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title: "Northwest Florida Daily News: Seniors Helping Seniors on Communication, Technology Keys for Taking Care of Senior Citizens"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/3c2386ec-2e81-4358-9e35-64f8b656935a
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/seniorshelpingseniors/northwest-florida-daily-news-seniors-helping-seniors-on-communication-technology-keys-for-taking-care-of-senior-citizens-2712876
category: "Home care"
industry: "Senior Care"
segment: "Home care"
topics: ["Technology"]
published: 2020-05-07T16:11:29.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:27:52.749Z
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# Northwest Florida Daily News: Seniors Helping Seniors on Communication, Technology Keys for Taking Care of Senior Citizens

**TL;DR:** Seniors Helping Seniors franchisee Andy Malivuk emphasizes the importance of communication and technology in senior caregiving during the pandemic. Malivuk's Seniors Helping Seniors location is based out of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area and is adapting to serve the senior community safely and efficiently.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-05-07. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/seniorshelpingseniors/northwest-florida-daily-news-seniors-helping-seniors-on-communication-technology-keys-for-taking-care-of-senior-citizens-2712876).*

## Story

**According to a recent article in the Northwest Florida Daily News****, senior citizens are the most vulnerable and at a high risk to COVID-19, with the fatality rate jumping up to 3-4 percent for elderly citizens who contract coronavirus.**

**Due to this concern, senior caregiving has become a top priority in most states. In the article,** **Seniors Helping Seniors** **franchisee Andy Malivuk emphasized that best practices start with workers in home health care industries being able to share information with each other. For Malivuk, this includes staying on the cutting edge of technology.**

**“For a long time, we’ve been a proponent in investing in the best technology that’s available to us,” Malivuk said in the article. “And we are seeing almost all of these different entities, from local and state agencies to the government and all the way down to software companies striving for that same thing. I’ve been amazed at how quickly everyone pivots to new policies and procedures, and I credit technology for a lot of that.”**

**In the article, Andy Malivuk, the owner of Seniors Helping Seniors based out of the Tampa/St. Petersburg area claimed that each day brings new challenges, but that they are adapting in order to serve the senior community safely and efficiently.**

**“Things are changing so much on a day-to-day basis ... the pendulum will start swinging one day then it goes back the other way, but I think we are all adopting some best practices that are working.”**

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Senior Care (sector)
- senior care (topic)
- pandemic response (topic)
- Seniors Helping Seniors (company)
- technology (topic)
- communication (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/seniorshelpingseniors/northwest-florida-daily-news-seniors-helping-seniors-on-communication-technology-keys-for-taking-care-of-senior-citizens-2712876). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/3c2386ec-2e81-4358-9e35-64f8b656935a).