NJ CALA NEWEST EXAM AND STUDY ACTUAL 2024
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY A+ GRADED
Aging in Place - ANSWER-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.
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 time of
administration, initials of individual administering the medication, a
WITH COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
VERIFIED ANSWERS ALREADY A+ GRADED
Aging in Place - ANSWER-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.
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 time of
administration, initials of individual administering the medication, a
