Category: Change On Blog (Professional)

With such a wide range of nursing opportunities at Lifespark, we look for ways to help people understand each role, whether it’s in hospice, private-pay, home health, or another area. It’s why we’ve put together a series of “Career Close-Up” blog posts, spotlighting the many nursing roles at Lifespark. Hopefully, one of them will spark […]

Thinking about a Lifespark Career? With such a range of nursing opportunities at Lifespark, we look for ways to help people understand each role whether that’s in hospice, private-pay, home health or others. It’s why we put together a series of ‘Career Close-ups’ about the many nursing roles at Lifespark – it is our hope […]

Where does purpose belong in your work? That question is meant both figuratively and literally as we explore the practice of purpose and the role it plays in reducing chronic disease and mortality as we age but also in how we serve our clients as health care professionals.  Listen to The COMPLETE Shift: ‘Conversation with […]

Maybe You’re Considering a Lifespark Career Our employees hear the question a lot: “What’s it like to work at Lifespark?” So, we’re responding to that question by asking someone who actually works at Lifespark! Bobbie Jean Mertens is an RN Case Manager in Lifespark Home Health. And keep reading our blogs, we are putting together […]

Between the ongoing pandemic and Lifespark’s exponential growth, it’s been quite a year of change for Lifespark employees. Which is why it’s such an honor to be named a 2022 Top Workplace by the Star Tribune—the 11th time Lifespark has earned this award. In 2021, Lifespark ranked #47 among mid-size companies, but due to this […]

Listen to our first episode: Why Understanding the Mindset of ‘Boomer Nation’ Could Hold the Key to Your Senior Strategy’s Success; Conversation with Steve Gillon Boomers are at it again. This time, disrupting their own aging experience. Since birth, this generation has been the shakers behind significant change in this country. No surprise they are […]

“Crafters have this expression that yarn is cheaper than therapy,” said Hallie Lucero, MS, OTR/L, Lifespark Home Health Occupational Therapist, “but I absolutely believe that yarn is therapy!” In occupational therapy (OT), crafts are traditionally used to work on client goals, she said, adding that the roots of OT are in the psychiatric world when […]

An RN Roundtable Discussion Nurses everywhere continue to shine, even as the ground shifts beneath their feet. Their needs, responsibilities, and reactions are changing at the same speed. That’s why we look for ways to stay plugged into the minds and hearts of our Lifespark nurses. Like our most recent RN Roundtable discussion where we […]

Happy Nurses Week! First, the sincere part To nurses everywhere: “Our heartfelt thanks for your passion and daily acts of kindness.” Maybe you’re a nurse who: Whatever your role (or roles), you’ve dedicated your life to caring for people. Please know how grateful we are. And a special call-out to our own Lifespark nurses. We […]

Throughout his 35-year career, Dr. Nick Schneeman, Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, has continually been struck by the wide variance in what people want when faced with serious illness. “It doesn’t matter if it’s heart failure, cancer, or dementia, two people at the same stage of disease with the same perceived level of suffering will make […]