Activity Director Certification Exam
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1. 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.
2. professional organization: nonprofit organization that works to improve the
image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
3. activism: The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action,
often including protests and demonstrations
4. CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing
skilled nursing facilities
5. life course perspective: How one experiences a timetable of life events and
society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
6. Theories of Aging: Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic
and wear and tear theories
7. 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
8. Erik Erikson: Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experi-
ences in those stages would mold personality
9. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial,
anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
10. cohort effect: consequences of being born in a particular year or time period
and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
11. cumulative disadvantage: the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status,
and opportunity over the life span
12. social clock: the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage,
parenthood, and retirement
13. social gerontology: a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social
(and sociological) aspects of aging
14. functional age: actual competence and performance of an older adult, as
distinguished from chronological age
15. palliative care: Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical
and emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family.
Similar to hospice but with no end of life time frame
16. age grade: an organized category of people based on age; every individual
passes through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
17. Wellness Model: encompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional, social,
spiritual, and vocational aspects of health
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_62vun8
1. 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.
2. professional organization: nonprofit organization that works to improve the
image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
3. activism: The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action,
often including protests and demonstrations
4. CMS: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency overseeing
skilled nursing facilities
5. life course perspective: How one experiences a timetable of life events and
society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
6. Theories of Aging: Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic
and wear and tear theories
7. 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
8. Erik Erikson: Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life experi-
ences in those stages would mold personality
9. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross: psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief: denial,
anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
10. cohort effect: consequences of being born in a particular year or time period
and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
11. cumulative disadvantage: the negative effects of inequality in wealth, status,
and opportunity over the life span
12. social clock: the culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage,
parenthood, and retirement
13. social gerontology: a specialized field of gerontology that examines the social
(and sociological) aspects of aging
14. functional age: actual competence and performance of an older adult, as
distinguished from chronological age
15. palliative care: Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical
and emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family.
Similar to hospice but with no end of life time frame
16. age grade: an organized category of people based on age; every individual
passes through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
17. Wellness Model: encompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional, social,
spiritual, and vocational aspects of health
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