La Poste will launch the “Watch over my parents” offer. Intended for immobilized people, it will cost 135 euros per month for six visits per week of the postman.
La Poste is diversifying its activities! Already specialized in postal services but also banking, insurance, and telephony, the public company is embarking this time on the field of seniors. According to the site The echoes, La Poste will soon market the service Watch over my parents, a new offer on the elderly care market.
Concretely, the subscription will cost 135 euros per month for six visits per week of the postman (except Sunday). A decreasing price according to the number of visits chosen (2,4,6). The target audience is family caregivers looking for practical and trustworthy solutions to look after their elderly parents.
And the system is complete, since it will include an SMS report sent to the prescriber after each visit, and which will, if necessary, make up the requests of the person visited.
Unhappy unions
Already tested in several departments (the Landes, for example) the experiment would have been a success. “The farms are isolated and then even the neighbors no longer communicate as before. The postman remains a very important social link ”, told the microphone of France 2 a postman driving his vehicle during his tour.
The Sud-PTT union denounces for its part a desire to monetize a close link that went without saying until now. He also denounces “hidden and unpaid work for postmen”, which will lengthen the time for tours.
The acquisition of 180 personal service agencies
But according to Philippe Dorge, general manager of the services, mail and parcels branch, the postmen are satisfied. ” 27,000 factors out of 73,000 are already registered to follow the corresponding training, in order to be authorized to exercise this new service, ”he says.
And the group wants to go even further in this sector. It has just bought the Axeo network made up of 180 personal service agencies (gardening, DIY, cleaning, etc.).
In contact with elderly clients of Watch over my parents, the factors will be able to identify the needs … and direct towards Axeo for their realization. To take over from the gradual decline in mail delivery, La Poste seems ready to change
Medicines delivered to your home
How to pick up your medication from the pharmacy when you are immobilized at home? La Poste now offers Porteo, one of the postman’s new proximity services. Thanks to Porteo medical, the pharmacist can entrust the mailman with the delivery of medicines to the home. These are delivered the same day against signature, during the postman’s daily tour. This drug delivery can be organized 6 days a week like any other package.
As a reminder, 92% of French people consider the postman as a trusted person, according to a TNS-Sofres study in July 2012. With 62,000 rounds and 22 million daily stopping points, postmen are sometimes the only meeting during the day. of an isolated person.
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