ABSTRACT
This paper presents an experiential exercise that was used successfully to assist graduate social work students in integrating and applying knowledge about geriatric assessment. The experience was completed as a community service project for a local housing facility whose executive director used the data to support a grant for monies for an on-site social worker. This project provided students with a hands-on experience to interact with resident-volunteers, and apply the knowledge of geriatric assessment learned in the Direct Practice in Aging course. This exercise can be replicated in other communities between programs of social work and senior housing facilities. [Article copies available for a fee from The Haworth Document Delivery Service: 1-800-HAWORTH. E-mail address: <docdelivery@haworthpress.com> Website: < https://www.HaworthPress.com" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">https://www.HaworthPress.com > © 2002 by The Haworth Press, Inc. All rights reserved.]
