NJ CALA ACTUAL EXAMINATION TEST 2026
VERIFIED Q&A STUDY GUIDE
◉ ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - The self-worth of a resident.
◉ Independence - 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 - Each resident's unique needs, capabilities,
personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
◉ MAR (Medication Administration Record) - 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.
VERIFIED Q&A STUDY GUIDE
◉ ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - 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 - 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 - 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) - 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) - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - The self-worth of a resident.
◉ Independence - 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 - Each resident's unique needs, capabilities,
personalities, backgrounds and preferences.
◉ MAR (Medication Administration Record) - 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.
