Working with the elderly: a one-year internship training program combining practice and theory.

The Golden Age Association, a 6,000-member senior center, provides educational, recreational, social, cultural, and physical activities to well, aged people. In 1983, a training program was developed to enable the center to offer new services and programs to a growing senior population during a time of budgetary restrictions. The importance of maintaining and increasing the quality of life of seniors was paramount.