Activity Director Certification Exam Questions and Correct Answers
Activity Director Certification Exam continuum of care - Answer- 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 - Answer- nonprofit organization that works to improve the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations activism - Answer- The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations CMS - Answer- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing skilled nursing facilities life course perspective - Answer- How one experiences a timetable of life events and society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices Theories of Aging - Answer- Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear and tear theories Abraham Maslow - Answer- 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 - Answer- Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experiences in those stages would mold personality Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - Answer- psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance cohort effect - Answer- consequences of being born in a particular year or time period and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities cumulative disadvantage - Answer- the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status, and opportunity over the life span social clock - Answer- the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement social gerontology - Answer- a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social (and sociological) aspects of aging functional age - Answer- actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished from chronological age
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