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NJ CALA exam, Certified Assisted Living
Administrator, New Jersey CALA test, CALA
questions and answers, assisted living
administrator exam, NJ CALA 2025, CALA prep
material
A process whereby individuals remain in their living
environment despite the physical and/mental decline
and growing needs for supportive services that may
occur in the course of aging. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Aging in Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed
either independently or with supervision or assistance,
such as: dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion,
bed mobility, and eating. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ ADLs
(Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health
services 24 hours per day, to residents who have been
assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self
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direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and
homelike surroundings. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Assisted
Living
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. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Bounded Choice
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide room and board and to
assure that assisted living services are available when
needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the
proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have
no more than two residents and have a lockable door on
the unit entrance. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ CPCH
(Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
A facility that has received a certificate of authority
pursuant to the _________ and Financial Disclosure Act,
N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)
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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. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Customized Resident Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction
to handle the affairs and protect the rights of any
resident of the facility who has been declared a mental
incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated
with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so
ordered by the court. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living
or comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by
a physician and required to be provided or delegated
by a licensed, registered or certified health care
professional. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Health Care
Service
A program of palliative and supportive services
provided to terminally ill persons and their families in
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the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual
care. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hospice
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. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of
shared responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living
values and negotiated between the resident and the
facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of
adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Manage Risk
Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or
biological is given to a resident by an authorized
individual in accordance with all laws and regulations
NJ CALA exam, Certified Assisted Living
Administrator, New Jersey CALA test, CALA
questions and answers, assisted living
administrator exam, NJ CALA 2025, CALA prep
material
A process whereby individuals remain in their living
environment despite the physical and/mental decline
and growing needs for supportive services that may
occur in the course of aging. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Aging in Place
The functions or tasks for self-care, which are performed
either independently or with supervision or assistance,
such as: dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer, locomotion,
bed mobility, and eating. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ ADLs
(Activity of Daily Living)
A coordinated array of supportive personal and health
services 24 hours per day, to residents who have been
assessed to need these services including persons who
require nursing home level care. It promotes resident self
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direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and
homelike surroundings. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Assisted
Living
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. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Bounded Choice
A facility which is licensed by the Department of Health
and Senior Services to provide room and board and to
assure that assisted living services are available when
needed, to four or more adults unrelated to the
proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have
no more than two residents and have a lockable door on
the unit entrance. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ CPCH
(Comprehensive Personal Care Home)
A facility that has received a certificate of authority
pursuant to the _________ and Financial Disclosure Act,
N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community)
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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. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔
Customized Resident Medication Package
A person appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction
to handle the affairs and protect the rights of any
resident of the facility who has been declared a mental
incompetent. This does not include a person affiliated
with the facility, its operations or personnel, unless so
ordered by the court. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Guardian
Any service provided to a resident of an assisted living
or comprehensive personal care home that is ordered by
a physician and required to be provided or delegated
by a licensed, registered or certified health care
professional. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Health Care
Service
A program of palliative and supportive services
provided to terminally ill persons and their families in
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the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual
care. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Hospice
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. -
.....ANSWER ...✔✔ Managed Risk
The written formal plan developed in consideration of
shared responsibility, bounded choice and assisted living
values and negotiated between the resident and the
facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of
adverse outcomes which may occur in an assisted living
environment. - .....ANSWER ...✔✔ Manage Risk
Agreement
A procedure in which a prescribed medication or
biological is given to a resident by an authorized
individual in accordance with all laws and regulations
