NCCAP National Exam- Activities Director practice | Actual
Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
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Quarterly Progress
- ✔✔Completed with the MDS review. Documents overall progress and response to
programming for the previous quarter. Address any change in coding on the MDS and the
need to revise the activity care plan interventions in response to these changes. The rational
for the decision to revise or not revise the care plan is documented in the progress.
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Assessment
- ✔✔The process of discovering who the person you will be serving is and what his/her
physical and psychosocial needs are in terms of optimum care and functional status
•
CAA's
- ✔✔Is the first step towards care plan development *******is the name for a set of
decision-making tools that help team members know if a specific, standard intervention
should be used.
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RAI
- ✔✔Comprehensive interdisciplinary assessment of the newly admitted resident by day 14
do admission. Activities professional is responsible for completion of MDS 3.0 Section F
and, if triggered, the Activity CAA and the information on the CAA Summary Form.
•
Care Plan
- ✔✔Starts on admission to address immediate needs. The guidelines requires activities to
participate in the baseline care plan completed within 48 hrs of admission to begin the
process.
•
Attendance
- ✔✔Daily documentation of activity attendance. Proof that activities were offered to each
resident. Bedside log to be used for room bounds residents reflecting type, frequency,
length of visits and response to visits. Resident refusals to be documented with each
occurrence.
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Change in Condition Progress Note
- ✔✔Completed with a change in level of activity participation or ability to participate
.Changes may be temporary, due to an illness like the flu, or may be permanent. Progress
note addresses the need for a revised activity plan and the care plan is updated. Permanent
changes due to a decline in physical, mental, or psychical functioning are assessed by the
interdisciplinary team for the need for a new MDS.
,•
Chart Note for Each Treatment Session
- ✔✔Recreational therapy to documents resident's performance and feelings after each
treatment session.
•
Progress Note
- ✔✔Complete weekly or quarterly note. Quarterly notes are completed with the MDS review.
Documents overall progress and response to programming for the previous quarter.
Addresses any changes in coding on the MDS and the need to revise the recreational
therapy care plan interventions in response to these changes
•
F- Tag 679
- ✔✔****** regulations pertain to the activity service in skilled nursing settings.
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SOM
- ✔✔State Operations Manual
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Quality of Life/ Quality of Care
- ✔✔The responsibilities of professionals are based on the need of quality of life and quality
of care for each of the people we serve.
•
OBRA'87
- ✔✔Federal regulation called ******* define the quality of life component as including the
services of recreational therapists, activity professionals, and social services professional
and also address the emotional and physical environment in which the resident lives.
•
Older adults and people with disabilities have changed a great deal over the last 20 years. The people
we serve NOW have many choices including
- ✔✔Home health, hospice, adult day programs, assisted living and nursing homes.
•
National Center for Assisted Living, almost one millions Americans
- ✔✔Reside in a assisted living facilities
•
assisted living facility
- ✔✔a facility that generally provides housing, group meals, personal care, support services,
and social activities in a community setting and 24 hour supervision.
•
F Tag 550
, - ✔✔Resident Rights/Exercise Rights All residents have the rights guaranteed to them under
federal and state laws and regulation.
•
483.10
- ✔✔The first section of the regulations pertains to Residents Rights. Each resident has the
absolute right to be treated with dignity and to exercise his/her rights of citizenship.
•
COPD
- ✔✔Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, results in individual's decreased ability to
breathe normally.
•
Activity Room
- ✔✔The leisure room is designed to provide available leisure activities and supplies to the
people we serve with varying levels of needs.
•
Activity Analysis
- ✔✔The purpose of this process is to separate the components of the activity and to
determine what skills are needed in order to successfully participate and complete the
activity.
•
qd
- ✔✔Every day
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qh
- ✔✔every hour
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RAI
- ✔✔Resident Assessment Instrument.
