NJ CALA EXAM REVIEW
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,Aging in Place - ANS 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) - ANS 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 - ANS 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
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direction and participation in decisions that emphasize independence, individuality,
privacy, dignity, and homelike surroundings.
Bounded Choice - ANS 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
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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) - ANS A facility which is licensed by the
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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.
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CCRC (Continuing Care Retirement Community) - ANS 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 - ANS A unit-of-use package prepared by
a pharmacist for a specific resident comprising a series of containers and containing two
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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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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 - ANS 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.
Managed Risk - ANS 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
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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.
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Manage Risk Agreement - ANS 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.
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Medication Administration - ANS 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.
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Process of Medication Administration - ANS 1.) Removing an individual dose from a
previously dispensed, properly labeled container (including a unit dose or unit-of-use
container).
2.) Verifying it with the prescriber's orders.
3.) Giving the individual dose to the resident.
4.) Seeing that the resident takes it (if oral).
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5.) Recording the required information, including but not limited to the method of
administration, time administered, initials of individuals who administered the
medication, and effect of the medication when "PRN" or as-needed medications are
administered.
Dignity - ANS The self-worth of a resident.
, Independence - ANS The support and enhancement of resident capabilities and
facilitation of resident abilities so that the resident's preferences and choices may be
implemented within a barrier-free environment.
Individuality - ANS Each resident's unique needs, capabilities, personalities,
backgrounds and preferences.
MAR (Medication Administration Record) - ANS An individual resident record that
contains, but is not limited to: resident name, date of birth, diagnosis(es), age,
physician, name and medication strength, dosage form, route of administration,
frequency, date and time of administration, initials of individual administering the
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medication, a section containing the full signature and title of each individual who initials
it, date medication ordered, stop date if appliacable, allergies, and all other
professionally acceptable information that is appropriate.
30-hour - ANS A MATCEP or Medication Aide Training Competency and Evaluation
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Program is a department approved minimum ____________ training course conducted
by a Department approved registered professional nurse and registered pharmacist, to
instruct CNA, CHHA, or PCAs, in the administration of medications to residents, within
assisted living residences, comprehensive personal care homes and assisted living
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programs.
Nursing Home-Level Care - ANS An individual requires this as defined by N.J.A.C.
8:85-2.1. It is provided to individuals who have chronic medical condition(s) resulting in
moderate to severe impairments in physical, behavioral, cognitive, and/or psychosocial
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functioning. It is determined by a registered professional nurse and identified in a plan of
care.
Pain Management - ANS In accordance with N.J.A.C. 8:43E-6, means the
assessment of pain and, if appropriate, treatment in order to assure the needs of
patients or residents of health care facilities who experience problems with pain are
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met. Treatment of pain may include the use of medication or application of other
modalities and medical devices such as, but not limited to, heat or cold, massage,
transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS), acupuncture, and neurolytic
techniques such as radiofrequency coagulation and cryotherapy.
Privacy - ANS A resident's degree of control over a specific physical area and/or time;
levels of intimacy with family and others; and communication and contact with others
outside the facility or program environment.
