With societies becoming increasingly individualistic around the world, the elderly and the infirm are a vulnerable lot. Old age homes are providing care and shelter to those people of the lost generation whose families are either too poor to take care of them or too uncar- ing.
And while it may not seem as exciting or "cute" as volunteering with exotic animals or young children, there are plenty of stories and shared experiences to be created interacting with these wise persons from a foreign culture.