Guide
Volunteer at a Nursing Home
To volunteer at a nursing home, apply to a role that community posted, wait for their approval, and visit under staff supervision. InterGen Volunteer is how senior living and skilled nursing partners publish those openings.
This is the decision page, not the checklist
If you already know you want to volunteer at a nursing home, start with live opportunities. For numbered steps, use how to volunteer at a nursing home. For what the work feels like, use nursing home volunteering.
Nursing homes and skilled nursing care for people with higher medical needs. Volunteers still matter — a visitor, a song, a game — as long as staff stay in charge of care.
What you are signing up for
Common-area visits, activity support, reading, and conversation. Not transfers, medication, records, or personal care. Identity verification and community approval are part of using InterGen Volunteer.
Show government-issued ID at check-in. Stay where staff tell you to stay. Get a nurse or aide if someone needs clinical help.
Apply to what is actually posted
Create a free account and browse volunteer opportunities. We will not invent a list of every nursing home near you. Partner communities post; you apply locally to those listings. Long-term care volunteering uses the same product with operator language.
Common questions
- Can anyone volunteer at a nursing home?
- Adults can apply where a community has posted a role. Minors may volunteer only if that nursing or senior living community accepts them and a parent or guardian consents. The community decides eligibility.
- Will I be asked to help with nursing tasks?
- No. InterGen Volunteer roles in nursing settings are companionship and activities under supervision, not clinical work.
Ready to take the next step?
InterGen Volunteer is free for volunteers. Senior living communities post the opportunities; you apply and track hours.
Communities: see how InterGen Volunteer works for senior living. All guides: volunteer guides.