Log Trigger - Keeping Track Of Status Changes

I have a trigger that keeps track of status changes...

IF UPDATE(STATUS)
BEGIN
DECLARE @currentdate datetime
DECLARE @currentstatus integer
DECLARE @UserID integer
DECLARE @PermitID integer
DECLARE @Status integer

[Code] .....

It works but not the way I want it to. The @currentstatus and @newstatus are the same. I want the status before and after the update. I asked around as to how to do this and some one told me to use the Deleted table.