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Lifespark forms joint venture to expand into Utah

  • May 7, 2018
  • Meaghan Puglisi
  • 1-min Read

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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