The home care industry is ripe for change. While many agencies are adding technology for greater efficiencies and streamlined communication, those efforts don’t go far enough because they are still based on reactive support services, ...
There’s An Alternative to the Traditional Physical Therapist Role
With a $2500 Sign-On Bonus… Cynthia Schmidt, PT, used to work in a long-term-care setting and was increasingly frustrated because she wasn’t able to do more for her clients to move them forward from a ...
Lifesprk Home Health: Deficiency-Free Survey Despite Unprecedented Growth In Just 12 Months of Operations
One year after accepting our first Medicare home health client, Lifesprk Home Health has already served 700+ people in the Twin Cities and grew the census from 0 to 200 – marking us one of ...
The Case for a Whole Person Senior Care Model of Population Health
‘We’ve Been Wrong About What Our Job in Medicine Is’ The added uncertainty about the fate of the Affordable Health Care Act (ACA) aka Obamacare doesn’t change the perfect storm driving the need for change. ...
Purpose May Be the Secret Weapon in the War on Dementia
Think focusing on someone’s purpose is fluff? Think again. Minnesota native Dan Buettner found that having a purpose in our lives is one of the nine factors that influence longevity. In his best-selling book the ...
5 Tips to Move Senior Care Clients from Denial to Action
We’ve all seen it – seniors (and/or their families) in denial about the post-acute support they will need to be successful at home. Readmissions goals are only part of the story – it is frustrating ...
Population Health: Are You Reaching Far Enough Into the Community?
Despite political change in Washington, the drive toward reforming care continues. Health systems are making major strides toward stratifying their populations to better understand the efficacy of treatments and interventions into high risk/high cost patients ...
65% Drop in Readmissions for Clients Discharged from Augustana Care Chapel View with Transitions Program
Partnership Earns Lifesprk Tim Tucker Spirit of Collaboration Award from Augustana Care The spirit of collaboration between Augustana Care and Lifesprk began back in 2014 when they joined forces to create the Thrive On @ ...
Marketing Chapter in Definitive Guide to Home Health Administration authored by Lifesprk’s Carney
The world of home health evolves every day and so the guide to help thousands of professionals across the country and even the globe needs to keep pace. That’s why publisher Jones & Bartlett Learning ...
The Choice: Want to be a Patient . . . Or a Person?
In some private remarks after his keynote lecture for the Wellbeing Lecture Series at the Minneapolis Foundation’s Centennial Futurist Conference, Atul Gawande made a remarkably simple yet very telling statement: “My dad,” he noted, “was ...
