Activity Director class Exam Questions AND Correct Answers
15 activity categories - ✔✔entertainment
social
games
creative/expressive
wellness
competitive
learning
exploring
reminiscing
community
leadership
self government
volunteer
gender
culture
3 plagues of nursing homes - ✔✔loneliness vs companionship
helplessness vs usefulness
boredom vs spontaneity
,4 levels of mentally disabled - ✔✔mild -90%
moderate-6%
severe-3%
profound-1%
5 aspects of an individual's personality - ✔✔physical
emotional
mental
social
spiritual
a concern for Alzheimer resident is concentration - ✔✔true
a key aspect of an activity director is to delegate - ✔✔true
a resident must have a doctors order to participate in
activities - ✔✔true
, a total activity program does not meet all aspects of a total
personally - ✔✔false
activity directors should not delegate duties to others -
✔✔false
activity qualifications for activity professionals was
established in - ✔✔1987
activity theory - ✔✔Most older persons are happy when
active.
Seniors do the same activities as they did in their middle
years.
Seniors rust out before they wear out
activity theory of aging - ✔✔A theory that suggests that the
elderly who are most successful while aging are those who
maintain the interests and activities they had during middle
age.
AD's should come up with clever names for the activity -
✔✔true
15 activity categories - ✔✔entertainment
social
games
creative/expressive
wellness
competitive
learning
exploring
reminiscing
community
leadership
self government
volunteer
gender
culture
3 plagues of nursing homes - ✔✔loneliness vs companionship
helplessness vs usefulness
boredom vs spontaneity
,4 levels of mentally disabled - ✔✔mild -90%
moderate-6%
severe-3%
profound-1%
5 aspects of an individual's personality - ✔✔physical
emotional
mental
social
spiritual
a concern for Alzheimer resident is concentration - ✔✔true
a key aspect of an activity director is to delegate - ✔✔true
a resident must have a doctors order to participate in
activities - ✔✔true
, a total activity program does not meet all aspects of a total
personally - ✔✔false
activity directors should not delegate duties to others -
✔✔false
activity qualifications for activity professionals was
established in - ✔✔1987
activity theory - ✔✔Most older persons are happy when
active.
Seniors do the same activities as they did in their middle
years.
Seniors rust out before they wear out
activity theory of aging - ✔✔A theory that suggests that the
elderly who are most successful while aging are those who
maintain the interests and activities they had during middle
age.
AD's should come up with clever names for the activity -
✔✔true
