RCFE Administrator Exam Questions and Answers

Administrator - Answer- manages the facility on behalf of the licensee. (may be the licensee) Advanced Health Care Directive - Answer- written instruction on the provision of the resident if they're incapacitated Ambulatory Person - Answer- resident is mentally competent and can leave a building in an emergency without help or medical aid Basic Services - Answer- must provide the following basic services: safe and healthy living place, personal assistance and care, observation and supervision, planned activities, food service, arrangements for obtaining incidental medical and dental care California Clearance - Answer- can't have felony or misdemeanor conviction Capacity - Answer- max limit # of people allowed in care of a facility care and supervision - Answer- includes assisting in dressing, bathing, medicines, transportation, storing/ distributing medicin, house rule maintenance, supervision of schedules and activities, supervision of resident's property and food intake/diet certicate holder - Answer- a person who has a current administrator's certificate regardless if they're actually employed as an administrator in a facility or not. DIFFERENT FROM CERTIFIED ADMINSTRATOR certified administrator - Answer- administrator who has a current RCFE Certificate and is employed in a facility as an administrator Close Friend - Answer- attached to another by feeling of personal regard as indicated by both parties involved community care facility - Answer- any facility/place/building providing nonmedica care and supervision Conservator - Answer- appointed by the superior court to care for the person or estate or person and estate of adult COnsultant - Answer- person qualified to provide expert info on a subject Control Of property - Answer- right to enter occupy and maintain the operation of the facility Criminal Record Clearance - Answer- individual has BOTH California clearance and FBI Clearance Deficieny - Answer- failure to comply with department regulations Serious Deficiencies - Answer- -fire clearance, #/type of residents, telephone service, residents with prohibited health conditions, non ambulatory residents, restraints, safety, food storage, preparation and service, medicine storage/dispensing, hot water temperature, bathroom, storage of needles and waste, night supervision, Delayed Egress Device - Answer- egress control divide of time delay used for alzheimer or dementia residents Dementia - Answer- Loss of intellectual function (thinking, remembering, reading, exercising judgement and making decisions) and other cognitive functions. Dementia is not a disease itself but a group of symptoms that may accompany certain conditions or diseases including alzheimer's disease. Symptoms may include changes in personality, mood and or behavior. it is irreversible when caused by disease or injury but may be reversible when caused by depression drug alcohol or hormone imbalance Department - Answer- refers to the California State Department of Social Services Direct Care staff - Answer- provide direct care to residents Director - Answer- refers to the Director of the State Department of Social Services Do Not Resuscitate DNR form - Answer- completed by the resident or (in some instances) a resident's Health Care Surrogate Decision Maker and by a physician, alert pre-hospital emergency medical services personal to the resident's wishes to forego resuscitative measures in the event of the resident's cardiac or respiratory arrest Documentation - Answer- supportive info including but not limited to the Licensing Report Egress Alert Device - Answer- device worn by a resident that triggers alarm when resident leaves the building Eldery Person - Answer- over 60 years of age Evaluator - Answer- department agent that is authorized by contract to license community care facilities Exception - Answer- Variance to a specific regulation based on unique needs or circumstances of a specific resident or staff person. involves on person ( can't be applied to other individuals) existing facility - Answer- means any facility operating under a valid license on the date of application for a new license Facility Hospice Care Waiver - Answer- waiver from the department that permits the retention in a facility of a designated maxi number of terminally ill residents who are receiving hospice services from a hospice agency healing wounds - Answer- includes cuts, stage one and two ulcers and incisions that are being treated by a professional Health care surrogate decision maker - Answer- an individual who participates in health care decision making on behalf of an incapacitated resident. This is person is either by the court or resident or family but may not be a licensee or any staff member Health Condition Relocation oRder - Answer- department gives written notice to licensee requiring the relocation of a resident because the resident has a health condition which can't be cared for within the limits of the license, requires inpatient care in a health facility, or has a prohibited health condition Home Economist - Answer- a person who has a BA or higher in home economics and specializes in food or nutrition or dietetics Hospice or Hospice Agency - Answer- an entity that provides hospice services to terminally ill person, is medicare certified for hospice, and holds either a hospice license or a home health agency license from the CA department of Health sciences Interdisciplinary Team - Answer- team that assist the Department in evaluating the need for relocating a resident of a residential care facility for the elderly when the resident has requested a review of the department's health condition relocation order. Team includes Department's nurse consultant and social worker License - Answer- A Basic Permit to operate a residential care facility for the elderly Licensed Professional - Answer- a person who is licensed in California to Provide Medical care or therapy (ex: registered nurse or physician) Licensee - Answer- the entity having the the authority and responsibility for the operation of a licensed facility Licensing Agency - Answer- a state, County or other public agency authorized by the Department to assume specified licensing, approval, or consultation responsibilities pursuant to health and safety code