Jason hates his first visit to his grandmother in a nursing home, but as he returns, he finds his visits make a difference to his grandmother and the other patients.
Grandma Ronnie's grandson has a hard time adjusting to her needing a wheelchair, living in a nursing home, and not recognizing him when he comes to visit her, but the two find common ground in dancing.
In 1948, while spending the summer with her aunt in West Virginia to find her family roots, Tilara begins visiting the "colored" old folks' home called McKendree, makes new friends, and learns to love herself.
Arabelle starts high school with big dreams which are soon dashed when she is discouraged from auditioning for the school play and must volunteer at a nursing home, but surprises await, both in the theater and at Heavenly Rest.
After he is involved in a prank that led to an elderly woman's injury, twelve-year-old Mitchell must make amends by participating in a police program in which he chats online with a nursing home resident.
When Tim and his parents visit his grandmother in the nursing home where she is recovering from a broken hip, everyone pretends to be happy until Tim helps them express their true feelings.
Miss Mackle's third graders share December holiday traditions--Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Three Kings Day, and Korean New Year--with each other and with Harry's great grandfather, who has just moved to a nursing home.
After being assigned to perform community service at a nursing home, sixteen-year-old Alex befriends a cantankerous old man who has some lessons to impart about jazz guitar playing, love, and forgiveness.
Emily comes up with a wonderful way to cheer her grandmother when the elderly woman is forced to leave her house on Maple Street after many, many years and move to Forest View Retirement Home.
