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For the 13th time, Lifespark is honored as an award-winning workplace coming in at #32 on the large company list in the annual Star Tribune Top Workplace award. As in years past, the 2024 survey invited employees from around the state to weigh in on mission, values, culture, leadership, pay and benefits, career development opportunities, […]

Listen time: 30 minutes In a lively conversation with Susie Jones, host of WCCO’s Sunday morning Health Radio Show, Dr. Nick Schneeman, Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, talks through why seniors go to the ER and where health care can support their ability to get care at home. In the full hour show, Dr. Nick points […]

President Jimmy Carter entered hospice care in his home, more than a year ago, and has set an inspirational example of how to live your last days on Earth with hope, meaning, and vigor.  As a senior with many serious health issues, he could have retreated into a cocoon of bitterness and self-pity. Instead, former President […]

Lifespark hit the Editorial Page of the Star Tribune shedding light on the physical therapy shortage in Minnesota. In this opinion piece, Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Nick Schneeman, points to why physical therapists are a critical part of the complete senior health team – the unsung hero keeping seniors healthy and independent at home. […]

In a recent article published in Kiplinger, Joel Theisen shares a compassionate perspective on the life and death answers we owe our loved ones. “How our life ends isn’t always up to us,” Joel explains, “but that question too often must be answered by loved ones and health care workers who don’t know what we […]

In an opinion piece published in Modern Healthcare, Lifespark CEO Joel Theisen shares why he believes Medicare Advantage is the program with the best chance to improve health for seniors while trimming bureaucracy and costs for taxpayers. His thoughts – with a push for shared accountability, we can make it work. Joel explains that Medicare […]

Many people grabbed a cup of coffee and listened in las Shannon Podewils, Executive Director, Home Health and Hospice, joined Susie Jones on WCCO Radio’s Health Show for a conversation about physical therapy, home health, and a complete senior health experience. Listen in here…

This interview with Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, is part of a McGuireWoods series featuring interviews with C-suite leadership of private equity-backed portfolio companies. Joel talks with the editor covering a few key areas about Lifespark including what it means to live a sparked life, how does his nursing background inform his business decisions, growth strategy, working […]

Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, Nick Schneeman, shared his thoughts on this topic in a recent article published in Time Magazine. He offered up tips on how to trim your medication list for seniors and their families. The cascade of drugs is responsible for a vast but underpublicized American tragedy. Medication overload will contribute to the […]

Private Equity (PE) investment can be key to gaining the capital and expertise you need to grow, but it also comes with strings attached. In an article published in Chief Executive magazine, Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, shares four key questions he’s learned to ask about working with PE. Joel writes, as the CEO of a […]