CALA NJ EXAM 2026 REVISION NOTES AND
STRUCTURED ASSISTED LIVING
ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ Health services/care plan must be reviewed when. Answer: 3
months
◉ Resident service plan must be reviewed when. Answer: 6 months
◉ Menus must be kept on file for how long. Answer: 30 days
◉ Fire drills must be done. Answer: monthly
◉ Temperature must be kept at what temp during the day during
heating season. Answer: 72 degrees
◉ Temperature must be kept at what temp during the night during
heating season. Answer: 68 degrees
◉ Temperature not to exceed what temp during the cooling system.
Answer: 82 degrees
, ◉ Bathing and hand washing water temperatures should be kept
between what temperatures. Answer: 105 to 120 degrees
◉ Dishwasher/laundry water temperature should be what. Answer:
180 degrees
◉ Minimum age required for an administrator. Answer: 21
◉ Nursing home level of care within 3 years. Answer: 20 percent
◉ Emergency food supply. Answer: 4 days
◉ Notify what office for issues with residents 60 + of age. Answer:
Ombudsman's office
◉ Records must be maintained after discharge for how long.
Answer: 10 years
◉ Method of depreciation which allocates a greater position of cost
to the early years of the life of an asset. Answer: Accelerated
depreciation
◉ The process used to identify, measure, record, and report financial
information. Answer: Accounting
STRUCTURED ASSISTED LIVING
ADMINISTRATION OVERVIEW GUIDE
◉ Health services/care plan must be reviewed when. Answer: 3
months
◉ Resident service plan must be reviewed when. Answer: 6 months
◉ Menus must be kept on file for how long. Answer: 30 days
◉ Fire drills must be done. Answer: monthly
◉ Temperature must be kept at what temp during the day during
heating season. Answer: 72 degrees
◉ Temperature must be kept at what temp during the night during
heating season. Answer: 68 degrees
◉ Temperature not to exceed what temp during the cooling system.
Answer: 82 degrees
, ◉ Bathing and hand washing water temperatures should be kept
between what temperatures. Answer: 105 to 120 degrees
◉ Dishwasher/laundry water temperature should be what. Answer:
180 degrees
◉ Minimum age required for an administrator. Answer: 21
◉ Nursing home level of care within 3 years. Answer: 20 percent
◉ Emergency food supply. Answer: 4 days
◉ Notify what office for issues with residents 60 + of age. Answer:
Ombudsman's office
◉ Records must be maintained after discharge for how long.
Answer: 10 years
◉ Method of depreciation which allocates a greater position of cost
to the early years of the life of an asset. Answer: Accelerated
depreciation
◉ The process used to identify, measure, record, and report financial
information. Answer: Accounting
