LONG TERM CARE QUIZ UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is long-term care - CORRECT ANSWER - Services and supports necessary to meet
health or personal care needs over an *extended* period of time
What are long-term care facilities - 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 could long-term care facilities represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Custodial or
chronic care management or short term rehabilitative services
Which agency is not considered a long-term care agency?
A:Adult daycare
B: Hospice
C: Home health
D: outpatient clinic - CORRECT ANSWER - D: outpatient clinic is not considered a long-
term care agency
Who do nursing homes serve - CORRECT ANSWER - They mostly serve those who come
to a nursing home to receive rehabilitation for post surgical care( also serve elderly or terminally
ill); they can return home or move to an independent facility as soon as they're able to
True or false: all residents of nursing homes have Alzheimer's disease or some form of dementia
- CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
True or false: most nursing home residents live in the nursing home until they die - CORRECT
ANSWER - FALSE
, What are nursing homes - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be a freestanding facility or a
continuing care retirement community(CCRC)
What is a continuing care retirement community(CCRC) - CORRECT ANSWER - Allows
residents to move from one level of care to another, as needed, and can include independent
living, and assistant living facility, and or a nursing home; also a hospital can have a skilled
nursing unit which includes designated beds within the hospital that serve patients who need
short term care and rehabilitative services
Who licenses and regularly inspects nursing homes - CORRECT ANSWER - The agency
for healthcare administration( AHCA)
Nursing homes are licensed and regulated by what agency? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Agency for health care administration
Nursing homes anticipate that on-site evaluations will be conducted at least once during a______
period - CORRECT ANSWER - 15 months
What is the basic objective of the nursing home reform act - CORRECT ANSWER - To
ensure that residents of nursing homes receive quality care
What is the nursing home reform act a part of - CORRECT ANSWER - Omnibus
Reconciliation act of 1987
What is a specific provision of the 1987 nursing home reform act - CORRECT ANSWER -
Bill of rights
What are common legal and ethical issues in nursing homes - CORRECT ANSWER -
Advance directives, competence and decision making capacity, decisions about life-sustaining
treatment, resident abuse, restraints, use of psycho tropic meds risk management, participation in
research, and ethic committees
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
What is long-term care - CORRECT ANSWER - Services and supports necessary to meet
health or personal care needs over an *extended* period of time
What are long-term care facilities - 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 could long-term care facilities represent - CORRECT ANSWER - Custodial or
chronic care management or short term rehabilitative services
Which agency is not considered a long-term care agency?
A:Adult daycare
B: Hospice
C: Home health
D: outpatient clinic - CORRECT ANSWER - D: outpatient clinic is not considered a long-
term care agency
Who do nursing homes serve - CORRECT ANSWER - They mostly serve those who come
to a nursing home to receive rehabilitation for post surgical care( also serve elderly or terminally
ill); they can return home or move to an independent facility as soon as they're able to
True or false: all residents of nursing homes have Alzheimer's disease or some form of dementia
- CORRECT ANSWER - FALSE
True or false: most nursing home residents live in the nursing home until they die - CORRECT
ANSWER - FALSE
, What are nursing homes - CORRECT ANSWER - Can be a freestanding facility or a
continuing care retirement community(CCRC)
What is a continuing care retirement community(CCRC) - CORRECT ANSWER - Allows
residents to move from one level of care to another, as needed, and can include independent
living, and assistant living facility, and or a nursing home; also a hospital can have a skilled
nursing unit which includes designated beds within the hospital that serve patients who need
short term care and rehabilitative services
Who licenses and regularly inspects nursing homes - CORRECT ANSWER - The agency
for healthcare administration( AHCA)
Nursing homes are licensed and regulated by what agency? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Agency for health care administration
Nursing homes anticipate that on-site evaluations will be conducted at least once during a______
period - CORRECT ANSWER - 15 months
What is the basic objective of the nursing home reform act - CORRECT ANSWER - To
ensure that residents of nursing homes receive quality care
What is the nursing home reform act a part of - CORRECT ANSWER - Omnibus
Reconciliation act of 1987
What is a specific provision of the 1987 nursing home reform act - CORRECT ANSWER -
Bill of rights
What are common legal and ethical issues in nursing homes - CORRECT ANSWER -
Advance directives, competence and decision making capacity, decisions about life-sustaining
treatment, resident abuse, restraints, use of psycho tropic meds risk management, participation in
research, and ethic committees
