ALF CORE Training Florida Exam Questions With
Correct Answers Latest 2023 – 2024
Assisted Living Facility - A facility that is operated and regulated as a residential
environment not medical that provides housing, meals, and one or more personal services
for a period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults who are not relatives of the owner or
administrator.
Renewal License - Must be completed at least 60 days and no more than 120 days before
current license expires.
CHOW - Change of Ownership
Initial Licensure CHOW - Must be received at least 60 days prior to the change of
ownership
Omitted Information Licensure - Must be submitted within 21 days after the request from
the agency is made.
The Agency for Healthcare Administration - Also, "the agency", AHCA, Agency Central Office
Length of ALF Licensure - Licensing is biennial unless a shorter license period is specified.
ALF - Assisted Living Facility
Activities of Daily Living - Functions and tasks for self care such as ambulation, bathing,
dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
Administrator - An individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the operation
and maintenance of an assisted living facility.
Standard License - Facilities which are licensed to provide routine personal care services.
ECC - Extended Congregate Care
Extended Congregate Care License - Can be requested by a facility that has been licensed as
an assisted living facility for 2 or more years and that provides services, directly or through
contract, beyond the standard license and LNS license including being able to provide total
catheter care, all oxygen services, and any type of tube feedings.
LNS - Limited Nursing Services
, Limited Nursing Services License - Provide services beyond standard including conducting
passive range of motion exercises, apply ice caps and collars, apply heat, performing ear
and eye irrigations, conduct urine dipstick test, and cutting toenails of diabetic residents
when approved by their healthcare provider. Residents can also receive licensed nursing
assistance with replacement of a indwelling urinary catheter or the performance of
intermittent urinary catheterizations can be performed by licensed personnel, perform
digital stool removal, and the applying and changing of routine dressings that do not
require packing or irrigation but are abrasions, skin tears, and closed surgical wounds.
Specialty Licenses - ECC, LNS, LMH
LMH - Limited Mental Health
Limited Mental Health License - Must be obtained by a facility that serves one or more
mental health residents.
Mental Health Resident - An individual who receives social security disability income
(SSDI) due to a mental disorder or supplemental security income (SSI) due to a mental
disorder, and receives optional state supplementation (OSS).
Community Living Support Plan - Includes supports, services, special resident needs
necessary for the Mental Health resident to live in ALF.
ALF Business Records - Must identify, summarize, and classify funds received and expenses
disbursed and shall use written accounting procedures and a recognized accounting
system.
Personnel Records - Must contain, at a minimum, documentation of background screening,
if applicable, documentation of compliance with all training requirements of this part or
applicable rule, and a copy of all licenses or certification held by each staff who performs
services for which licensure or certification is required under this part or rule.
Aging in place - The process of providing increased or adjusted services to a person to
compensate for the physical or mental decline that may occur with the aging process while
permitting them to remain in a familiar, residential environment for as long as possible.
Chemical Restraint - A pharmacologic drug that physically limits, restricts an individual of
movement and is used for discipline or convenience and not required for the treatment of
medical symptoms.
Cooperative Agreement - A written statement that must specify directions for accessing
emergency and after-hours care for the mental health resident.
Department of Elderly Affairs - AKA "Department"
Correct Answers Latest 2023 – 2024
Assisted Living Facility - A facility that is operated and regulated as a residential
environment not medical that provides housing, meals, and one or more personal services
for a period exceeding 24 hours to one or more adults who are not relatives of the owner or
administrator.
Renewal License - Must be completed at least 60 days and no more than 120 days before
current license expires.
CHOW - Change of Ownership
Initial Licensure CHOW - Must be received at least 60 days prior to the change of
ownership
Omitted Information Licensure - Must be submitted within 21 days after the request from
the agency is made.
The Agency for Healthcare Administration - Also, "the agency", AHCA, Agency Central Office
Length of ALF Licensure - Licensing is biennial unless a shorter license period is specified.
ALF - Assisted Living Facility
Activities of Daily Living - Functions and tasks for self care such as ambulation, bathing,
dressing, eating, grooming, and toileting
ADL - Activities of Daily Living
Administrator - An individual at least 21 years of age who is responsible for the operation
and maintenance of an assisted living facility.
Standard License - Facilities which are licensed to provide routine personal care services.
ECC - Extended Congregate Care
Extended Congregate Care License - Can be requested by a facility that has been licensed as
an assisted living facility for 2 or more years and that provides services, directly or through
contract, beyond the standard license and LNS license including being able to provide total
catheter care, all oxygen services, and any type of tube feedings.
LNS - Limited Nursing Services
, Limited Nursing Services License - Provide services beyond standard including conducting
passive range of motion exercises, apply ice caps and collars, apply heat, performing ear
and eye irrigations, conduct urine dipstick test, and cutting toenails of diabetic residents
when approved by their healthcare provider. Residents can also receive licensed nursing
assistance with replacement of a indwelling urinary catheter or the performance of
intermittent urinary catheterizations can be performed by licensed personnel, perform
digital stool removal, and the applying and changing of routine dressings that do not
require packing or irrigation but are abrasions, skin tears, and closed surgical wounds.
Specialty Licenses - ECC, LNS, LMH
LMH - Limited Mental Health
Limited Mental Health License - Must be obtained by a facility that serves one or more
mental health residents.
Mental Health Resident - An individual who receives social security disability income
(SSDI) due to a mental disorder or supplemental security income (SSI) due to a mental
disorder, and receives optional state supplementation (OSS).
Community Living Support Plan - Includes supports, services, special resident needs
necessary for the Mental Health resident to live in ALF.
ALF Business Records - Must identify, summarize, and classify funds received and expenses
disbursed and shall use written accounting procedures and a recognized accounting
system.
Personnel Records - Must contain, at a minimum, documentation of background screening,
if applicable, documentation of compliance with all training requirements of this part or
applicable rule, and a copy of all licenses or certification held by each staff who performs
services for which licensure or certification is required under this part or rule.
Aging in place - The process of providing increased or adjusted services to a person to
compensate for the physical or mental decline that may occur with the aging process while
permitting them to remain in a familiar, residential environment for as long as possible.
Chemical Restraint - A pharmacologic drug that physically limits, restricts an individual of
movement and is used for discipline or convenience and not required for the treatment of
medical symptoms.
Cooperative Agreement - A written statement that must specify directions for accessing
emergency and after-hours care for the mental health resident.
Department of Elderly Affairs - AKA "Department"
