Category: Seek On Blog (Consumer)

We aren’t talking about Tom Brady or Nick Foles – but we are using the upcoming Super Bowl as a senior care metaphor (we have to; it is in our home state). Picture the quarterbacks – they are the leaders of the offense whose goal is to win the game. To do this, they must […]

Music was Jonathan Weinhold’s passion. When his wife, Mary, passed away seven years ago, he lost his inspiration to play the piano and for years, the music sat there untouched.  Since then his health has declined. Jonathan recalled those moments: “I landed myself in a situation where I was unsafe at home, three different hospitalizations, […]

Download a copy of our ‘When to Consider’ overview which identifies triggers or warning signs and ways to get proactive. You expected the leftovers, endless dirty plates, messy house, endless laughter, and talks of who is hosting the next holiday. What you didn’t expect – how hard it was for Mom to hear and participate […]

I remember being a young girl at Thanksgiving – the smells coming from the kitchen of the turkey baking in the oven, the pie crust being rolled onto the counters covering everything in sight with flour and my siblings running around getting ready for the holiday specials soon to air. But the best sound was […]

Every senior wants to live as independently as possible for as long as possible at home (or wherever we call home). Unfortunately, most rehabilitation services such as physical, occupational, or speech therapy only kick in after a health crisis, focus on recuperation, and can be provided in a facility or as home care. As Karen […]

Every 40 seconds, someone is thrust without any warning into the unchartered territory of caring for a loved one who has just experienced a stroke – the daunting, vulnerable feeling of what do I do now? What is happening? In the moments that follow, proactive guidance and trusted relationships mean everything. Tim suffered a stroke […]

Angela Nelson, RN, Lifesprk Director of Life Care and a Life Care Manager (LCM) knows how seniors quickly become deconditioned after even just one health crisis, never mind several that send them in and out of the hospital. “At Lifesprk we call this this ‘the roller coaster of health care crisis®,’ and it’s our goal […]

Alzheimer’s makes the list of the top 10 leading causes of death and the only one in America that cannot be prevented, cured or slowed. But that doesn’t mean the 1 in 3 seniors affected by this disease can’t live a sparked life. Joel Theisen, RN, CEO/Founder of Lifesprk said on Lori LaBey’s ‘Alzheimer’s Speaks’ […]

You want to spark your aging loved one’s life but how? Every time you bring up needing a little extra support or senior care services, they are adamant they don’t need it. Lifesprk Life Care Managers (registered nurses) have helped many people broach these tough subjects and have learned that emphasizing the positive and putting […]

Angela Nelson, RN, Lifesprk Life Care Manager (LCM), recalls the day she first met Alice: “She was limited in what she could do because she had knee problems and was legally blind. Afraid of falling, Alice lived life cautiously rather than exactly as she wanted.” Alice’s health challenges are familiar to many seniors who fear […]