CALA NJ Quiz Comprehensive
Questions with Verified
Answers Graded A+
Assisted living residence - Answer: Facility licenced by the department of health & senior servics
to provide apartment style housing & congregate dining & to assure that assisted living servicea
are abailable when needed for 4 or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartments
offer at a minimum, 1 unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette & a lockable door
on the unit entrance.
Assisted living values - Answer: Promotes dignity, independence, privacy, choice, individuality in
a home like environment.
Bounded choice - Answer: Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference
place the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which violate the norms
of the facility or program or the rights of others.
Customized Resident Medication Package - Answer: A unit-of-use package prepared by a
pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and time,
or period of time, that the contents within each container are to be taken.
drug regimen review - Answer: Individual resident record review conducted by the consultant or
provider pharmacist including but not limited to laboratory tests, dietary requirements,
medication administration records, physicians APN's or PA orders and progress notes in order to
monitor for potentially significant adverse drug reactions, drug-to-drug and drug-to-food
,interactions, allergies, contractions rationality of therapy, drug use evaluations & lab test
results.
Managed Risk - Answer: The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse
consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident
agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse
outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
Managed Risk Agreement - Answer: A written formal plan developed in consideration of shared
responsibility, bounded choice and AL values, negotiated between the resident & the facility to
avoid or reduce risk he risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an AL environment.
activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer: basic self-care tasks such as eating, bathing, toileting,
walking, and dressing, bed mobility & transferring.
aging in place - Answer: Individuals remain in their living environment despite their physical
and/or mental decline and growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the course
of aging. For aging in place to occur services are added, increased or adjusted to compensate for
the individuals physical and/or mental decline.
assisted living - Answer: Supportive personal and health services available 24/7 to residents who
have w been assessed to need these services including persons who require nursing home level
of care. AL promotes self direction & participation in decisions that emphasize independence,
dignity, privacy, choice, and individuality in home like surroundings.
unit dose drug distribution system - Answer: a system for distributing medication in which the
medication is delivered in single unit packaging and:
,Is individually wrapped & labeled with the generic or brand name & strength of the medication,
lot number or reference code, expiration date & manufacturer name & shall be ready for
administration to the resident.
Cautionary instructions will be on residents MAR & will allow provisions for noting additional
info (special times or routes of administration, storage conditions, etc)
Commercial repackages shall comply with 21 CFR 201.1 as amended and supplemented &
NJAC8:39
Unit of use - Answer: System of medications for resident that are delivered in either single dose
packs, bingo, or punch cards, blister or strip packs or other systems where each medication is
physically separate. Individually labels unit dose medications may be combined in a "bingo or
punch card" to create a unit of use drug distribution system.
labeled with the generic or brand name & strength of the medication, lot number or reference
code, expiration date & manufacturer name & shall be ready for administration to the resident.
Cautionary instructions will be on residents MAR & will allow provisions for noting additional
info (special times or routes of administration, storage conditions, etc)
September 2001 - Answer: Within 3 years the faculty has to have 10% Medicaid eligible and
20% LTC residents
AL required services - Answer: Staffing, environmental, nursing, dining, community life
How often are AL values required to be taught to staff? - Answer: Upon hire & annually
Dignity - Answer: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect. The enhanced feeling of self
respect and self worth
Individuality - Answer: Relating to a single human being; the quality of being unique and
distinctive from others.
, Privacy - Answer: The maintenance of an individual's separateness, personal space, solitude, or
seclusion; secluded or removal from public view.
Choice - Answer: To select or pick out; the opportunity, right or power to choose.
Independence - Answer: the quality or state of being free of the control of others; the quality of
autonomy; not relying on others.
How long is Dementia training? - Answer: 6 hours at hire & annually
What are the 6 key points to Dementia compliance? - Answer: 1. Program policy's & procedures
2. Required staffing postings daily
3. Assessment tools, specific to diagnosis of memory care issues
4. Staff training programs 6 hours at hire & annually
5. Services for residents
6. Elopement & Saftey protocols
What % of people live in nursing homes? - Answer: Less than 5%
What age does intelligence peak - Answer: 65 & remains stable or continues to grow gradually
until the mid 90's
What are the theories of aging? - Answer: Autoimmunity Theory
Activity Theory
Continuity Theory
Human needs theory
Questions with Verified
Answers Graded A+
Assisted living residence - Answer: Facility licenced by the department of health & senior servics
to provide apartment style housing & congregate dining & to assure that assisted living servicea
are abailable when needed for 4 or more adult persons unrelated to the proprietor. Apartments
offer at a minimum, 1 unfurnished room, a private bathroom, a kitchenette & a lockable door
on the unit entrance.
