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Joel Theisen founded Lifespark 14 years ago to help break what he calls the “roller coaster of health care crisis” in which seniors find themselves making repeat visits to the hospital or emergency room that eventually lead to them ending up in a nursing home.
“This roller coaster is happening at enormous rates around the country,” he said. “It’s sad and it’s what we want to break.”
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In Next Avenue, Jeremiah Lideen, Director, Spirituality and Engagement at Lifespark, shares his opinion on whether spirituality has a place in health care. Seniors in medical care face a battery of health questions, but too often the most consequential one goes unasked and unanswered: What does a good day look like for you today? Doctors […]
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Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, is not a fan of the word “care,” but that’s not because he doesn’t have a lot of it. As an RN, he saw firsthand the shortcomings of the healthcare system in the United States, and that’s why he’s on a mission with his company, Lifespark, to reimagine it. In a […]
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Dr. Wendy Laine, Lifespark Medical Director and lead physician on Lifespark’s Urgent Response Services team, joined Susie Jones for her Sunday morning WCCO Radio Health Show. They talked about urgent response services and why serving seniors at home is a better option than a busy ER, especially during flu season. Listen in…