Go Big or Go Home: Lifespark Scores $16.1 M to Grow Company

Apr 9, 2020
Meaghan Puglisi
1-min Read

Lifespark — a home-based care company known for its innovative whole-person focus — has scored a new $16.1 million investment, the first the company has accepted since its 2004 founding.

The investment — which was led by Burlingame, California-based private equity firm Virgo Investment Group — came in the form of Series A preferred stock.

St. Louis Park, Minnesota-based Lifespark has made a name for itself in the home-based care world by connecting the dots of senior care to deliver better medical outcomes, improve quality of life and cut overall health care costs.

Read on for the full article in Home Health Care News…

Other Articles

News

How to Cut Emergency Department Overuse with Community Paramedicine and Urgent In-Home Care

May 5, 2025 Meaghan Puglisi

In this opinion piece by Joel Theisen, Lifespark CEO, that ran on the front page of Emergency Medicine News, Joel, a nurse by background, calls out the overuse that is occurring in emergency rooms, especially for seniors, and what we can do about it. “It’s one of the most frustrating—and costly—signs of a health care […]

News

Medicine Is Unprepared for The Coming Silver Tsunami

May 1, 2025 Meaghan Puglisi

The US population is older today than it has ever been, but our medical system remains frustratingly untrained and unprepared for the surge of seniors. That’s what Dr. Nick Schneeman, Lifespark Chief Medical Officer, had to say in an article in Medical Economics. One in six Americans is over the age of 65, and the […]

News

Lifespark Nurse Answers Questions about Hospice on WCCO

March 24, 2025 Meaghan Puglisi

Kelly Pritchard, RN, Lifespark Hospice Clinical Liaison, sat down with Susie Jones Health Radio Show on WCCO to talk about hospice. In this conversation, Kelly shared what hospice is, when you should consider hospice, and how it’s paid for. She also explored the types of benefits, services, and team members available to those who qualify […]