CALA NJ EXAM 2026 FINAL REVIEW PACK
COMPLETE QUESTION SET AND CORE
CONCEPT SUMMARY
◉ ADLs (Activity of Daily Living). Answer: 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.
◉ Assisted Living. Answer: 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.
◉ Bounded Choice. Answer: 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.
◉ CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home). Answer: 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.
◉ CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community). Answer: 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.
◉ Customized Resident Medication Package. Answer: 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.
◉ Guardian. Answer: 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.
◉ Health Care Service. Answer: Any service provided to a resident of
an assisted living or comprehensive personal care home that is
ordered by a physician and required to be provided or delegated by
a licensed, registered or certified health care professional.
,◉ Hospice. Answer: 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.
◉ Managed Risk. Answer: 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.
◉ Manage Risk Agreement. Answer: 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.
◉ Medication Administration. Answer: 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.
, ◉ Process of Medication Administration. Answer: 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.
◉ Dignity. Answer: The self-worth of a resident.
◉ Independence. Answer: 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.
◉ Individuality. Answer: Each resident's unique needs, capabilities,
personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
◉ MAR (Medication Administration Record). Answer: 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
COMPLETE QUESTION SET AND CORE
CONCEPT SUMMARY
◉ ADLs (Activity of Daily Living). Answer: 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.
◉ Assisted Living. Answer: 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.
◉ Bounded Choice. Answer: 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.
◉ CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home). Answer: 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.
◉ CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community). Answer: 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.
◉ Customized Resident Medication Package. Answer: 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.
◉ Guardian. Answer: 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.
◉ Health Care Service. Answer: Any service provided to a resident of
an assisted living or comprehensive personal care home that is
ordered by a physician and required to be provided or delegated by
a licensed, registered or certified health care professional.
,◉ Hospice. Answer: 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.
◉ Managed Risk. Answer: 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.
◉ Manage Risk Agreement. Answer: 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.
◉ Medication Administration. Answer: 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.
, ◉ Process of Medication Administration. Answer: 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.
◉ Dignity. Answer: The self-worth of a resident.
◉ Independence. Answer: 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.
◉ Individuality. Answer: Each resident's unique needs, capabilities,
personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
◉ MAR (Medication Administration Record). Answer: 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
