Partnership of Lyft with Caregiver app to transport seniors

Lyft is planning to be partners with Caregiver platform of CareLinx to provide transport services to seniors who are trying to get to social engagements and medical appointments. According to the Community Transportation Association, almost 3.6 million Americans miss the medical care due to the lack of transportation. Lyft services around 200 cities and caregivers services in approx 50 metros in the U.S.

Dan Trigub who manages the health care partnerships with Lyft said, “Caregivers can request a Lyft ride through mobile app. Both look different but the rides come from the same pool. This is one of the first few examples of a full Lyft integration in a third-party application. It gives the power of families to schedule a ride on behalf of the user so grandma never has to touch Lyft or know what it is”.

According to the founder and CEO of CareLinx, Sherwin Sheik, “seniors have not been able to take advantage of these on-demand applications. It was actually Lyft who got us thinking about using our service. We would not invest in this if we did not think our users wanted it. It’s not something CareLinx is making a single cent on”. Lyft works with several health care companies.

Trigub said, “Lyft has been a great option for ambulatory transport. It opens the scope of who we can serve when it comes to door to door transport. We think health care is so important to us”.

Both the companies have decided to donate 1 percent of proceeds to the Alzheimer’s Association.

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