Palliative night watch in Palmeraie

The Palmeraie spreads its villas, estates and resorts among the palm trees, north of Marrakech, along the Fès road and the Casablanca road. Vast and airy, criss-crossed by shaded tracks, it is home to properties with gardens, luxury hotel complexes, golf courses and a few farms. The population is made up of well-off families, expatriates settled in the quiet, resort holidaymakers and owners of second homes.

Unlike the central districts, the Palmeraie has no dense local supply of care: the clinics, laboratories and pharmacies are mostly in Guéliz and in the city, several minutes' drive away. This is exactly what makes home care so valuable here: for a resident or a holidaymaker, having the nurse come avoids a long trip to the centre and ensures care on the spot, in the calm of the estate.