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Aging in Place - correct answers 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) - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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) - correct answers 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.
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CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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
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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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers The self-worth of a resident.
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Independence - correct answers 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 - correct answers Each resident's unique needs, capabilities,
personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
MAR (Medication Administration Record) - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means
the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs
Aging in Place - correct answers 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) - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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) - correct answers 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.
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CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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
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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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers The self-worth of a resident.
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Independence - correct answers 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 - correct answers Each resident's unique needs, capabilities,
personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
MAR (Medication Administration Record) - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers 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 - correct answers In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means
the assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs
