Activity Director Certification
Exam Questions and Answers
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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
, age grade - ANSWER - an organized category of people based on age; every
individual passes through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
Wellness Model - ANSWER - encompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional,
social, spiritual, and vocational aspects of health
medical model - ANSWER - the concept that diseases have physical causes that can
be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured.
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
palliative care - ANSWER - 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
metamessage - ANSWER - Underlying message of what's being said
autonomy - ANSWER - independence
Exam Questions and Answers
100% Verified
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
, age grade - ANSWER - an organized category of people based on age; every
individual passes through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
Wellness Model - ANSWER - encompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional,
social, spiritual, and vocational aspects of health
medical model - ANSWER - the concept that diseases have physical causes that can
be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured.
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
palliative care - ANSWER - 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
metamessage - ANSWER - Underlying message of what's being said
autonomy - ANSWER - independence
