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NJ CERTIFIED ASSISTED LIVING ADMINISTRATOR
(CALA) EXAM NEWEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment
despite the physical and/mental decline and growing needs for
supportive services that may occur in the course of aging.
......ANSWER......Aging in Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed either
independently or with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing,
bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
......ANSWER......ADLs (Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24 hours
per day, to residents who have been assessed to need these services
including persons who require nursing home level care. It promotes
resident self direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike
surroundings. ......ANSWER......Assisted Living
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's
choices or preference place the resident or others at a risk of harm or
lead to consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program
or the rights of others. ......ANSWER......Bounded Choice
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A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living
services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to
the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no more
than two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
......ANSWER......CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
A facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq.
......ANSWER......CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)
A unit-of-use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident
comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to
indicate the day and time, or period of time, that the contents within
each container are to be taken. ......ANSWER......Customized Resident
Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the
affairs and protect the rights of any resident of the facility who has been
declared a mental incompetent. This does not include a person
affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordered
by the court. ......ANSWER......Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or
comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by a physician and
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required to be provided or delegated by a licensed, registered or
certified health care professional. ......ANSWER......Health Care Service
A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill
persons and their families in the form of physical, psychological, social,
and spiritual care. ......ANSWER......Hospice
The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or
program. If a resident's preference or decision places the resident or
others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risks or
consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident
agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce
negative or adverse outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the
provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. ......ANSWER......Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared
responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living values and negotiated
between the resident and the facility or program to avoid or reduce the
risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. ......ANSWER......Manage Risk Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a
resident by an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and
regulations governing such procedures. ......ANSWER......Medication
Administration
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1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly
labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the
method of administration, time administered, initials of individuals who
administered the medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN"
or as-needed medications are administered. ......ANSWER......Process of
Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. ......ANSWER......Dignity
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of
resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be
implemented within a barrier-free environment.
......ANSWER......Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds
and preferences. ......ANSWER......Individuality
An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to:
resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and
medication strength, dosage form, route of administration, frequency,
date and time of administration, initials of individual administering the
medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each
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NJ CERTIFIED ASSISTED LIVING ADMINISTRATOR
(CALA) EXAM NEWEST 2026 COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
A process whereby individuals remain in their living environment
despite the physical and/mental decline and growing needs for
supportive services that may occur in the course of aging.
......ANSWER......Aging in Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed either
independently or with supervision or assistance, such as: dressing,
bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
......ANSWER......ADLs (Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health services 24 hours
per day, to residents who have been assessed to need these services
including persons who require nursing home level care. It promotes
resident self direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike
surroundings. ......ANSWER......Assisted Living
Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's
choices or preference place the resident or others at a risk of harm or
lead to consequences which violate the norms of the facility or program
or the rights of others. ......ANSWER......Bounded Choice
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A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living
services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to
the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no more
than two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
......ANSWER......CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
A facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq.
......ANSWER......CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)
A unit-of-use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident
comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to
indicate the day and time, or period of time, that the contents within
each container are to be taken. ......ANSWER......Customized Resident
Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction to handle the
affairs and protect the rights of any resident of the facility who has been
declared a mental incompetent. This does not include a person
affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so ordered
by the court. ......ANSWER......Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living or
comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by a physician and
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required to be provided or delegated by a licensed, registered or
certified health care professional. ......ANSWER......Health Care Service
A program of palliative and supportive services provided to terminally ill
persons and their families in the form of physical, psychological, social,
and spiritual care. ......ANSWER......Hospice
The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or
program. If a resident's preference or decision places the resident or
others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse consequences, such risks or
consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident
agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce
negative or adverse outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the
provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18. ......ANSWER......Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of shared
responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living values and negotiated
between the resident and the facility or program to avoid or reduce the
risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. ......ANSWER......Manage Risk Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or biological is given to a
resident by an authorized individual in accordance with all laws and
regulations governing such procedures. ......ANSWER......Medication
Administration
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1.) Removing an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly
labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the
method of administration, time administered, initials of individuals who
administered the medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN"
or as-needed medications are administered. ......ANSWER......Process of
Medication Administration
The self-worth of a resident. ......ANSWER......Dignity
The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and facilitation of
resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be
implemented within a barrier-free environment.
......ANSWER......Independence
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities, backgrounds
and preferences. ......ANSWER......Individuality
An individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to:
resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name and
medication strength, dosage form, route of administration, frequency,
date and time of administration, initials of individual administering the
medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each
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