Category: Seek On Blog (Consumer)

There are many technology devices on the market ready to help seniors live the healthiest life possible at home or wherever they call home. Which ones should you consider? That depends on your goals, budget, and comfort in using technology. In fact, technology can play a role in helping more seniors remain connected to friends, […]

Tips and resources to add to your senior care plan Education, like sparked living, is an ageless opportunity. Have you ever thought about going back to school or taking a class? The modern day classroom for lifelong learners may surprise you – it’s not just for the young seeking a degree. It’s for those thirsty […]

Sleep is critical to good health, and not sleeping can lead to a variety of health issues especially for seniors. To combat this, we’ve pulled together a few senior care tips to help you achieve a blissful sleep. According to the National Institute on Health (NIH), older adults’ sleep patterns change as they age – […]

Does your home care plan incorporate your purpose and passion? She didn’t realize she had some talent left in her.  Imagine that. To look at her work, you can see nothing but the talent that lies there – soft strokes, vibrant colors that have their watery essence yet detailed and strong. In her late 80s, […]

Social isolation may not even be on your radar as a reason for seeking home health agencies for your mom’s senior care needs but it should be. Your initial search may be focused on caregiving or in home care, that’s what often leads people to call Lifesprk because they need help with common triggers. But […]

Making Time for Thoughtful Gestures of Caring “There is nothing more rewarding than seeing the sparkle in the eyes of the seniors whom we have a privilege to serve – what we call ‘sparking lives,’” stresses Joel Theisen, RN, CEO & Founder of Lifesprk, based in Edina, Minnesota. And that is one of the reasons […]

None of us should settle for an unsparked life, regardless of cognitive levels.  That’s the message Joel Theisen, RN, Lifesprk’s CEO/Founder shared with listeners on Lori La Bey’s ‘Alzheimer’s Speaks’ radio show earlier this week. “Your life experience has to go at the same trajectory as the illness,” said Joel. “We can still be silly, […]

“I came out a different person,” says Lurline Beckford-Robertson, a Memory Care Lead Home Health Aide for Lifesprk who works in the Reflections Memory program on the Parkshore Senior Campus in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. While Lurline has worked in elder care for more than 9 years, she stresses that her eyes were opened last […]

Women have been caring for people all their lives – spouses, children, aging parents, friends, but often, caring for themselves isn’t part of that equation. Anne Tumlinson said it well in her Daughterhood blog, “there’s an epidemic of ‘can’t say no’ among women.” That’s surely an understatement. We are so stressed and crazed trying to […]

Approximately 34.2 million Americans have provided unpaid care to an adult age 50 or older in the past 12 months. Becoming a caregiver costs adult children time lost at work, stress of maintaining work/life balance and the unanticipated burden of caring for an aging parent amidst a caregiver shortage in Minnesota. And it can cost […]