for the Urban Institute, the Brookings Institution, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Congressional Budget Office, the New York State Moreland Act Commission on Nursing Homes and Residential Facilities, and the New York City Department of Health.
Education
PhD, Sociology, Harvard University; MS, Sociology, Harvard University; BS, Sociology, University of Chicago.
Publications
Tumlinson, A., Hammelman, E., Stair, E., & Wiener, J.M. (Mar 2013)
Wiener, J.M., Anderson, W.L., Khatutsky, G., Kaganova, Y., O'Keeffe, J., Tumlinson, A., et al. (Mar 2013)
Wiener, J.M., Anderson, W., Khatutsky, G., Kaganova, Y., & O'Keeffe, J. (Mar 2013)
Walsh, E.G., Wiener, J.M., Haber, S., Bragg, A., Freiman, M., & Ouslander, J.G. (May 2012)
Khatutsky, G., Wiener, J.M., Anderson, W.L., & Porell, F.W. (Apr 2012)
News
- March 20, 2013
New Reports Suggest Many Seniors Spend Savings to Qualify for Medicaid
– News Release