Category: Change On Blog (Professional)

Decades ago, my mother was dying in a small hospital in southern Minnesota. Meighan, my sister, was sitting in the hall outside of her room when a hospice nurse paid a first visit. Here’s what Meighan overheard: Hospice Nurse: “Do you have anyone you can talk to about your death?” Mom: “No. The only one […]

Remember when Amazon sold only books, Netflix rented DVDs by mail, and Lifespark was a scrappy little private-pay home care agency? Since their modest beginnings, all three have not only changed their business models, they’ve transformed entire business sectors. Amazon and Netflix need no further explanation, so allow me to update you on Lifespark, a […]

Lifespark is ready to spark your life! Join our team! For many of us, this year did not go as planned. But at the same time, perhaps it has given us permission to pause and rethink how we want to live our lives and reevaluate what we want from our careers – greater work/life balance, […]

Helping people age magnificently doesn’t end when a terminal or serious diagnosis is given. We believe it’s in those times a spark is needed most. There is so much we can do within late life experiences for clients and their families to nurture and support all that makes life worth living – addressing challenges and […]

An interactive webinar hosted by Dr. Bill Thomas, internationally renowned geriatrician   COVID-19, social unrest, and economic hardship have taken a huge toll on our communities. As a company dedicated to improving health and wellbeing, we challenged ourselves to think outside the walls of conventional care to address current and long-term gaps. The result is […]

Can the Employee Experience Sustain You Through A Pandemic? This is the 9th time Lifespark has earned the honorable Star Tribune Top 150 Workplace designation. But this year, this award feels different and carries so much meaning behind it especially as we hit top 10 within an already expansive list of remarkable Twin City companies. […]

Maria King, Assistant Program Manager at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH), has verified that home care workers should be considered essential health care providers. She noted that the ‘compassionate care’ example used in the MDH ‘Updated Guidance for MDH-Licensed Providers of Residential Settings’ was meant solely as an example, not an exclusive list. This […]

We are ready. We are confident. We are still taking referrals. And we aren’t panicking. The one truth amid this unsettling time – we are all in this together. As healthcare professionals, we are witnessing firsthand the pandemic starting to wreak havoc on how we do business from communicating to our clients, families, and employees […]

Lifespark and North Memorial Health (NMH) have partnered to deepen their senior strategy giving older adults access to a more comprehensive, easier health and wellbeing product to improve customer experience, improve health outcomes, and reduce total cost of care. The backbone of this strategy is our Life Experience Alternative Delivery System (LEADS), the first of […]

Lifespark Honored for Seventh Time as One of Fastest Growing Companies in Twin Cities The Population Reference Bureau’s (PBR) Population Bulletin, ‘Aging in the United States,’ points to the growth of the baby boomer generation as unprecedented in U.S. history. ‘As they have passed through each major stage of life, baby boomers (between ages 55 […]