NJ CALA 2026 Exam Questions
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Aging in Place - ANSWER ✔✔A process whereby individuals remain
in their living environment despite the physical and/mental decline and
growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the course of
aging.
ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - ANSWER ✔✔The functions or tasks
for self-care, which are performed either independently or with
supervision or assistance, such as: dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer,
locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
,Assisted Living - ANSWER ✔✔A coordinated array of supportive
personal and health services 24 hours per day, to residents who have
been assessed to need these services including persons who require
nursing home level care. It promotes resident self direction and
participation in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality,
privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
Bounded Choice - ANSWER ✔✔Limits places on a resident's choice
as a result of an assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18,
which indicates that such resident's choices or preference place the
resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which
violate the norms of the facility or program or the rights of others.
CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - ANSWER ✔✔A
facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living
services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to
the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no more than
two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ANSWER ✔✔A
facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq.
,Customized Resident Medication Package - ANSWER ✔✔A unit-of-
use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident comprising
a series of containers and containing two or more prescribed sold oral
dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and
time, or period of time, that the contents within each container are to be
taken.
Guardian - ANSWER ✔✔A person appointed by a court of competent
jurisdiction to handle the affairs and protect the rights of any resident of
the facility who has been declared a mental incompetent. This does not
include a person affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel,
unless so ordered by the court.
Health Care Service - ANSWER ✔✔Any service provided to a
resident of an assisted living or comprehensive personal care home that
is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or delegated by a
licensed, registered or certified health care professional.
Hospice - ANSWER ✔✔A program of palliative and supportive
services provided to terminally ill persons and their families in the form of
physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
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, Managed Risk - ANSWER ✔✔The process of balancing resident
choice and independence with the health and safety of the resident and
other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's preference or
decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to
adverse consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with
the resident, and, if the resident agrees, a resident representative, and a
formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse outcomes is
negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
Manage Risk Agreement - ANSWER ✔✔The written formal plan
developed in consideration of shared responsibility, bounded choice and
assisted living values and negotiated between the resident and the
facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which
may occur in an assisted living environment.
Medication Administration - ANSWER ✔✔A procedure in which a
prescribed medication or biological is given to a resident by an
authorized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations
governing such procedures.
Process of Medication Administration - ANSWER ✔✔1.) Removing
an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled
container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
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Aging in Place - ANSWER ✔✔A process whereby individuals remain
in their living environment despite the physical and/mental decline and
growing needs for supportive services that may occur in the course of
aging.
ADLs (Activity of Daily Living) - ANSWER ✔✔The functions or tasks
for self-care, which are performed either independently or with
supervision or assistance, such as: dressing, bathing, toileting, transfer,
locomotion, bed mobility, and eating.
,Assisted Living - ANSWER ✔✔A coordinated array of supportive
personal and health services 24 hours per day, to residents who have
been assessed to need these services including persons who require
nursing home level care. It promotes resident self direction and
participation in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality,
privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
Bounded Choice - ANSWER ✔✔Limits places on a resident's choice
as a result of an assessment, in accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18,
which indicates that such resident's choices or preference place the
resident or others at a risk of harm or lead to consequences which
violate the norms of the facility or program or the rights of others.
CPCH (Comprehensive Personal Care Home) - ANSWER ✔✔A
facility which is licensed by the Department of Health and Senior
Services to provide room and board and to assure that assisted living
services are available when needed, to four or more adults unrelated to
the proprietor. Residential units in this type of facility have no more than
two residents and have a lockable door on the unit entrance.
CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ANSWER ✔✔A
facility that has received a certificate of authority pursuant to the
_________ and Financial Disclosure Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-300 et seq.
,Customized Resident Medication Package - ANSWER ✔✔A unit-of-
use package prepared by a pharmacist for a specific resident comprising
a series of containers and containing two or more prescribed sold oral
dosage forms, and so designed or labeled as to indicate the day and
time, or period of time, that the contents within each container are to be
taken.
Guardian - ANSWER ✔✔A person appointed by a court of competent
jurisdiction to handle the affairs and protect the rights of any resident of
the facility who has been declared a mental incompetent. This does not
include a person affiliated with the facility, its operations or personnel,
unless so ordered by the court.
Health Care Service - ANSWER ✔✔Any service provided to a
resident of an assisted living or comprehensive personal care home that
is ordered by a physician and required to be provided or delegated by a
licensed, registered or certified health care professional.
Hospice - ANSWER ✔✔A program of palliative and supportive
services provided to terminally ill persons and their families in the form of
physical, psychological, social, and spiritual care.
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COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2026. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, Managed Risk - ANSWER ✔✔The process of balancing resident
choice and independence with the health and safety of the resident and
other persons in the facility or program. If a resident's preference or
decision places the resident or others at risk and is likely to lead to
adverse consequences, such risks or consequences are discussed with
the resident, and, if the resident agrees, a resident representative, and a
formal plan to avoid or reduce negative or adverse outcomes is
negotiated, in accordance with the provisions of N.J.A.C. 8:36-5.18.
Manage Risk Agreement - ANSWER ✔✔The written formal plan
developed in consideration of shared responsibility, bounded choice and
assisted living values and negotiated between the resident and the
facility or program to avoid or reduce the risk of adverse outcomes which
may occur in an assisted living environment.
Medication Administration - ANSWER ✔✔A procedure in which a
prescribed medication or biological is given to a resident by an
authorized individual in accordance with all laws and regulations
governing such procedures.
Process of Medication Administration - ANSWER ✔✔1.) Removing
an individual dose from a previously dispensed, properly labeled
container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use container).
