NJ Certified Assisted Living
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CALA
Aging in Place
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)
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
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
,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)
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)
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
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
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
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
,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
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
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
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
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
, The self-worth of a resident.
Independence
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
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities,
backgrounds and preferences.
MAR (Medication Administration Record)
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
individual who initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if
appliacable, allergies, and all other professionally acceptable
information that is appropriate.
30-hour
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation
Program is a department approved minimum ____________ training
course conducted by a Department approved registered professional
nurse and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in
the administration of medications to residents, within assisted living
residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
programs.
Nursing Home-Level Care
An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is
provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s)
resulting in moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral,
cognitive, and/or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by a
registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care.
Pain Management
Administrator (CALA) Exam Newest
2026 Complete Questions with
Correct Detailed Answers (Verified
Answers) |Already Graded A+ NJ
CALA
Aging in Place
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)
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
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
,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)
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)
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
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
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
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
,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
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
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
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
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
, The self-worth of a resident.
Independence
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
Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities,
backgrounds and preferences.
MAR (Medication Administration Record)
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
individual who initials it, date medication ordered, stop date if
appliacable, allergies, and all other professionally acceptable
information that is appropriate.
30-hour
A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation
Program is a department approved minimum ____________ training
course conducted by a Department approved registered professional
nurse and registered pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in
the administration of medications to residents, within assisted living
residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
programs.
Nursing Home-Level Care
An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C. 8:85-2.1. It is
provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s)
resulting in moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral,
cognitive, and/or psychosocial functioning. It is determined by a
registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of care.
Pain Management
