Home Care Aide Questions And Answers
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What defines an adult family home? - Answer - ✔ A licensed, residential long-term care
facility that houses 2-6 vulnerable adults.
What defines a boarding home? - Answer - ✔ A licensed, residential long-term care
facility that house 7 or more vulnerable adults.
When would dementia be considered reversible? - Answer - ✔ When the symptoms
occur suddenly due to temporary conditions such as medication interactions, stress,
and/or infections.
When would dementia be considered irreversible? - Answer - ✔ When the symptoms
get progressively worse due to diseases like Alzheimers or vascular dementia.
What does the E in E.O.R.D. represent? - Answer - ✔ Explain your concerns about the
client's choice to the client
What does the O in E.O.R.D. represent? - Answer - ✔ Offer safe alternatives to the
client that meet the client's desires and allows them to remain independent
What does the R in E.O.R.D. represent? - Answer - ✔ Report your concerns to the case
manager if the client refuses to change their mind about a potentially dangerous
decision.
What does the D in E.O.R.D. represent - Answer - ✔ Document your concerns about
the client's decision, what you did, and who you reported it to.
When does an advance directive take effect? - Answer - ✔ When the client becomes
unable to make decisions or when they authorize someone else to make decisions for
them
Living will - Answer - ✔ A document that indicates what medical intervention someone
wants if they become incapable of expressing those wishes.
Durable power of attorney for health care - Answer - ✔ An advance directive in which
the client identifies another person to make medical decisions for them
, When can a durable power of attorney for health care become activated? - Answer - ✔
It can be active before or at the time of when the client becomes unable to make
decisions for themselves
When is a power of attorney no longer effective? - Answer - ✔ When the client becomes
legally incapacitated.
What is the purpose of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program? - Answer - ✔ It
protects the rights of clients living in long-term care facilities
If you suspect a vulnerable adult is being abused, who should you contact? - Answer -
✔ Report your suspicions to DSHS
If you suspect a vulnerable adult is being physically or sexually abused, who should you
contact? - Answer - ✔ Call the police first and then report it to DSHS.
What is the best way of getting to the root of a problem? - Answer - ✔ Ask "why?" five
times
How do you pick between different solutions? - Answer - ✔ Evaluate each solution
against a set of criteria in order to determine the best solution
What information in located in the Assessment Details of the DSHS Care Plan? -
Answer - ✔ Client strengths, preferences, limitations, special equipment needed to
perform personal care services, and how the caregivers should perform each personal
care service
What information is located in the Service Summary of the DSHS Care Plan? - Answer -
✔ Duties of each care team member, their contact information, and the advance
directives.
When are negotiated care plans created? - Answer - ✔ For DSHS clients in adult family
homes or boarding homes
Should you consult the care plan or the client first when wondering about a client's
preference for a personal care task? - Answer - ✔ The client
What is a client's baseline? - Answer - ✔ Their normal range of functioning
What should be kept near the client's or caregiver's phone? - Answer - ✔ The client's
address, cross street, and name of care facility
What does R.A.C.E. stand for? - Answer - ✔ Rescue- remove everyone from the
immediate vicinity
With Verified Study Solutions 2025 New
Update
What defines an adult family home? - Answer - ✔ A licensed, residential long-term care
facility that houses 2-6 vulnerable adults.
What defines a boarding home? - Answer - ✔ A licensed, residential long-term care
facility that house 7 or more vulnerable adults.
When would dementia be considered reversible? - Answer - ✔ When the symptoms
occur suddenly due to temporary conditions such as medication interactions, stress,
and/or infections.
When would dementia be considered irreversible? - Answer - ✔ When the symptoms
get progressively worse due to diseases like Alzheimers or vascular dementia.
What does the E in E.O.R.D. represent? - Answer - ✔ Explain your concerns about the
client's choice to the client
What does the O in E.O.R.D. represent? - Answer - ✔ Offer safe alternatives to the
client that meet the client's desires and allows them to remain independent
What does the R in E.O.R.D. represent? - Answer - ✔ Report your concerns to the case
manager if the client refuses to change their mind about a potentially dangerous
decision.
What does the D in E.O.R.D. represent - Answer - ✔ Document your concerns about
the client's decision, what you did, and who you reported it to.
When does an advance directive take effect? - Answer - ✔ When the client becomes
unable to make decisions or when they authorize someone else to make decisions for
them
Living will - Answer - ✔ A document that indicates what medical intervention someone
wants if they become incapable of expressing those wishes.
Durable power of attorney for health care - Answer - ✔ An advance directive in which
the client identifies another person to make medical decisions for them
, When can a durable power of attorney for health care become activated? - Answer - ✔
It can be active before or at the time of when the client becomes unable to make
decisions for themselves
When is a power of attorney no longer effective? - Answer - ✔ When the client becomes
legally incapacitated.
What is the purpose of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program? - Answer - ✔ It
protects the rights of clients living in long-term care facilities
If you suspect a vulnerable adult is being abused, who should you contact? - Answer -
✔ Report your suspicions to DSHS
If you suspect a vulnerable adult is being physically or sexually abused, who should you
contact? - Answer - ✔ Call the police first and then report it to DSHS.
What is the best way of getting to the root of a problem? - Answer - ✔ Ask "why?" five
times
How do you pick between different solutions? - Answer - ✔ Evaluate each solution
against a set of criteria in order to determine the best solution
What information in located in the Assessment Details of the DSHS Care Plan? -
Answer - ✔ Client strengths, preferences, limitations, special equipment needed to
perform personal care services, and how the caregivers should perform each personal
care service
What information is located in the Service Summary of the DSHS Care Plan? - Answer -
✔ Duties of each care team member, their contact information, and the advance
directives.
When are negotiated care plans created? - Answer - ✔ For DSHS clients in adult family
homes or boarding homes
Should you consult the care plan or the client first when wondering about a client's
preference for a personal care task? - Answer - ✔ The client
What is a client's baseline? - Answer - ✔ Their normal range of functioning
What should be kept near the client's or caregiver's phone? - Answer - ✔ The client's
address, cross street, and name of care facility
What does R.A.C.E. stand for? - Answer - ✔ Rescue- remove everyone from the
immediate vicinity
