A project implemented by a school of nursing and social work at one university and evaluated by a school of education at another is described. The project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, trained 128 personnel from 32 nursing homes in strategies to raise the mental status of residents. Evaluation results indicated a desired measured effect upon the trainees, homes, and residents. The project serves as a model for salutory training in an allied field. This helps to place education within a larger context and increases an awareness of the availability of a researcher's skills toward education as a lifetime enterprise. (Page 21 may reproduce poorly.) (Author)