Assisted Living and Nursing Homes Exam QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
2025(GRADED A+) DETAILED ANSWERS!!
____ therapy is for speech and swallowing recovery, and may also include
auditory assessment in some practices. - ✔✔speech
_____ therapy promotes mobility, stability, and functional status. - ✔✔physical
(decreasing physical impairment, disability)
_____ therapy recovers daily living and working skills. - ✔✔occupational
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) allows for independent living with graduated
care options. - ✔✔assisted living (cost effective with limited care options)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) care is a more regulated industry. Has
inspections how often? - ✔✔nursing home
yearly
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) care is closer to acute care modality than home
care. - ✔✔nursing home (various levels of medical care, but all offer around the
clock nursing. less privacy, independence)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) has a more home-like environment with greater
resident satisfaction. - ✔✔assisted living (greater privacy, individual living areas,
bathroom and kitchen facilities. furnishings from patients home)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) has nursing care that is specific, regulated, and
can be specialized. - ✔✔nursing home
, (Assisted Living/Nursing Home) is closely regulated, and requires a 3 day
hospitalization that qualifies the patient for rehab.
Limit? - ✔✔nursing home (limit to benefit - max of 100 days payable by
medicare)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) is expensive with higher level treatment
options: medical, nursing, PT, OT, etc. - ✔✔nursing home (more like a hospital
environment with more intensive therapy options. higher patient care
provider/patient ratio)
(Short/Long) stayers are in the nursing home for less than 6 mos as a bridge
from acute, in-hospital care. - ✔✔short (includes skilled part A rehab. MD must
do comprehensive intake eval. PAs can evaluate acute needs)
(Short/Long) stayers are physically and/or cognitively impaired with 6 months
or more foreseeable residency. - ✔✔long (MD must see q30 or 60 days. PAs can
alternate with MD visits and evaluate acutely)
An assisted living facility is (less/more) costly than full nursing home services
since residents do not require around the clock skilled nursing. - ✔✔less
(allows for gradual assistance in ADLs. meals, housekeeping, transportation,
limited health care access, transportation, and ADL assistance available)
cost effective with limited care options - ✔✔assisted living
2025(GRADED A+) DETAILED ANSWERS!!
____ therapy is for speech and swallowing recovery, and may also include
auditory assessment in some practices. - ✔✔speech
_____ therapy promotes mobility, stability, and functional status. - ✔✔physical
(decreasing physical impairment, disability)
_____ therapy recovers daily living and working skills. - ✔✔occupational
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) allows for independent living with graduated
care options. - ✔✔assisted living (cost effective with limited care options)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) care is a more regulated industry. Has
inspections how often? - ✔✔nursing home
yearly
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) care is closer to acute care modality than home
care. - ✔✔nursing home (various levels of medical care, but all offer around the
clock nursing. less privacy, independence)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) has a more home-like environment with greater
resident satisfaction. - ✔✔assisted living (greater privacy, individual living areas,
bathroom and kitchen facilities. furnishings from patients home)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) has nursing care that is specific, regulated, and
can be specialized. - ✔✔nursing home
, (Assisted Living/Nursing Home) is closely regulated, and requires a 3 day
hospitalization that qualifies the patient for rehab.
Limit? - ✔✔nursing home (limit to benefit - max of 100 days payable by
medicare)
(Assisted Living/Nursing Home) is expensive with higher level treatment
options: medical, nursing, PT, OT, etc. - ✔✔nursing home (more like a hospital
environment with more intensive therapy options. higher patient care
provider/patient ratio)
(Short/Long) stayers are in the nursing home for less than 6 mos as a bridge
from acute, in-hospital care. - ✔✔short (includes skilled part A rehab. MD must
do comprehensive intake eval. PAs can evaluate acute needs)
(Short/Long) stayers are physically and/or cognitively impaired with 6 months
or more foreseeable residency. - ✔✔long (MD must see q30 or 60 days. PAs can
alternate with MD visits and evaluate acutely)
An assisted living facility is (less/more) costly than full nursing home services
since residents do not require around the clock skilled nursing. - ✔✔less
(allows for gradual assistance in ADLs. meals, housekeeping, transportation,
limited health care access, transportation, and ADL assistance available)
cost effective with limited care options - ✔✔assisted living
