NJ CALA EXAM 2025/2026 – COMPLETE
VERIFIED GUIDE TO SUCCESS
‣ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - Answer. 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.
‣Assisted Living - Answer. 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
direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike
surroundings.
‣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.
‣CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - Answer. 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.
‣CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - Answer. 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.
‣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.
‣Guardian - Answer. 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.
‣Health Care Service - Answer. 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.
‣Hospice - Answer. A program of palliative and supportive
services provided to terminally ill persons and their families in
the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
,‣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.
‣Manage Risk Agreement - Answer. 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.
‣Medication Administration - Answer. 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
governing such procedures.
‣Process of Medication Administration - Answer. 1.) Removing an
individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled
container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited
to the method of administration, time administered, initials of
, individuals who administered the medication, and effect of the
medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are
administered.
‣Dignity - Answer. The self-worth of a resident.
‣Independence - Answer. The support and enhancement of
resident capabilities and facilitation of resident abilities so that
the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented
within a barrier-free environment.
‣Individuality - Answer. Each resident's unique needs,
capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
‣MAR (Medication Administration Record) - Answer. An
individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to:
resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name
and medication strength, dosage form, route of administration,
frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual
administering the medication, a section containing the full
signature and title of each individual who initials it, date
medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all
other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate.
‣30-hour - Answer. A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training
Competency and Evaluation Program is a department approved
minimum ____________ training course conducted by a Department
approved registered professional nurse and registered
pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration
of medications to residents, within assisted living residences,
VERIFIED GUIDE TO SUCCESS
‣ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - Answer. 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.
‣Assisted Living - Answer. 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
direction and participation in decisions that emphasize
independence, individuality, privacy, dignity, and homelike
surroundings.
‣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.
‣CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - Answer. 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.
‣CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - Answer. 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.
‣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.
‣Guardian - Answer. 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.
‣Health Care Service - Answer. 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.
‣Hospice - Answer. A program of palliative and supportive
services provided to terminally ill persons and their families in
the form of physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
,‣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.
‣Manage Risk Agreement - Answer. 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.
‣Medication Administration - Answer. 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
governing such procedures.
‣Process of Medication Administration - Answer. 1.) Removing an
individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled
container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited
to the method of administration, time administered, initials of
, individuals who administered the medication, and effect of the
medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are
administered.
‣Dignity - Answer. The self-worth of a resident.
‣Independence - Answer. The support and enhancement of
resident capabilities and facilitation of resident abilities so that
the resident's preferences and choices may be implemented
within a barrier-free environment.
‣Individuality - Answer. Each resident's unique needs,
capabilities, personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
‣MAR (Medication Administration Record) - Answer. An
individual resident record that contains, but is not limited to:
resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age, physician, name
and medication strength, dosage form, route of administration,
frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual
administering the medication, a section containing the full
signature and title of each individual who initials it, date
medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all
other professionally acceptable information that is appropriate.
‣30-hour - Answer. A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training
Competency and Evaluation Program is a department approved
minimum ____________ training course conducted by a Department
approved registered professional nurse and registered
pharmacist, to instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration
of medications to residents, within assisted living residences,
