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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 my experience, older adults tend to get sent to hospital emergency rooms to make sure there’s nothing seriously wrong,” said Leah Castle, RN, BSN, a nurse with Lifespark. “As a Mobile Urgent Responder, I can rule out those non-emergencies in the senior’s home and help them avoid an unnecessary trip to the ER.” With early intervention, Leah […]
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Lifespark CEO, Joel Theisen, BSN, RN, joined Scott Tittle on his Versed Podcast for a thoughtful conversation about Lifespark’s vision and our addition of Urgent Response Services. Great dialogue on why Lifespark takes full global risk for the seniors we serve and how creating a complete senior health experience changes the age-old story. Listen in: […]
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When is something urgent and when should seniors go to the ER? That’s the topic of discussion an interview between Pete Carlson, Lifespark VP, Acute Response Services, and Susie Jones on her morning Health Radio show with WCCO. The current reality is overcrowded emergency rooms with 50-55% of those visits, for seniors especially, being unnecessary. […]