A couple of months ago while at the LeadingAge PEAK Conference I had a chance to sit down and talk to Dan Trigub who works in the healthcare partnerships space for Lyft.

By Steve Moran

Maybe a year or so ago I started seeing folks from the ridesharing service Lyft floating around the senior living space. It was one of those . . .

โ€œReally . . . whatโ€™s with that?โ€

Rather quickly followed by . . .

โ€œCool!โ€

I was a little slow getting into the whole rideshare thing. It seemed a little creepy at first, but after trying Uber a few times I was hooked (in spite of some very bizarre experiences in my first few rides . . . maybe even because they were bizarre). I figured since I tried Uber I should also check out Lyft. It turned out to just plain be a better experience.  

I expect I will spend more than $1,000 a year on rides with Lyft, making this a fun story to do.

Lyft and Healthcare

A couple of months ago while at the LeadingAge PEAK Conference I had a chance to sit down and talk to Dan Trigub who works in the healthcare partnerships space for Lyft. I have known Dan for 4 or so years from when he was with another organization. My first question for Dan was, โ€œWhatโ€™s up with Lyft and senior living?โ€ His initial response was to talk about Lyft and the broader healthcare sector:

  • Today Lyft is in 360 markets, they have 700,000 drivers and give over 1 million rides a day.

  • In furthering their mission of โ€œimproving peopleโ€™s lives with the world’s best transportationโ€, healthcare and senior living were a natural fit.

  • Lyft discovered that each year more than 3.6 million medical appointments were missed solely because of transportation problems. Lyft is confident they can bring that number way down . . . maybe even to zero.

Lyft and Senior Living

Lyft has solutions for both residents and team members. For residents, communities have the ability to log on to a web portal where they can schedule rides for residents without the residents needing a smart device. Here are the benefits:

  • It saves the community money

  • It increases the availability and flexibility for both residents and the community

  • It gives residents more freedom of movement

  • It increases resident dignity . . . right or wrong, it does not feel great to show up to church, a movie, concert or play in a big senior living community van

You can see the interview below. It is broken into smaller parts for easy viewing:

You can also access more information HERE

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