LONG TERM CARE QUIZ ACTUAL Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Define Long Term care Facility? - CORRECT ANSWER - institutions, such as nursing
homes and skilled nursing facilities that provide healthcare to people who are unable to manage
independently in the community
What kind of care are examples of LTC? - CORRECT ANSWER - custodial or chronic
care management or short-term rehabilitative services.
What people are usually taken care of in a nursing home? - CORRECT ANSWER -
elderly, terminally ill, they also serve those who come to a nursing home to receive rehabilitation
or post-surgical care
What are nursing homes? - CORRECT ANSWER - -freestanding facility
-it can be part of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC).
- a hospital can have a skilled nursing unit which includes designated beds within the hospital
that serve patients who need short-term care and rehabilitation services.
What is a CCRC? - CORRECT ANSWER - continuing care retirement community -allows
residents to move from one level of care to another, as needed, and can include independent
living, an assisted living facility, and/or a nursing home.
What agency licenses and Inspects LTC facilities? - CORRECT ANSWER - Agency for
Health Care Administration (AHCA)
How often do Onsite evaluations occur? - CORRECT ANSWER - occur at least once
during a 15-month period, or as a result of a complaint being investigated.
What do the surveys generally focus on ? - CORRECT ANSWER - residents' rights,
quality of care, quality of life, and the services provided to residents
, who conducts Onsite evaluations ? - CORRECT ANSWER - by AHCA state survey
agencies.
what law did Congress pass In 1987? - CORRECT ANSWER - the Nursing Home Reform
Law
As part of what act was the law of 1987? - CORRECT ANSWER - the Omnibus
Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 87).
What was the basic objective of the Nursing Home Reform Act ? - CORRECT ANSWER -
to ensure that residents of nursing homes receive quality care
What is the provision of certain services that is guaranteed to each resident under the Nursing
Home Reform Act called? - CORRECT ANSWER - the Residents' Bill of Rights.
What are some of the resident rights? - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to: be treated
with dignity and respect,to be informed in writing about services and fees before you enter the
nursing home, to manage your own money or to choose someone else you trust to do this for
you, privacy, and to keep and use your personal belongings and property as long as it doesn't
interfere with the rights, health, or safety of others, be informed about your medical condition,
medications, and to see your own doctor, refuse medications and treatments, have a choice over
your schedule (for example, when you get up and go to sleep), your activities and other
preferences that are important to you, to an environment more like a home that maximizes your
comfort and provides you with assistance to be as independent as possible.
What does The Nursing Home Reform Act 1987 specify? - CORRECT ANSWER - what
services nursing homes must give residents and establishes standards for these services.
Services included are: periodic assessments for each resident; a comprehensive care plan for
each resident; nursing services; social services; rehabilitation services; pharmaceutical services;
dietary services; and, if the facility has more than 120 beds, the services of a full-time social
worker
Questions and CORRECT Answers
Define Long Term care Facility? - CORRECT ANSWER - institutions, such as nursing
homes and skilled nursing facilities that provide healthcare to people who are unable to manage
independently in the community
What kind of care are examples of LTC? - CORRECT ANSWER - custodial or chronic
care management or short-term rehabilitative services.
What people are usually taken care of in a nursing home? - CORRECT ANSWER -
elderly, terminally ill, they also serve those who come to a nursing home to receive rehabilitation
or post-surgical care
What are nursing homes? - CORRECT ANSWER - -freestanding facility
-it can be part of a continuing care retirement community (CCRC).
- a hospital can have a skilled nursing unit which includes designated beds within the hospital
that serve patients who need short-term care and rehabilitation services.
What is a CCRC? - CORRECT ANSWER - continuing care retirement community -allows
residents to move from one level of care to another, as needed, and can include independent
living, an assisted living facility, and/or a nursing home.
What agency licenses and Inspects LTC facilities? - CORRECT ANSWER - Agency for
Health Care Administration (AHCA)
How often do Onsite evaluations occur? - CORRECT ANSWER - occur at least once
during a 15-month period, or as a result of a complaint being investigated.
What do the surveys generally focus on ? - CORRECT ANSWER - residents' rights,
quality of care, quality of life, and the services provided to residents
, who conducts Onsite evaluations ? - CORRECT ANSWER - by AHCA state survey
agencies.
what law did Congress pass In 1987? - CORRECT ANSWER - the Nursing Home Reform
Law
As part of what act was the law of 1987? - CORRECT ANSWER - the Omnibus
Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA 87).
What was the basic objective of the Nursing Home Reform Act ? - CORRECT ANSWER -
to ensure that residents of nursing homes receive quality care
What is the provision of certain services that is guaranteed to each resident under the Nursing
Home Reform Act called? - CORRECT ANSWER - the Residents' Bill of Rights.
What are some of the resident rights? - CORRECT ANSWER - The right to: be treated
with dignity and respect,to be informed in writing about services and fees before you enter the
nursing home, to manage your own money or to choose someone else you trust to do this for
you, privacy, and to keep and use your personal belongings and property as long as it doesn't
interfere with the rights, health, or safety of others, be informed about your medical condition,
medications, and to see your own doctor, refuse medications and treatments, have a choice over
your schedule (for example, when you get up and go to sleep), your activities and other
preferences that are important to you, to an environment more like a home that maximizes your
comfort and provides you with assistance to be as independent as possible.
What does The Nursing Home Reform Act 1987 specify? - CORRECT ANSWER - what
services nursing homes must give residents and establishes standards for these services.
Services included are: periodic assessments for each resident; a comprehensive care plan for
each resident; nursing services; social services; rehabilitation services; pharmaceutical services;
dietary services; and, if the facility has more than 120 beds, the services of a full-time social
worker
