Volunteer Guardian for Nursing Home Resident- supported role

The Volunteer Guardian Program The Volunteer Guardian Program (VGP) at the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging trains and supports people to be “Guardians of the Person.” These guardians make medical and quality of life decisions for individuals who have no family able or willing to assist them and whose ability to make decisions is diminished.

Volunteer Guardians do not handle money or have financial responsibility.

People served by VGP are adults who live in nursing homes or other group-care settings and have some type of mental impairment. Whatever the reason, their ability to process information has deteriorated; they are alone and they need your help.