Resident Care and Services Flashcards
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A hospice-enrolled resident is nearing end of life. What is the assisted living facility's primary role?
Answer: Coordinating with the hospice team while continuing routine personal care and comfort
The facility continues its usual supportive services and coordinates with hospice, which provides the skilled end-of-life care.
Which situation represents a medication error that must be documented and reported?
Answer: A resident receives another resident's blood pressure medication
Giving medication to the wrong resident is a serious error requiring incident reporting, monitoring, and physician notification.
A resident recovering from a hip fracture wants to resume walking independently against therapy recommendations. The best response is to do what?
Answer: Arrange a care conference to reassess ability and discuss risks with the resident
A collaborative reassessment respects the resident's autonomy while addressing safety through informed, documented decision-making.
Weight records show a resident has lost 8% of body weight over three months without trying. What should this prompt?
Answer: A nutritional evaluation and notification of the physician
Significant unplanned weight loss is a change in condition requiring prompt nutritional assessment and medical follow-up.
Which measure most directly reduces the spread of infection during a facility-wide flu outbreak?
Answer: Reinforcing hand hygiene and isolating symptomatic residents per protocol
Hand hygiene and appropriate isolation of ill residents are core infection control measures during outbreaks.
A cognitively intact resident asks staff not to share her diagnosis with her adult son. Staff should do what?
Answer: Honor the request, since the resident controls disclosure of her health information
Competent residents have the right to control who receives their protected health information, regardless of who pays for care.
What is the key advantage of consistent staff assignment in resident care?
Answer: Caregivers learn residents' baselines and detect subtle changes sooner
Consistent assignment builds familiarity that improves early recognition of condition changes and strengthens resident relationships.