The Home-Sharing coordinator interviews applicants to determine suitability and assists with matches. Housing matches can be long or short in duration. Intergenerational Gardens Children and older adults garden together in the Intergenerational Gardens program. Older adults many times possess gardening skills from their younger years, and they are able to share this expertise with the younger generation through Intergenerational Gardens. Seniors may visit school gardens or youth projects, or children may garden at senior garden sites in the program.
Information is also available concerning indoor gardens.
The Intergenerational Programming in Libraries manual describes an intergenerational summer reading program held in the South Bay Cooperative Library System in California. The program objective is to involve children in a summer reading program with seniors in an interactive format in library settings. The program is designed to encourage children to read and to encourage children and seniors to share the reading experience together. The program also holds a reading festival which features authors who have written intergenerational books for children. Project Bridge In the Project Bridge program, United Methodist youth groups live in Methodist retirement homes for several days.