Florida Company Connects Seniors to Outside World During Coronavirus Pandemic

Tiffany DiPanni has founded Social Savvy Seniors, a company in Florida that helps seniors cope with isolation during the coronavirus pandemic by digitally connecting them with the outside world, reports ABC Action News . Through classes, DiPanni is training older men and women to overcome the digital world's obstacles, by instructing them on social media use, and ordering basic staples like food, medication, and transportation online. "Even before COVID, we had a real concern for senior isolation because we are living in a digital world," DiPanni said. She also thinks it is valuable to teach her senior learners how to distinguish fact from fiction online. Group classes offered by Social Savvy Seniors are free, but individual classes require a fee, with most of the training currently virtual.