SPARK Growth & Wellness

Raise the bar with a new standard for wellness that proves we become stronger, healthier, and happier when we come together as a community. Discover the joy and celebration of a decidedly different approach – and you’ll see why growing older is a team sport.

Not just a place to go, it’s a place to grow

Creating Space Where You Can Belong

Inspired by centuries’-old history of friendly societies and their enduring ability to help people help each other live better lives, Lifespark sees aging as a team sport, taking the spirit of community to heart. With plentiful opportunities to find purpose, express yourself, and be safe at home, you’ll find Lifespark Senior Living communities are designed to help you find your place and feel welcome.

That can take many different shapes and amazing possibilities. It’s the intersection of where wellness doesn’t just happen to you, it also happens with you. It’s fun, competitive, and whatever works for you.

Playing to Win! Spark Performance League is a first-of-its-kind senior sports league that includes head-to-head competitions against other Lifespark Senior Living community teams. Discover world-class, gamified programming that transforms senior lifestyles into community-building experiences. Be an athlete, cheerleader, analyst, scout, scorekeeper or any of the many other roles. There’s a place for you and your skills, your spark. Families often join the fun, too.

TRYathlon Tournament

Events are designed so people with a wide range of physical and cognitive abilities can participate. Teams compete head-to-head in three events weekly and compile their scores to accumulate miles reached over the competition period!

Robot Soccer

The League is dedicated to promoting healthy team-based competition centered on the skillful use of radio controlled soccer player! Success in this competition showcases teamwork, strategy, and discipline to practice! Robot Soccer improves hand-eye coordination, mental acuity and mood while reducing social isolation.

The Grip Games

Teams of four work together using a Power House to pump water while competing against another Senior Living community. Teams compete for the highest number of gallons of water they pump each season. The Grip Games brings gamification to combined grip strength!

The Spark Challenge

A team-based approach to learning and expanding our knowledge of Lifespark’s Pillar Books. Each community will create a team comprising both of seniors and staff. Teams will face off each week where they will be asked 10 questions and will enter their answers into an online platform.

Keeping Each Other Safe at Home

We become stronger, healthier, and happier when we come together as a community. And we all play a role in looking out for each other. Lifespark believes in helping seniors help each other improve their strength, purpose, and belonging.

Senior Lifeguards – No Pool Needed

With a nod to the integral role of lifeguards for water safety, Dr. Bill Thomas, Lifespark Chief Independence Officer, adapted a fourth-year medical school geriatrics curriculum to teach residents how to watch out for and support each other’s well-being.

Certified Senior Lifeguards extend the reach of the community staff by helping to identify early warning signals and concerns for their friends and neighbors.

The books that guide our better way

When it comes to health and well-being as we age, we literally wrote the books on it. Nationally renowned author, geriatrician, and Lifespark Chief Experience Officer, Dr. Bill Thomas, has written four books to help guide elders, family caregivers, and professionals through the principles and applications of aging magnificently. All based on evidence-based research and best practices.

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Meet Dr. Bill Thomas

A world-renowned geriatrician, Dr. Bill has made it a life-long habit to break down barriers to aging magnificently and fundamentally change institutional models of elder care.

As Lifespark’s Chief Independence Officer, he’s turning his philosophies into operational realities, transforming senior living experiences for thousands of seniors, families, and employees.

“We see the people living in the communities we serve as our greatest richness. Wellness is a communal function. When you move into a Lifespark community, you have the opportunity to be part of a team, to contribute, to change the lives of the people around you.”

~ Dr. Bill Thomas, Chief Experience Officer

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A key component in Lifespark’s COMPLETE Senior Living integrated delivery system, Lifespark’s SPARK Growth and Wellness programs are only available in our senior living communities.

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