Personal Care Home Administrator
(PCHA) Exam Solved 100% Correct
3 sections of the UCC (uniform commercial code) - ANSWER-Chapter 401- certification
for code administrators
chapter 403- administration(permits, inspections)
chapter 405- elevators, lifting devices
7 stage stages to alzheimers disease - ANSWER-stage 1- impairment
stage 2- very mild decline
stage 3- mild decline
stage 4- moderate
stage 5- moderate severe decline
stage 6- severe
stage 7- very severe
a general physical exam includes - ANSWER-medical diagnosis, medical information,
special health needs and dietary needs, allergies, immunizations, history, medication
regimen, body positioning
a resident should be evaluated by a dr how many days prior to admission and how
many days after - ANSWER-60 prior, and 30 days after
abulia - ANSWER-the loss or impairment of the ability to make decisions
ACCOUNTING - ANSWER-a service activity to provide quantitative information about
personal care homes. The info is primarily financial in nature and is intended to be
useful in making business decisions
Accrual Basis Accounting - ANSWER-accounting basis in which revenues are assigned
to the accounting period in which earned regardless if whether or not received in cash
expensive incurred in earning the revenues are deducted from the revenues regardless
of whether or not cash has been disbursed in their payment
active listening - ANSWER-act of hearing and responding to both the content and the
feeling of what is being said, provide feedback to confirm your listening
activities to avoid for memory impaired - ANSWER-long explanations, busy work without
a purpose, things that require extensive use of memory, childlike activities
ADL - ANSWER-activity of daily living. includes eating, drinking, bathing, ambulating,
transferring in and out of bed, toileting, self administering drugs
, Affective disorder (mood disorder) - ANSWER-can range from intense elation and
irritability to severe depression
Alzheimer disease - ANSWER-disease of structural changes in the brain resulting in an
irreversible deterioration that progresses from forgetfulness and disorientation to loss of
all intellectual functions, total disability, and death
amnesia - ANSWER-loss of memory
aphasia - ANSWER-inability to speak
apraxia - ANSWER-inability to organize movement
autonomy - ANSWER-individual dignity, self determination and rights maintain their
dignity
Beneficience - ANSWER-doing the greatest good while balancing the risks and benefits
- care givers have an obligation to benefit the patient/resident
Bipolar 1 - ANSWER-at least 1 manic episode and at least 1 depressive episode
bipolar 2 - ANSWER-Characterized by bouts of major depression with episodic
occurrence of hypomania
Has never met criteria for full manic episode
budget process - ANSWER-planning, fiscal year- JAN-DEC, JULY-JUNE, OCT-SEPT
by 2030, _______ of the American population will be composed of racial and ethnic
minority groups - ANSWER-40%
Cash Basis of Accounting - ANSWER-accounting in which revenues are reported as
being earned in the accounting period in which cash is received and expenses are
deducted from revenues in the accounting period in which cash is disbursed for their
payment
CLAS - ANSWER-Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services are standards
primarily directed at health care organizations; implement strategies to recruit, retain
and promote at levels of the organization a diverse staff and leadership that represent
demographic characteristics of the service area
client assessment - ANSWER-what are they capable of doing? dignity issues, adult
games, who they were before when they were young
cluster A - ANSWER-paranoid, schizoid, resident seems odd or eccentric to others
cluster B - ANSWER-antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
(PCHA) Exam Solved 100% Correct
3 sections of the UCC (uniform commercial code) - ANSWER-Chapter 401- certification
for code administrators
chapter 403- administration(permits, inspections)
chapter 405- elevators, lifting devices
7 stage stages to alzheimers disease - ANSWER-stage 1- impairment
stage 2- very mild decline
stage 3- mild decline
stage 4- moderate
stage 5- moderate severe decline
stage 6- severe
stage 7- very severe
a general physical exam includes - ANSWER-medical diagnosis, medical information,
special health needs and dietary needs, allergies, immunizations, history, medication
regimen, body positioning
a resident should be evaluated by a dr how many days prior to admission and how
many days after - ANSWER-60 prior, and 30 days after
abulia - ANSWER-the loss or impairment of the ability to make decisions
ACCOUNTING - ANSWER-a service activity to provide quantitative information about
personal care homes. The info is primarily financial in nature and is intended to be
useful in making business decisions
Accrual Basis Accounting - ANSWER-accounting basis in which revenues are assigned
to the accounting period in which earned regardless if whether or not received in cash
expensive incurred in earning the revenues are deducted from the revenues regardless
of whether or not cash has been disbursed in their payment
active listening - ANSWER-act of hearing and responding to both the content and the
feeling of what is being said, provide feedback to confirm your listening
activities to avoid for memory impaired - ANSWER-long explanations, busy work without
a purpose, things that require extensive use of memory, childlike activities
ADL - ANSWER-activity of daily living. includes eating, drinking, bathing, ambulating,
transferring in and out of bed, toileting, self administering drugs
, Affective disorder (mood disorder) - ANSWER-can range from intense elation and
irritability to severe depression
Alzheimer disease - ANSWER-disease of structural changes in the brain resulting in an
irreversible deterioration that progresses from forgetfulness and disorientation to loss of
all intellectual functions, total disability, and death
amnesia - ANSWER-loss of memory
aphasia - ANSWER-inability to speak
apraxia - ANSWER-inability to organize movement
autonomy - ANSWER-individual dignity, self determination and rights maintain their
dignity
Beneficience - ANSWER-doing the greatest good while balancing the risks and benefits
- care givers have an obligation to benefit the patient/resident
Bipolar 1 - ANSWER-at least 1 manic episode and at least 1 depressive episode
bipolar 2 - ANSWER-Characterized by bouts of major depression with episodic
occurrence of hypomania
Has never met criteria for full manic episode
budget process - ANSWER-planning, fiscal year- JAN-DEC, JULY-JUNE, OCT-SEPT
by 2030, _______ of the American population will be composed of racial and ethnic
minority groups - ANSWER-40%
Cash Basis of Accounting - ANSWER-accounting in which revenues are reported as
being earned in the accounting period in which cash is received and expenses are
deducted from revenues in the accounting period in which cash is disbursed for their
payment
CLAS - ANSWER-Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services are standards
primarily directed at health care organizations; implement strategies to recruit, retain
and promote at levels of the organization a diverse staff and leadership that represent
demographic characteristics of the service area
client assessment - ANSWER-what are they capable of doing? dignity issues, adult
games, who they were before when they were young
cluster A - ANSWER-paranoid, schizoid, resident seems odd or eccentric to others
cluster B - ANSWER-antisocial, borderline, histrionic, narcissistic
