Activity Director Certification
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continuum of care - ANSWER-Levels of care beginning with care at home, care
provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care
through assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.
professional organization - ANSWER-nonprofit organization that works to improve
the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - ANSWER-The practice of pursuing political or other goals through
vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations
CMS - ANSWER-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing facilities
life course perspective - ANSWER-How one experiences a timetable of life events
and society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
, Theories of Aging - ANSWER-Various theories as to why we age - two categories -
genetic and wear and tear theories
Abraham Maslow - ANSWER-Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the
ultimate psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
Erik Erikson - ANSWER-Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life
experiences in those stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - ANSWER-psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief:
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
cohort effect - ANSWER-consequences of being born in a particular year or time
period and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and
opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - ANSWER-the negative effects of inequality in wealth,
status, and opportunity over the life span
social clock - ANSWER-the culturally preferred timing of social events such as
marriage, parenthood, and retirement
social gerontology - ANSWER-a specialized field of gerontology that examines the
social (and sociological) aspects of aging
Exam Questions and Answers
() (Verified
Answers)
continuum of care - ANSWER-Levels of care beginning with care at home, care
provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care
through assisted living and skilled nursing facilities.
professional organization - ANSWER-nonprofit organization that works to improve
the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - ANSWER-The practice of pursuing political or other goals through
vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations
CMS - ANSWER-Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing facilities
life course perspective - ANSWER-How one experiences a timetable of life events
and society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
, Theories of Aging - ANSWER-Various theories as to why we age - two categories -
genetic and wear and tear theories
Abraham Maslow - ANSWER-Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the
ultimate psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
Erik Erikson - ANSWER-Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life
experiences in those stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - ANSWER-psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief:
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
cohort effect - ANSWER-consequences of being born in a particular year or time
period and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and
opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - ANSWER-the negative effects of inequality in wealth,
status, and opportunity over the life span
social clock - ANSWER-the culturally preferred timing of social events such as
marriage, parenthood, and retirement
social gerontology - ANSWER-a specialized field of gerontology that examines the
social (and sociological) aspects of aging
