ACTIVITY DIRECTOR CLASS FINAL PAPER
2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● 8 Activity Categories.
Answer: Physical, social, creative, productive, educational, leisure,
spiritual, and democratic activities.
●● Data Collection.
Answer: is completed by a structured questionnaire or interest inventory
list
●● Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Long-Term Care.
Answer: A federally mandated standard assessment form that Medicare-
and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities must use to collect
demographic and clinical data on nursing home residents; includes
screening, clinical, and functional status elements
●● functional age.
Answer: Determined by ability to carry out ADLs and live
independently
●● Livable community.
, Answer: A community with such features as reasonably priced housing,
access to public transportation, easy navigation, and supportive services
to help residents remain independent and engaged, civically and socially
●● feminazation of poverty.
Answer:
●● functional limitation.
Answer: inability to perform tasks due to decreased mental or physical
abilities Ex: unable to open kitchen cabinet
●● maintenance rehabilitation.
Answer: to preserve existing function and prevent further decline
●● tertiary prevention.
Answer: actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has
progressed beyond its early stages
aimed at limiting functional impairment
●● Requirements for long term care facilities MN.
Answer: Must provide an organized activity and recreation program
based on each individual as determined by assessment. Residents must
participate in planning. Must be scheduled every day. Must be posted.
2026 CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
●● 8 Activity Categories.
Answer: Physical, social, creative, productive, educational, leisure,
spiritual, and democratic activities.
●● Data Collection.
Answer: is completed by a structured questionnaire or interest inventory
list
●● Minimum Data Set (MDS) for Long-Term Care.
Answer: A federally mandated standard assessment form that Medicare-
and Medicaid-certified nursing facilities must use to collect
demographic and clinical data on nursing home residents; includes
screening, clinical, and functional status elements
●● functional age.
Answer: Determined by ability to carry out ADLs and live
independently
●● Livable community.
, Answer: A community with such features as reasonably priced housing,
access to public transportation, easy navigation, and supportive services
to help residents remain independent and engaged, civically and socially
●● feminazation of poverty.
Answer:
●● functional limitation.
Answer: inability to perform tasks due to decreased mental or physical
abilities Ex: unable to open kitchen cabinet
●● maintenance rehabilitation.
Answer: to preserve existing function and prevent further decline
●● tertiary prevention.
Answer: actions taken to contain damage once a disease or disability has
progressed beyond its early stages
aimed at limiting functional impairment
●● Requirements for long term care facilities MN.
Answer: Must provide an organized activity and recreation program
based on each individual as determined by assessment. Residents must
participate in planning. Must be scheduled every day. Must be posted.
