In Sweden, at least among the middle classes, it’s not unusual to hire seniors for odd jobs (it’s cheaper, you pay less taxes), e.g. via services like this one. It’s kind of a win-win situation: one party gets to hire someone for pretty cheap to get something done (e.g. some garden work or handiwork—I’m guessing quite often things they wouldn’t have paid anyone to do otherwise), and the other gets some extra money, human interactions and the satisfaction of non-backbreaking manual labour.
In Sweden, at least among the middle classes, it’s not unusual to hire seniors for odd jobs (it’s cheaper, you pay less taxes), e.g. via services like this one. It’s kind of a win-win situation: one party gets to hire someone for pretty cheap to get something done (e.g. some garden work or handiwork—I’m guessing quite often things they wouldn’t have paid anyone to do otherwise), and the other gets some extra money, human interactions and the satisfaction of non-backbreaking manual labour.