# Lifespark

> Lifespark is a Minnesota-based complete senior health company that combines senior living management, geriatric primary care, urgent response, home health, hospice, wellness programming, and care coordination. Founded by nurse Joel Theisen in 2004, it aims to keep older adults off the cycle of fragmented, crisis-driven care by giving each person a more continuous relationship and a shared life record across services. The company serves consumers directly and also works with health plans, health systems, and senior-housing owners.

- **Founded:** 2004
- **Headquarters:** St. Louis Park, United States
- **Founders:** Joel Theisen (Founder and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 660 employees; LinkedIn lists 501-1,000 employees.
- **Products:** Community Home Care, Life Management and Lifespark COMPLETE, Lifespark Home Health, Lifespark Medical Group, Lifespark Hospice
- **Notable:** Built from an AgeWell Home Care launch in 2004 into a complete senior-health company., Raised $16.1 million in Series A financing in 2020 and $20 million in Series B financing in 2021., Expanded into senior-living operations through the acquisition of Tealwood Senior Living in 2021.

## Products & services

- **Community Home Care** — Private-pay caregiving, nursing oversight, daily-living support, medication help, and companionship delivered at home.
- **Life Management and Lifespark COMPLETE** — A single-point-of-contact model that coordinates health, home, family, and community needs using a comprehensive life record.
- **Lifespark Home Health** — Medicare-certified skilled nursing, therapy, and post-acute home-health services ordered by clinicians.
- **Lifespark Medical Group** — Relationship-centered geriatric primary care, comprehensive assessments, medication and disease management, urgent response, and 24/7 triage in homes and communities.
- **Lifespark Hospice** — Holistic end-of-life care, education, advance-care planning, symptom support, and family guidance.
- **Lifespark Senior Living Management** — End-to-end management for independent living, assisted living, memory care, and other senior communities, expanded through the Tealwood acquisition.
- **SPARK Growth and Wellness** — Programs centered on strength, purpose, belonging, resident growth, and engagement, including Lifeguard training and group experiences.
- **COMPLETE Senior Living** — An integrated model combining senior-living management, SPARK Growth and Wellness, Lifespark Medical Group, and Lifespark Hospice.

## Achievements

- Built from an AgeWell Home Care launch in 2004 into a complete senior-health company.
- Raised $16.1 million in Series A financing in 2020 and $20 million in Series B financing in 2021.
- Expanded into senior-living operations through the acquisition of Tealwood Senior Living in 2021.
- Reported comparative UCare data showing engaged members were 24% less likely to visit the emergency room and 43% less likely to have an inpatient admission; this was company-reported partner data, not an independent randomized trial.
- Managed more than 50 senior-living communities in Minnesota and Wisconsin by January 2026.
- Won a USA Today Top Workplaces award for the fifth consecutive year in 2025.
- Completed a SOC 2 examination, according to the company's partner page.

## Latest updates

- **2025-03** — Lifespark announced its fifth consecutive USA Today Top Workplaces award.
- **2025-09** — LTC Properties announced Lifespark as a new operating partner in a senior-housing portfolio transaction.
- **2026-01** — Lifespark unveiled COMPLETE Senior Living, integrating management, geriatric medical care, wellness programming, and hospice across a portfolio of more than 50 communities.
- **2026-01** — The company said it planned significant 2026 growth and aimed to approach 100 communities by the end of 2027.

## Links

- Website: https://lifespark.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lifesparkbeyou/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/LifesparkBeYou
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/lifesparkbeyou/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lifesparkbeyou
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LifesparkBeYou

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Last updated: 2026-08-22