Activity Director Certification UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Activity Director
Activity Director Certification UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
continuum of care - Correct Answer- Levels of care beginning with care at home, care
provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted
living and skilled nursing facilities.
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Activity Director Certification UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
continuum of care - Correct Answer- Levels of care beginning with care at home, care
provided in the community such as adult day centers and institutional care through assisted
living and skilled nursing facilities.
professional organization - Correct Answer- nonprofit organization that works to improve the
image, working conditions, and skill levels of people in particular occupations
activism - Correct Answer- The practice of pursuing political or other goals through vigorous
action, often including protests and demonstrations
CMS - Correct Answer- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services federal agency
overseeing skilled nursing facilities
life course perspective - Correct Answer- How one experiences a timetable of life events and
society looks upon how a person chooses his / her life choices
Theories of Aging - Correct Answer- Various theories as to why we age - two categories -
genetic and wear and tear theories
Abraham Maslow - Correct Answer- Hierarchy of needs with self-actualization being the
ultimate psychological need
Lower level needs=survival/safety
Higher level needs=intellectual achievement and finally self-actualization
Erik Erikson - Correct Answer- Known for his 8-stages of life and how one responds to life
experiences in those stages would mold personality
Elizabeth Kubler-Ross - Correct Answer- psychologist who created the 5 stages of grief:
denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance
, cohort effect - Correct Answer- consequences of being born in a particular year or time period
and dealing with its own pressures, problems, challenges, and opportunities
cumulative disadvantage - Correct Answer- the negative effects of inequality in wealth,
status, and opportunity over the life span
social clock - Correct Answer- the culturally preferred timing of social events such as
marriage, parenthood, and retirement
social gerontology - Correct Answer- a specialized field of gerontology that examines the
social (and sociological) aspects of aging
functional age - Correct Answer- actual competence and performance of an older adult, as
distinguished from chronological age
palliative care - Correct Answer- Care designed not to treat an illness but to provide physical
and emotional comfort to the patient and support and guidance to his or her family. Similar to
hospice but with no end of life time frame
age grade - Correct Answer- an organized category of people based on age; every individual
passes through a series of such categories over his or her lifetime
Wellness Model - Correct Answer- encompasses the physical, intellectual, emotional, social,
spiritual, and vocational aspects of health
medical model - Correct Answer- the concept that diseases have physical causes that can be
diagnosed, treated, and, in most cases, cured.
metamessage - Correct Answer- Underlying message of what's being said
autonomy - Correct Answer- independence
Spirit of life - Correct Answer- The force within the body that gives life energy and power
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