CAD Needs Assessment and Care Planning 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: The interdisciplinary team (IDT) approach to care planning benefits residents because:
- It reduces the number of staff involved in care
- It brings multiple professional perspectives together to address all aspects of the resident's well-being (Correct answer)
- It allows activity staff to avoid care plan meetings
- It standardizes care for all residents
Correct answer: It brings multiple professional perspectives together to address all aspects of the resident's well-being
The IDT approach integrates expertise from multiple disciplines to develop a holistic, comprehensive care plan for each resident.
Question 2: When a resident has limited verbal communication, how should the activity director conduct the needs assessment?
- Skip the assessment entirely
- Use alternative communication methods, family input, observation, and life history records (Correct answer)
- Rely solely on nursing staff observations
- Assign the resident to the basic activity program without assessment
Correct answer: Use alternative communication methods, family input, observation, and life history records
When verbal communication is limited, activity professionals use alternative methods including observation, family input, and nonverbal communication to gather assessment data.
Question 3: Which of the following is a psychosocial need commonly addressed through activity programming?
- Blood pressure management
- The need for social connection and a sense of belonging (Correct answer)
- Wound care
- Medication adherence
Correct answer: The need for social connection and a sense of belonging
Activity programs directly address psychosocial needs such as social connection, belonging, purpose, and emotional well-being.
Question 4: A resident-centered care plan is best described as one that:
- Reflects the facility's standard programming schedule
- Incorporates the resident's own goals, preferences, and values into the plan (Correct answer)
- Is developed solely by the medical team
- Focuses only on clinical outcomes
Correct answer: Incorporates the resident's own goals, preferences, and values into the plan
Person-centered care plans are built around the resident's individual goals, preferences, and values rather than facility convenience.
Question 5: Which of the following would indicate that an activity care plan needs to be revised?
- The resident continues to enjoy the same activities
- The resident's functional status declines significantly (Correct answer)
- The care plan was recently written
- The resident has not attended any new activities
Correct answer: The resident's functional status declines significantly
A significant decline in functional status is a trigger event requiring reassessment and revision of the activity care plan.
Question 6: The 'strength-based' approach to activity assessment focuses on:
- Documenting all of the resident's deficits
- Identifying what the resident CAN do and building programming around those abilities (Correct answer)
- Comparing the resident to peers of the same age
- Focusing exclusively on the resident's medical diagnoses
Correct answer: Identifying what the resident CAN do and building programming around those abilities
Strength-based assessment identifies existing abilities, interests, and resources to build programming that maximizes the resident's engagement and well-being.
CAD Needs Assessment and Care Planning 2
The interdisciplinary team (IDT) approach to care planning benefits residents because: