The Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services seeks volunteer guardians for wards. Walworth County Volunteer Services Coordinator Colleen Lesniak says volunteer guardians are court-appointed and wards are people who aren’t able to make, maybe, good medical or financial decisions for themselves any more. Lesniak says volunteer guardians may help those who are in assisted living or in a nursing home, and are individuals who wards call if they don’t have family or friends to assist them. She says everybody needs somebody and that’s what volunteer guardians are to people who don’t have a somebody. The Walworth County website provides volunteer applications and contact information.
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