Activity Director Certification Exam 2024 Graded A

continuum of care - Levels of care beginning with care at home, care provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. professional organization - nonprofit organization that works to improve the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations activism - The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations CMS - Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled nursing facilities life course perspective - How one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices Theories of Aging - Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear and tear theories Abraham Maslow - Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the ultimate psychological need Lower level needs=survival/safety Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization Erik Erikson - Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in those stages would mold personality Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance cohort effect - consequences of being born in a particular year or time period and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities cumulative disadvantage - the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and opportunity over the life span social clock - the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement