NCCAP National Exam with 100% Correct Answers 2023

Leisure - Correct Answer-Independent use of free time Recreation - Correct Answer-Activity that refreshes the body or mind - structured or organized Continuum of Care - Correct Answer-Levels of care beginning with care and support at home, care provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Chain of Command - Correct Answer-A clear and distinct line of authority among the positions in an organization. Organizational Chart - Correct Answer-A visual picture of the organization that identifies lines of communication and authority. Authoirty - Correct Answer-The power and right to make decisions. Accountability - Correct Answer-To be responsible for something, to have to answer to an authority. Responsibility - Correct Answer-A duty that is assigned to an individual or a duty one accepts. Departmentalization - Correct Answer-Basis for grouping of positions into departments and departments into the organization. Profession - Correct Answer-An individual with specialized skills and abilities working in his or her area of experience. Professionalism - Correct Answer-The qualities or traits that mark a person working in a particular profession. Certification - Correct Answer-A credential indicating specific training in a career specialty. Certification of choice for activity professionals is through NCCAP which is recognized in many states and Federal regulations. Professional Organizations - Correct Answer-Nonprofit organization that works to improve the image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations. Advocacy - Correct Answer-To act, speak, or write in support of an issue. Protesting - Correct Answer-To object, complain or disagree with something. Activism - Correct Answer-The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often including protests and demonstrations. Regulatory Requirements - Correct Answer-A rule or directive made and maintained by an authority. State regulations are in place for nursing homes, medical day care centers and assisted living. Federal regulations are in place for nursing homes only. Interpretive Guidelines - Correct Answer-Publication to help nursing facilities follows the law and aid surveyors to enforce the law. Survey Process - Correct Answer-Methodology that the state/federal surveyors practice when inspecting care facilities. Deficiency - Correct Answer-In LTC, this is something the state surveyors find during a survey. It means the facility has not met the state or federal standards of care. Plan of Correction - Correct Answer-This is written by a care facility if a deficiency is issued. It describes how the care facility will fix the deficiency. CMS - Correct Answer-Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Federal agency overseeing skilled nursing facilities. Life Course Perspective - Correct Answer-How one experiences a timetable of life events, how society looks upon individual life choices. Life Span - Correct Answer-The greatest number of years a person can live. Theories on Aging - Correct Answer-Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear and tear theories. Abraham Maslow - Correct Answer-A psychologist who proposed the hierarchy of needs, with self-actualization as the ultimate psychological need. Humans have a hierarchy of needs ranging from lower-level needs for survival and safety to higher-level needs for intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization. Erik Erikson - Correct Answer-A psychologist who developed the theory involving eight stages of life. How one responded to life experiences in those stages would mold personality. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross and Stages of Grief - Correct Answer-A psychologist who studied death and dying. Her theory proposes that the terminally ill pass through a sequence of 5 stages: 1. denial, 2. anger/resentment, 3. bargaining 4. depression, and 5. Acceptance. Cohort Effect - Correct Answer-The consequences of having been born in a given year and having grown up during a particular time period with its own unique pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities. Cumulative Disadvantage - Correct Answer-The idea that the negative effects of patterns of inequality in wealth, status, and availability of opportunities accumulate over the life span. Social Clock - Correct Answer-The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage, parenthood, and retirement. Social Gerontology - Correct Answer-A subfield of gerontology with an emphasis on social rather than physical aspects of aging. Functional Age - Correct Answer-Actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished from chronological age. Wellness - Correct Answer-An overall state of well-being or total health. Palliative Care - Correct Answer-Care provided to those suffering from chronic and serious illness. Similar to hospice. While hospice is defined for those with less than six months to live, palliative care has no time frame. Age Grades - Correct Answer-Permanent age categories in a society through which people pass during the course of a lifetime. Age Norms - Correct Answer-Informal standards defining appropriate age and behavior for certain life events. Wellness Model - Correct Answer-Includes 6 aspects: physical, intellectual, social, emotional, vocational and spiritual. Medical Model - Correct Answer-The concept that diseases have physical causes that can be diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured. Long Term Care Model - Correct Answer-Continuous care over longer time. Restorative Model - Correct Answer-Program based on restoring each patients function level. Based on ADL's assessment made based on the individual capability to perform. Metamessages - Correct Answer-Underlying message of what is being said. Autonomy - Correct Answer-Ability or tendency to function independently.