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In 2017, the French postal service ("La Poste") formalized this and made it a paid service to check up on elderly people ("Veiller sur mes parents"). Relatedly,
by progval 7y ago
In 2017, the French postal service ("La Poste") formalized this and made it a paid service to check up on elderly people ("Veiller sur mes parents"). Relatedly, La Poste was privatized in 2014.
There were some protests as it used to be done for free (so implicitely pro bono / sponsored by the state) for decades.