More Rocking. Less Chair.
Life is an amazing and precious thing. And we believe in soaking up every last bit of it. That’s why we’re so determined to change the age-old story of our sick care system, which often overlooks our aging generations. We exist to fan the spark in their lives. To help them live happy and healthy so that they don’t just age, but age magnificently.
The Problem: A Reactive System
Too many older adults cycle through illness, injury, hospitalization, rehabilitation, and decline. For seniors that can mean lost independence. For partners, it can mean avoidable transfers, family concern, occupancy pressure, and operational disruption. Lifespark is designed to move upstream – identifying risk earlier and coordinating support before a health event becomes the sick-care roller coaster.
Our Vision
The antidote to a “sick-care” system
Traditional senior living and health care operate in separate lanes. Lifespark brings them together in one accountable model centered on you – the person.
It’s a seamless, coordinated system that works proactively to keep you doing the things you love with the people you cherish. It champions strength, purpose, and belonging.
Our integrated system combines operations, clinical support, wellness, purpose, and intelligence to help you remain stronger and more independent.
In our senior living communities, that same model helps teams act sooner, families trust more deeply, residents stay healthier longer, and partners to gain strong durable performance.
With Lifespark, you move from sick care to proactive, whole-person health.
Three ways we bring this vision to life
Complete Senior Health Model
The ONLY company with a fully integrated, coordinated system for you.
Special Geriatric Expertise
We invest in training and expertise to understand your unique and changing needs as you grow older.
A More Complete Picture
With LifesparkIQ, our team unifies signals from across systems to recognize issues and act earlier for you.
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Lifespark founder Joel Theisen
“I started in the trenches, caring for people who were in their second half of life. And through the years, I saw far too many people on the health care rollercoaster. That’s when I and a group of colleagues decided there had to be a better way.
My true joy is seeing the renewed spark in peoples’ eyes, whether it’s a client, family member, partner, employee, or professional referral source — I want them all to age magnificently. But this is just the beginning.”
Sparking lives since 2004
Formed out of frustration
In the beginning, it was clear that existing senior care models didn’t go far enough to address seniors' overall health and well-being. So Joel Theisen founded AgeWell, a company that for the first time, recognized emotional and spiritual wellness as the key components in seniors’ well-being
Hello Lifespark
The company changed their name to Lifespark, a name that reflects what they do, providing the zest, reigniting the 'spark' in the eyes and lives of seniors. Today Lifespark is a pioneer in whole person senior health, focused on helping people build a pathway to live their best life.
There’s Purpose in Our Story
We started in private-pay with the value-add of life management. We knew home care alone wasn’t enough, so we moved into senior living. Then we added home health, hospice, and dove head-first into the depths of value-based care with senior-savvy primary care and urgent response services. What we’ve learned along the way in over twenty years of being prolific learners, people want to live with purpose. And it’s infused all we do.
Now today, with decades of senior living expertise, we’ve merged our comprehensive capabilities into an unprecedented complete senior health model that has transformed senior living from a place to go, to a place to grow.
Forging a New Belief
At Lifespark, we believe in growing old, not getting old. That people’s best days are ahead. That aging is beautiful, fun, challenging, and breathtaking all at once. We’re a band of believers who use our creative superpowers to fuel the spark in our clients’ lives. Tapping modern technologies and whole-person methodologies that are both statistically proven … and 100% human.
Together, we champion dignity. Humanity. Opportunity. And sticking out our tongues at grandkids. It’s within our power to help everyone of us not just age, but … Age Magnificently.
Not sure what service is the right one for you? We’re here to help you age magnificently.
