CAD Ethics, Professionalism, and Resident Rights 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which of the following is a fundamental resident right protected under federal nursing facility regulations?
- The right to unlimited telephone usage at any time
- The right to privacy, dignity, and respect in all aspects of care (Correct answer)
- The right to choose their roommate without any facility input
- The right to leave the facility at any time without informing staff
Correct answer: The right to privacy, dignity, and respect in all aspects of care
Federal regulations guarantee residents the right to be treated with dignity and respect and to have their privacy protected in all aspects of care.
Question 2: Resident abuse in long-term care is defined as:
- Only physical harm inflicted by staff
- Willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical or emotional harm (Correct answer)
- Accidental injuries that occur during activities
- Any negative resident-to-resident interaction
Correct answer: Willful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or punishment that results in physical or emotional harm
Abuse includes any willful act that causes physical or emotional harm, including intimidation, unreasonable confinement, and verbal abuse.
Question 3: An activity director who observes a colleague speaking harshly to a resident should:
- Ignore the incident to avoid conflict
- Intervene to stop the behavior and report it to the appropriate supervisor (Correct answer)
- Wait to see if it happens again before reporting
- Speak to the colleague privately without reporting to supervisors
Correct answer: Intervene to stop the behavior and report it to the appropriate supervisor
All staff have a mandatory obligation to intervene to protect residents and report observed abuse or neglect to the appropriate supervisor.
Question 4: The ethical principle of 'autonomy' in long-term care means:
- Staff make all decisions for residents for their own protection
- Residents have the right to make informed decisions about their own care and life (Correct answer)
- Autonomy only applies to medical decisions
- Residents can only exercise autonomy if they are cognitively intact
Correct answer: Residents have the right to make informed decisions about their own care and life
Autonomy is the ethical principle that supports each person's right to make informed choices about their own life and care.
Question 5: Which of the following is an example of resident neglect in the activity context?
- Offering a resident an activity they decline
- Consistently failing to offer any activities to a resident who would benefit from programming (Correct answer)
- Adapting an activity for a resident's physical limitations
- Documenting that a resident refused an activity
Correct answer: Consistently failing to offer any activities to a resident who would benefit from programming
Neglect in the activity context occurs when staff fail to offer meaningful activities to residents who would benefit, denying them their right to programming.
Question 6: The CAD credential is awarded by which professional organization?
- The American Health Care Association (AHCA)
- The National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP) (Correct answer)
- The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
- The National Association of Activity Professionals (NAAP)
Correct answer: The National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP)
The Certified Activity Director (CAD) credential is awarded by the National Certification Council for Activity Professionals (NCCAP).
CAD Ethics, Professionalism, and Resident Rights 1
Which of the following is a fundamental resident right protected under federal nursing facility regulations?