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Lifespark’s COMPLETE Senior Living Model Sets New Standard for Senior Living Innovation
Proven Industry Leading High-Margin, Occupancy, and Client Experience MINNEAPOLIS, MN — January 27, 2026 — Lifespark, a complete senior health company managing more than 50 senior living communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin, has unveiled its COMPLETE Senior Living (CSL) model with plans for significant growth in 2026. The CSL model integrates four key components: Lifespark […]
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Travis Palmquist Joins Lifespark as Chief Growth Officer
Former Point Click Care Executive, Travis Palmquist, Joins Lifespark as Chief Growth Officer as Company Prepares for Growth in Senior Living Travis Palmquist, a senior care executive with over 35 years’ experience in senior living has joined Lifespark, a complete senior health company, as their Chief Growth Officer. He brings a breadth of combined expertise […]
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LTC Furthers Transformative Growth With $195 Million SHOP Acquisition – Welcomes New LTC Partner, Lifespark
LTC Properties, Inc. (NYSE: LTC) (“LTC” or the “Company”), a real estate investment trust that invests in seniors housing and health care properties, today announced a $195 million Senior Housing Operating Portfolio (“SHOP”) acquisition. Acquisition Highlights “This transaction provides another example of LTC executing on our strategy of driving transformative growth through SHOP. It […]
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Pete Carlson, VP, Acute Response, Creating Urgency Around How We Reduce Unnecessary ER Visits
High utilization of the hospital system continues to have a rippling effect on the work we and others in health care face. Visiting the ER shouldn’t be the default alternative when issues arise in between visits, and yet for many seniors it is. The biggest area of over usage can be found in the emergency […]
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Lifespark Partners with Luna to Launch Lifespark Physical Therapy At Home® Powered by Luna
MINNEAPOLIS, MN — January 25, 2024 — Lifespark, a complete senior health company based in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, has partnered with Luna, the leading provider of in-home outpatient physical therapy, to provide clients and members access to high-quality outpatient therapy in their home. The partnership, called Lifespark Physical Therapy At Home® powered by Luna, […]
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Lifespark and Vincent Companies Acquire The Homestead at Coon Rapids
Vincent Companies and Lifespark, a complete senior health company, have entered into an agreement with Volunteers of America National Services (VOANS) to acquire The Homestead at Coon Rapids, with Lifespark Senior Living providing management services. The Homestead at Coon Rapids, now Boden Senior Living – Coon Rapids, transitioned on January 11, 2024. “Seniors deserve to […]
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Two Innovative, Health Care Leaders Form Partnership to Bring Elevated Pharmacy Services to Minnesota Seniors
Announced today in a joint news release, Lifespark has partnered with Consonus Pharmacy, a leading independent, long term care pharmacy, to enhance pharmaceutical services for seniors in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The partnership between Consonus Pharmacy and Lifespark which began October 1, 2023, helps supply and support all pharmaceutical services for Lifespark Senior Living communities and […]
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Lifespark Appoints Monica Engel, Senior VP, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, to Board of Directors
Lifespark announced today that Monica Engel, senior vice president of Government Markets at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota (Blue Cross) has joined Lifespark’s Board of Directors. “Lifespark’s work is critically important, and I have seen first-hand their commitment to move rapidly and transform health care,” said Engel. “I am honored to be part […]
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Lifespark Hires Former Optum Home and Community VP, Head of Engineering, Peter Lutz, as Chief Information Officer to Prepare for Market Expansion
Peter Lutz, a national leader in health care technology applications, has joined Lifespark as Chief Information Officer. He will be responsible for the company’s tech backbone as it ramps for the next significant phase of growth. The former Vice President, Head of Engineering for the Optum at Home and Senior Community Care business lines within […]
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Joel Theisen Joins Top Home Care Executives, Investors On New ‘H.I. Squared’ Advisory Board
The nation’s leading M&A event for in-home care delivery, The Home Care Innovation + Investment Conference (HI2), has announced the creation of a new advisory board to help guide the organization along its current high-growth trajectory. Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, is one of the 19 advisory board members helping to elevate the home as the […]
