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Joel Theisen founded Lifespark 14 years ago to help break what he calls the “roller coaster of health care crisis” in which seniors find themselves making repeat visits to the hospital or emergency room that eventually lead to them ending up in a nursing home.
“This roller coaster is happening at enormous rates around the country,” he said. “It’s sad and it’s what we want to break.”
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
