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This study guide is designed for those preparing to become Personal Care Home Administrators in 2025. It covers key topics related to the administration and management of personal care homes, including regulations, policies, and best practices for providing quality care. This resource is ideal for anyone looking to excel in the certification or licensing exam for Personal Care Home Administrators.

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1. ADL activity of daily living. includes eating, drinking, bathing, ambulating,
transferring in and out of bed, toileting, self administering drugs

2. IADL instrumental activities of daily living. doing laundry, shopping, keep-
ing clean, seasonal clothing, securing and using transportation,
managing �nances, personal possessions, engaging in activities

3. signs of pressure ulcers heat, redness, tenderness, discomfort, feeling of burning, darkened
area after 20 minutes pressure ulcer forms

4. stage 1 pressure ulcer nonblanchable erythema of intact skin, discoloration of skin, warmth
to the touch, or hardness

5. stage 2 pressure ulcer partial thickness skin loss involving epidermis and dermis. ulcer is
super�cial-presents as an abrasion, blister or shallow crater

6. stage 3 pressure ulcer full thickness skin loss involving damage or necrosis of subcutaneous
tissue that may extend down to but not through underlying fascia.
Ulcer presents with or without undermining or adjacent tissue

7. stage 4 pressure ulcer full thickness skin loss with extensive destruction, tissue necrosis or
damage to muscle or bone or supporting structures

8. how to prevent pressure re position every 2 hours, provide good skin care, apply lotion to dry
ulcers skin, clean bed linens with no wrinkles, use pillows to keep skin from
skin contact

9. wound assessment check location of wound, size of wound, dressings, drainage such as color
list smell and amount, tunneling, stage of wound, pressure reducing
devices

10. client assessment what are they capable of doing? dignity issues, adult games, who
they were before when they were young



, 11. internal controls system methods and procedures adopted by a business to control its op-
erations and protect its assets from waste and fraud, promotes
operational e ciencies

12. prevention is KEY

13. a resident should be eval- 60 prior, and 30 days after
uated by a dr how many
days prior to admission
and how many days after

14. a general physical exam medical diagnosis, medical information, special health needs and
includes dietary needs, allergies, immunizations, history, medication regi-
men, body positioning

15. types of activities mental stimulation, socialization, creative, productive, spiritual, emo-
tional, physical, personal care, sensory

16. why do an evaluation e ectiveness, bene�ts vs. costs, document residents progress, is a
certain activity working? improve sta morale to see residents happy

17. activities to avoid for long explanations, busy work without a purpose, things that require
memory impaired extensive use of memory, childlike activities

18. Accrual Basis Accounting accounting basis in which revenues are assigned to the accounting
period in which earned regardless if whether or not received in cash
expensive incurred in earning the revenues are deducted from the
revenues regardless of whether or not cash has been disbursed in
their payment

19. Cash Basis of Accounting accounting in which revenues are reported as being earned in
the accounting period in which cash is received and expenses are
deducted from revenues in the accounting period in which cash is
disbursed for their payment

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