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title: "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Concentration on Metropolitan Areas and What That Means for the Senior Home Service Industry"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/af6e6412-7e47-46ab-91ad-e323443d368f
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/trubluehomeserviceally/pittsburgh-post-gazette-concentration-on-metropolitan-areas-and-what-that-means-for-the-senior-home-service-industry-2720349
category: "Senior Care"
industry: "Senior Care"
published: 2022-11-11T21:16:11.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T02:09:41.023Z
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# Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Concentration on Metropolitan Areas and What That Means for the Senior Home Service Industry

**TL;DR:** Sharon Reynolds bought a TruBlue Total House Care franchise to provide services to seniors in rural Pennsylvania after her parents passed away. The concentration of population in metropolitan areas like Pittsburgh presents opportunities for senior home service providers like TruBlue Total House Care.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2022-11-11. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/trubluehomeserviceally/pittsburgh-post-gazette-concentration-on-metropolitan-areas-and-what-that-means-for-the-senior-home-service-industry-2720349).*

## Story

When Sharon Reynolds’ parents passed away in 2021, she found herself thinking that there had to be more options available to help people like her father, who was by himself and needed extra assistance at home. That experience led her to buy a franchise with the handyman and repair brand TruBlue Total House Care. Now she provides services to support seniors in over 100 rural Pennsylvania ZIP codes.

“When I first go over and meet somebody and talk to them about their needs, I introduce myself, and I tell them why I'm doing what I'm doing, and it kind of forms a bond,” says Reynolds. “They have a lot of fears that they don't know who to tell them. They don't want to tell their family.”

Since Reynolds first opened TruBlue, Pennsylvania has seen a shift in demographic data. There are now more concentrations in metropolitan areas like Pittsburgh and a continued decline in rural areas. Those who are choosing to stay in rural areas are typically older, causing people in the home service and assistance industries, like Reynolds, to become even more vital.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- Senior Care (sector)
- franchise opportunity (topic)
- TruBlue Total House Care (company)
- Pittsburgh (location)
- rural areas (topic)
- senior home service (topic)
- metropolitan areas (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/trubluehomeserviceally/pittsburgh-post-gazette-concentration-on-metropolitan-areas-and-what-that-means-for-the-senior-home-service-industry-2720349). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/af6e6412-7e47-46ab-91ad-e323443d368f).