Assisted living values - Answer: Promotes dignity, independence, privacy, choice, individuality in
a home like environment.
Bounded choice - Answer: Limits places on a resident's choice as a result of an assessment, in
accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18, which indicates that such resident's choices or preference
place the resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which violate the norms
of the facility or program or the rights of others.
Customized Resident Medication Package - Answer: A unit-of-use package prepared by a
pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of containers and containing two or more
prescribed sold oral dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and time,
or period of time, that the contents within each container are to be taken.
drug regimen review - Answer: Individual resident record review conducted by the consultant or
provider pharmacist including but not limited to laboratory tests, dietary requirements,
medication administration records, physicians APN's or PA orders and progress notes in order to
monitor for potentially significant adverse drug reactions, drug-to-drug and drug-to-food
,interactions, allergies, contractions rationality of therapy, drug use evaluations & lab test
results.
Managed Risk - Answer: The process of balancing resident choice and independence with the
health and safety of the resident and other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's
preference or decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to adverse
consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with the resident, and, if the resident
agrees, a resident representative, and a formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse
outcomes is negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
Managed Risk Agreement - Answer: A written formal plan developed in consideration of shared
responsibility, bounded choice and AL values, negotiated between the resident & the facility to
avoid or reduce risk he risk of adverse outcomes which may occur in an AL environment.
activities of daily living (ADLs) - Answer: basic self-care tasks such as eating, bathing, toileting,
walking, and dressing, bed mobility & transferring.
aging in place - Answer: Individuals remain in their living environment despite their physical
and/or mental decline and growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the course
of aging. For aging in place to occur services are added, increased or adjusted to compensate for
the individuals physical and/or mental decline.
assisted living - Answer: Supportive personal and health services available 24/7 to residents who
have w been assessed to need these services including persons who require nursing home level
of care. AL promotes self direction & participation in decisions that emphasize independence,
dignity, privacy, choice, and individuality in home like surroundings.
unit dose drug distribution system - Answer: a system for distributing medication in which the
medication is delivered in single unit packaging and:
,Is individually wrapped & labeled with the generic or brand name & strength of the medication,
lot number or reference code, expiration date & manufacturer name & shall be ready for
administration to the resident.
Cautionary instructions will be on residents MAR & will allow provisions for noting additional
info (special times or routes of administration, storage conditions, etc)
Commercial repackages shall comply with 21 CFR 201.1 as amended and supplemented &
NJAC8:39
Unit of use - Answer: System of medications for resident that are delivered in either single dose
packs, bingo, or punch cards, blister or strip packs or other systems where each medication is
physically separate. Individually labels unit dose medications may be combined in a "bingo or
punch card" to create a unit of use drug distribution system.
labeled with the generic or brand name & strength of the medication, lot number or reference
code, expiration date & manufacturer name & shall be ready for administration to the resident.
Cautionary instructions will be on residents MAR & will allow provisions for noting additional
info (special times or routes of administration, storage conditions, etc)
September 2001 - Answer: Within 3 years the faculty has to have 10% Medicaid eligible and
20% LTC residents
AL required services - Answer: Staffing, environmental, nursing, dining, community life
How often are AL values required to be taught to staff? - Answer: Upon hire & annually
Dignity - Answer: the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect. The enhanced feeling of self
respect and self worth
Individuality - Answer: Relating to a single human being; the quality of being unique and
distinctive from others.
, Privacy - Answer: The maintenance of an individual's separateness, personal space, solitude, or
seclusion; secluded or removal from public view.
Choice - Answer: To select or pick out; the opportunity, right or power to choose.
Independence - Answer: the quality or state of being free of the control of others; the quality of
autonomy; not relying on others.
How long is Dementia training? - Answer: 6 hours at hire & annually
What are the 6 key points to Dementia compliance? - Answer: 1. Program policy's & procedures
2. Required staffing postings daily
3. Assessment tools, specific to diagnosis of memory care issues
4. Staff training programs 6 hours at hire & annually
5. Services for residents
6. Elopement & Saftey protocols
What % of people live in nursing homes? - Answer: Less than 5%
What age does intelligence peak - Answer: 65 & remains stable or continues to grow gradually
until the mid 90's
What are the theories of aging? - Answer: Autoimmunity Theory
Activity Theory
Continuity Theory
Human needs theory
