Activity Director Certification Exams (Latest 2024/ 2025
Updates STUDY BUNDLE WITH SOLUTIONS) Qs & As|
100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)
Erik Erikson - ANSWERA psychologist who developed the theory involving eight
stages of life. How one responded to life experiences in those stages would mold
personally. Successfully completion of each stage leads to healthy personality.
Elizabeth Kubler Ross & stages of death/dying - ANSWERA Psychologist who studies
death and dying. Her theory process that the terminally ill pass through a sequence
of 5 stages 1. Denials 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance
CMS - ANSWERCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing faclity
Survey Process - ANSWERMethodology that the state/federal surveyors practice
when inspecting care facilities.
Regulatory Requirement - ANSWERA rule or directive made and maintained by an
authority State regulation are in place for nursing homes, medical day care centers
and assisted living. Federal regulations are in place for nursing homes only.
Activism - ANSWERThe practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous
action, often including protests and demonstrations
Professional Organization - ANSWERNonprofit organization that works to improve
the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
Deficiency - ANSWERIn LTC this is something the state surveyors find during a survey.
It means the facility has not met the state or federal standard
Protesting - ANSWERto object,complain or disagree with something
Advocacy - ANSWERTo act, speak =, or write in support of an issue
Certification - ANSWERA credential indicating specific training in a career specialty.
Quality Assurance (QA) - ANSWERA process of evaluating a service to ensure the
goals of the service are being met.
Total Quality Management (TQM) - ANSWERthe philosophy that everyone in the
organization is concerned about quality, throughout all of the firm's activities, to
better serve customer needs
, QAPI Quality Assurance Performance Improvement - ANSWERA federally mandated
quality assurance process for skilled nursing facilities.
Judegement - ANSWERMaking a decision or drawing a conclusion from data
collected
Norms and Expectaions - ANSWERSpecific standard s or definitions of what is to be
found when conducteding an evaluation or QPAI
Cohort Effect - ANSWERConsequences of having been born in a given year and
having grown up during a particular time period with it's own unique pressures
problems, challenges and opportunities.
The Spirit of life - ANSWERThe force within the body that gives life energy and
power.
Autonomy - ANSWERIndependence/ Ability or tendency to function independently
Fluid Intelligence - ANSWERCapacity to learn new ways of solving problems
Medical Model - ANSWERthe concept that diseases have physical causes that can be
diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological
disorders, the medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed
on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include
treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
Metamessages are defined by Dr. Deborah Tannen as: - ANSWERIndirectness of
one's actual intention to communicate/underlying message of what is being said
Long Term Care Model - ANSWERContinuous care over longer time
Restorative Model - ANSWERProgram based on restoring each patients function
level.
Based on ADL's assessment made based on the individual capability to perform
Re-motivation therapy - ANSWERFive step group process designed for individuals in
a depressed state or in early stages of dementia. Utilizes real objects, stimulate
senses, and encourages a new motivation for life, uitilizing poems, pictures animals,
hobbies, group interaction.
Culture Change - ANSWERAn ongoing transformation within long term care
communities which is based on person directed values that restore control to the
elder. Culture change codes include the Eden Alternative and the Greenhouse
Model.
Crystallized Intelligence - ANSWERour accumulated knowledge and verbal skills;
tends to increase with age
Updates STUDY BUNDLE WITH SOLUTIONS) Qs & As|
100% Correct| Grade A (Verified Answers)
Erik Erikson - ANSWERA psychologist who developed the theory involving eight
stages of life. How one responded to life experiences in those stages would mold
personally. Successfully completion of each stage leads to healthy personality.
Elizabeth Kubler Ross & stages of death/dying - ANSWERA Psychologist who studies
death and dying. Her theory process that the terminally ill pass through a sequence
of 5 stages 1. Denials 2. Anger 3. Bargaining 4. Depression 5. Acceptance
CMS - ANSWERCenters for Medicare and Medicaid Services Federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing faclity
Survey Process - ANSWERMethodology that the state/federal surveyors practice
when inspecting care facilities.
Regulatory Requirement - ANSWERA rule or directive made and maintained by an
authority State regulation are in place for nursing homes, medical day care centers
and assisted living. Federal regulations are in place for nursing homes only.
Activism - ANSWERThe practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous
action, often including protests and demonstrations
Professional Organization - ANSWERNonprofit organization that works to improve
the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
Deficiency - ANSWERIn LTC this is something the state surveyors find during a survey.
It means the facility has not met the state or federal standard
Protesting - ANSWERto object,complain or disagree with something
Advocacy - ANSWERTo act, speak =, or write in support of an issue
Certification - ANSWERA credential indicating specific training in a career specialty.
Quality Assurance (QA) - ANSWERA process of evaluating a service to ensure the
goals of the service are being met.
Total Quality Management (TQM) - ANSWERthe philosophy that everyone in the
organization is concerned about quality, throughout all of the firm's activities, to
better serve customer needs
, QAPI Quality Assurance Performance Improvement - ANSWERA federally mandated
quality assurance process for skilled nursing facilities.
Judegement - ANSWERMaking a decision or drawing a conclusion from data
collected
Norms and Expectaions - ANSWERSpecific standard s or definitions of what is to be
found when conducteding an evaluation or QPAI
Cohort Effect - ANSWERConsequences of having been born in a given year and
having grown up during a particular time period with it's own unique pressures
problems, challenges and opportunities.
The Spirit of life - ANSWERThe force within the body that gives life energy and
power.
Autonomy - ANSWERIndependence/ Ability or tendency to function independently
Fluid Intelligence - ANSWERCapacity to learn new ways of solving problems
Medical Model - ANSWERthe concept that diseases have physical causes that can be
diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. When applied to psychological
disorders, the medical model assumes that these mental illnesses can be diagnosed
on the basis of their symptoms and cured through therapy, which may include
treatment in a psychiatric hospital.
Metamessages are defined by Dr. Deborah Tannen as: - ANSWERIndirectness of
one's actual intention to communicate/underlying message of what is being said
Long Term Care Model - ANSWERContinuous care over longer time
Restorative Model - ANSWERProgram based on restoring each patients function
level.
Based on ADL's assessment made based on the individual capability to perform
Re-motivation therapy - ANSWERFive step group process designed for individuals in
a depressed state or in early stages of dementia. Utilizes real objects, stimulate
senses, and encourages a new motivation for life, uitilizing poems, pictures animals,
hobbies, group interaction.
Culture Change - ANSWERAn ongoing transformation within long term care
communities which is based on person directed values that restore control to the
elder. Culture change codes include the Eden Alternative and the Greenhouse
Model.
Crystallized Intelligence - ANSWERour accumulated knowledge and verbal skills;
tends to increase with age