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AC
- ✔✔Activity Coodinator
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- ✔✔every
Questions and Answers Latest Updated 2026/2027 (Graded A+)
•
Quarterly Progress
- ✔✔Completed with the MDS review. Documents overall progress and response to
programming for the previous quarter. Address any change in coding on the MDS and the
need to revise the activity care plan interventions in response to these changes. The rational
for the decision to revise or not revise the care plan is documented in the progress.
•
Assessment
- ✔✔The process of discovering who the person you will be serving is and what his/her
physical and psychosocial needs are in terms of optimum care and functional status
•
CAA's
- ✔✔Is the first step towards care plan development *******is the name for a set of
decision-making tools that help team members know if a specific, standard intervention
should be used.
•
RAI
- ✔✔Comprehensive interdisciplinary assessment of the newly admitted resident by day 14
do admission. Activities professional is responsible for completion of MDS 3.0 Section F
and, if triggered, the Activity CAA and the information on the CAA Summary Form.
•
Care Plan
- ✔✔Starts on admission to address immediate needs. The guidelines requires activities to
participate in the baseline care plan completed within 48 hrs of admission to begin the
process.
•
Attendance
- ✔✔Daily documentation of activity attendance. Proof that activities were offered to each
resident. Bedside log to be used for room bounds residents reflecting type, frequency,
length of visits and response to visits. Resident refusals to be documented with each
occurrence.
•
Change in Condition Progress Note
- ✔✔Completed with a change in level of activity participation or ability to participate
.Changes may be temporary, due to an illness like the flu, or may be permanent. Progress
note addresses the need for a revised activity plan and the care plan is updated. Permanent
changes due to a decline in physical, mental, or psychical functioning are assessed by the
interdisciplinary team for the need for a new MDS.
,•
Chart Note for Each Treatment Session
- ✔✔Recreational therapy to documents resident's performance and feelings after each
treatment session.
•
Progress Note
- ✔✔Complete weekly or quarterly note. Quarterly notes are completed with the MDS review.
Documents overall progress and response to programming for the previous quarter.
Addresses any changes in coding on the MDS and the need to revise the recreational
therapy care plan interventions in response to these changes
•
F- Tag 679
- ✔✔****** regulations pertain to the activity service in skilled nursing settings.
•
SOM
- ✔✔State Operations Manual
•
Quality of Life/ Quality of Care
- ✔✔The responsibilities of professionals are based on the need of quality of life and quality
of care for each of the people we serve.
•
OBRA'87
- ✔✔Federal regulation called ******* define the quality of life component as including the
services of recreational therapists, activity professionals, and social services professional
and also address the emotional and physical environment in which the resident lives.
•
Older adults and people with disabilities have changed a great deal over the last 20 years. The people
we serve NOW have many choices including
- ✔✔Home health, hospice, adult day programs, assisted living and nursing homes.
•
National Center for Assisted Living, almost one millions Americans
- ✔✔Reside in a assisted living facilities
•
assisted living facility
- ✔✔a facility that generally provides housing, group meals, personal care, support services,
and social activities in a community setting and 24 hour supervision.
•
F Tag 550
, - ✔✔Resident Rights/Exercise Rights All residents have the rights guaranteed to them under
federal and state laws and regulation.
•
483.10
- ✔✔The first section of the regulations pertains to Residents Rights. Each resident has the
absolute right to be treated with dignity and to exercise his/her rights of citizenship.
•
COPD
- ✔✔Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, results in individual's decreased ability to
breathe normally.
•
Activity Room
- ✔✔The leisure room is designed to provide available leisure activities and supplies to the
people we serve with varying levels of needs.
•
Activity Analysis
- ✔✔The purpose of this process is to separate the components of the activity and to
determine what skills are needed in order to successfully participate and complete the
activity.
•
qd
- ✔✔Every day
•
qh
- ✔✔every hour
•
R
- ✔✔right
•
RAI
- ✔✔Resident Assessment Instrument.
•
AC
- ✔✔Activity Coodinator
•
q
- ✔✔every
