NCCAP National Exam Questions and Answers
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Advocacy To act, speak, or write in support of an issue.
Protesting To object, complain or disagree with something.
Activism The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often
including protests and demonstrations.
Regulatory Requirements 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 Publication to help nursing facilities follows the law and aid
surveyors to enforce the law.
,Survey Process Methodology that the state/federal surveyors practice when inspecting
care facilities.
Deficiency 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 This is written by a care facility if a deficiency is issued. It describes
how the care facility will fix the deficiency.
CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Federal agency overseeing skilled
nursing facilities.
Life Course Perspective How one experiences a timetable of life events, how society
looks upon individual life choices.
Life Span The greatest number of years a person can live.
,Theories on Aging Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear
and tear theories.
Abraham Maslow 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 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 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 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 The idea that the negative effects of patterns of inequality in
wealth, status, and availability of opportunities accumulate over the life span.
Social Clock The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage,
parenthood, and retirement.
Social Gerontology A subfield of gerontology with an emphasis on social rather than
physical aspects of aging.
Functional Age Actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished
from chronological age.
Wellness An overall state of well-being or total health.
Palliative Care 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.
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Advocacy To act, speak, or write in support of an issue.
Protesting To object, complain or disagree with something.
Activism The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous action, often
including protests and demonstrations.
Regulatory Requirements 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 Publication to help nursing facilities follows the law and aid
surveyors to enforce the law.
,Survey Process Methodology that the state/federal surveyors practice when inspecting
care facilities.
Deficiency 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 This is written by a care facility if a deficiency is issued. It describes
how the care facility will fix the deficiency.
CMS Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Federal agency overseeing skilled
nursing facilities.
Life Course Perspective How one experiences a timetable of life events, how society
looks upon individual life choices.
Life Span The greatest number of years a person can live.
,Theories on Aging Various theories as to why we age - two categories - genetic and wear
and tear theories.
Abraham Maslow 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 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 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 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 The idea that the negative effects of patterns of inequality in
wealth, status, and availability of opportunities accumulate over the life span.
Social Clock The culturally preferred timing of social events such as marriage,
parenthood, and retirement.
Social Gerontology A subfield of gerontology with an emphasis on social rather than
physical aspects of aging.
Functional Age Actual competence and performance of an older adult, as distinguished
from chronological age.
Wellness An overall state of well-being or total health.
Palliative Care 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.
