LTC TEST QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is long-term care - Answers :Services and supports necessary to meet health or
personal care needs over an *extended* period of time
What are long-term care facilities - Answers :•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 - Answers :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 - Answers :D: outpatient clinic is not considered a long-term care
agency
Who do nursing homes serve - Answers :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 - Answers :FALSE
True or false: most nursing home residents live in the nursing home until they die -
Answers :FALSE
What are nursing homes - Answers :Can be a freestanding facility or a continuing care
retirement community(CCRC)
What is a continuing care retirement community(CCRC) - Answers :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 - Answers :The agency for
healthcare administration( AHCA)
Nursing homes are licensed and regulated by what agency? - Answers :Agency for
health care administration
, Nursing homes anticipate that on-site evaluations will be conducted at least once during
a______ period - Answers :15 months
What is the basic objective of the nursing home reform act - Answers :To ensure that
residents of nursing homes receive quality care
What is the nursing home reform act a part of - Answers :Omnibus Reconciliation act of
1987
What is a specific provision of the 1987 nursing home reform act - Answers :Bill of rights
What are common legal and ethical issues in nursing homes - Answers :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
Which are common ethico-legal issues in nursing homes? Select all that apply:
A: Advance directives
B: decisions about life-sustaining treatment
C: elder abuse
D: resident abuse
E:use of multiple medications - Answers :A b c D
What is long-term care ombudsman - Answers :Every state is required to have an
ombudsman program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvement in the
long term care system
What is not a function of the LT care ombudsman?
A: Resolve complaints made by or for residents of long-term care facilities
B: arrange for transport of the resident to a specialists
C: advocate for resident rights
D: promote the development of resident Council - Answers :B
The most common infections in the nursing home include - Answers :Respiratory
infections, skin and soft tissue infection, and urinary track infections
What are the joint commission's national safety goals for a long-term care - Answers
:•Identify residence correctly at least two ways
•Use medicine safely: Monitor closely the clients taking blood tanning medications; find
out what medicines the resident is taking
•Prevent infection
•Prevent residence from falling: find out which residents are most likely to fall and take
action to prevent falls
•Prevent bedsores: Find out which residents are most likely to have bedsores and take
action to prevent bedsores
What is long-term care - Answers :Services and supports necessary to meet health or
personal care needs over an *extended* period of time
What are long-term care facilities - Answers :•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 - Answers :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 - Answers :D: outpatient clinic is not considered a long-term care
agency
Who do nursing homes serve - Answers :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 - Answers :FALSE
True or false: most nursing home residents live in the nursing home until they die -
Answers :FALSE
What are nursing homes - Answers :Can be a freestanding facility or a continuing care
retirement community(CCRC)
What is a continuing care retirement community(CCRC) - Answers :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 - Answers :The agency for
healthcare administration( AHCA)
Nursing homes are licensed and regulated by what agency? - Answers :Agency for
health care administration
, Nursing homes anticipate that on-site evaluations will be conducted at least once during
a______ period - Answers :15 months
What is the basic objective of the nursing home reform act - Answers :To ensure that
residents of nursing homes receive quality care
What is the nursing home reform act a part of - Answers :Omnibus Reconciliation act of
1987
What is a specific provision of the 1987 nursing home reform act - Answers :Bill of rights
What are common legal and ethical issues in nursing homes - Answers :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
Which are common ethico-legal issues in nursing homes? Select all that apply:
A: Advance directives
B: decisions about life-sustaining treatment
C: elder abuse
D: resident abuse
E:use of multiple medications - Answers :A b c D
What is long-term care ombudsman - Answers :Every state is required to have an
ombudsman program that addresses complaints and advocates for improvement in the
long term care system
What is not a function of the LT care ombudsman?
A: Resolve complaints made by or for residents of long-term care facilities
B: arrange for transport of the resident to a specialists
C: advocate for resident rights
D: promote the development of resident Council - Answers :B
The most common infections in the nursing home include - Answers :Respiratory
infections, skin and soft tissue infection, and urinary track infections
What are the joint commission's national safety goals for a long-term care - Answers
:•Identify residence correctly at least two ways
•Use medicine safely: Monitor closely the clients taking blood tanning medications; find
out what medicines the resident is taking
•Prevent infection
•Prevent residence from falling: find out which residents are most likely to fall and take
action to prevent falls
•Prevent bedsores: Find out which residents are most likely to have bedsores and take
action to prevent bedsores
