- The municipalities are working to follow up on the elderly. Some have set up telephone tapping, meal or shopping deliveries.
- Cities rely on the “heat wave register” to identify vulnerable people.
While the containment measures, to fight the Covid-19 epidemic, urge the French to stay at home, the municipalities have been active for several weeks to ensure that their oldest residents are doing their best.
Some rely on the register of vulnerable people, established after the murderous heat wave of 2003, to identify the most vulnerable. A recommendation from the Ministry of the Interior, which was relayed, in Hérault, by the prefecture.
"We call regularly, to get news"
In Castelnau-le-Lez, for example, a city of 20,000 inhabitants in the department, municipal officials have been struggling for weeks to maintain a link with their elders, confined to their homes. "The facilitators of the Community Houses rely on the" heat wave register "to make regular calls to people over 70, to find out if they have needs, if they are isolated, if they need comfort, says Mayor Frédéric Lafforgue (LR). Sometimes it's just a "Hello, are you okay", but when they detect a fragility, we call regularly to get news. "
The eastern commune of Montpellier has also set up, at the request of these most fragile citizens, home deliveries of meal trays, of which a hundred inhabitants benefit today, or food shopping packages .
"Go shopping, from a list they make"
In Montaud, a town of 900 inhabitants, the city also brought out its “heat wave list” to ensure follow-up for the elderly. “The first week of confinement, we called these residents, and based on their responses, we identified a dozen isolated people, says Mayor Joël Raymond (without label). Because they have no close family, or because they don't know their neighbors, for example. We call these people three times a week to find out if they are doing well, but also to suggest that they run errands from a list they make. Elected officials and volunteers do this. "
In Lattes, a municipality of 16,000 inhabitants, the town hall has been listening for 24 hours a day, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, provided by agents during the day, and municipal police officers at night, on 04 67 22 56 23.
"The elderly or people with disabilities can call, but also their children, who for example do not live in the region, says Mayor Cyril Meunier (without label). About sixty people called on us. We have set up daily monitoring, and for some, we bring them meals. "
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