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Richard Flowers, MHA, LNHA. AAI
Richard Flowers has over 30 years of experience in leadership in healthcare, starting at Baptist Hospital in 1990, finishing as the business office leader for the home health agency.
He began his career in the senior living industry in 1995 as financial controller of Franciscan Healthcare Center and obtained his long-term care administrator’s license in 1997.
Richard’s first administrator role was with Helmwood Healthcare, an assisted living and nursing facility, in 1998 early in the days of continuing care retirement communities and when assisted living was just beginning in Kentucky.
He returned to Louisville in 1999 and has experience in for-profit and not-for-profit senior living communities.
He served on the Board at Kentucky Senior Living Association on committees at the Kentucky Association of Healthcare Facilities.
He currently serves as the vice president of the Kentucky chapter of the American College of Healthcare Administrators.
Richard has a passion for the elderly and this stemmed from his love for his grandparents and parents.
He sees Senior Transition Advocates as a ministry to continue to serve seniors and help them understand options for assisted living and memory care in and around Louisville.
Richard looks forward to the opportunity to work with seniors and their families through this time and help find the best options to meet their needs.
Mike Wideman, LNHA, MSW, CSW
Mike Wideman is a partner with Senior Transition
Advocates, a ministry devoted to helping elders navigate the world of independent, assisted and memory care living options.
Certified as a social worker and licensed as a nursing home administrator, Mike has served seniors in a variety of roles and settings for over 37 years.
His career highlights include the provision of social work services to residents and families of long-term care facilities, serving as administrator/executive director for hospice and home care agencies, personal care and assisted living communities, and a long-term care facility.
Within the same national corporation, Mike has provided social work and therapeutic activity consultation and overseen quality measurement programs.
Mike is an effective trainer on a variety of subjects, including residents’ rights, dementia care, health care advance directives, and the prevention and identification of elder abuse and neglect.
He is skilled at listening to understand the needs of his clients and family members.
With that understanding, he empowers clients to make life decisions with confidence.
He is the proud father of two sons and one “daughter.”
In addition to cooking, biking, and reading, Mike and his fiancée oblige the wishes of their cat Pumpkin.