XS
SM
MD
LG
XL

This size screen isn't yet supported. We're working on that.

Lifespark Launches ‘Complete’ Model to Integrate Housing, Healthcare Services

  • Jan 28, 2026
  • Meaghan Puglisi
  • 1-min Read

In McKnight’s Senior Living, reporter Kimberly Bonvissuto shared Lifespark’s latest news.

Joel Theisen said he wasn’t happy with the “broken rollercoaster” of serving older adults or the “lip service” the senior living industry seemed to be giving to the integration of senior housing and healthcare.

So the Lifespark CEO decided to do something about it. 

The Minnesota-based senior living health services company on Tuesday unveiled its COMPLETE Senior Living, or CSL, model, integrating its Lifespark Senior Living Management; SPARK Growth and Wellness, a suite of programs integrating housing, health and wellness led by Chief Experience Officer Bill Thomas, MD; the Lifespark Medical Group, on-site geriatric primary care; and Lifespark Hospice. The goal, he told McKnight’s Senior Living, is to offer a better value proposition with its users.

Read on for more on McKnight’s…

Other Articles

News

Dr. Nick Schneeman Talks with Susie Jones On WCCO Health Radio

Dr. Nick Schneeman, Chief Medical Officer, had a great media week! On the heels of his placement in Medical Economics comes an on-air conversation with WCCO’s Susie Jones during her Sunday morning Health Radio show on Lifespark Medical Group and Urgent Response Services. Dr. Nick talked with Susie about the difference between primary care and […]

READ MORE

News

How Doctors Should Help Consumers Cut Back On Prescription Drugs

In an opinion piece published in Medical Economics, Dr. Nick Schneeman, Chief Medical Officer for Lifespark, shared his thoughts on how doctors should help consumers, mainly seniors, cut back on prescription drugs. It’s one of the most common medical routines in America, but it has been harming the health of hundreds of people every day. […]

READ MORE

News

How Lifespark, PRS, The Springs Living Budget for More Creativity in Senior Living Dining

Andrew Christman, reporter for Senior Housing News, wrote about the creativity happening in senior living and called upon Lifespark’s Josh Ordorff, Culinary Operations Director, to weigh in. According to Christman, the baby boomers desire toothsome, fresh food. Senior living chefs and dining teams have to constantly innovate to serve them, and it’s not an easy […]

READ MORE