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Assisted Living Residence Administrator Competency Test

Format
Online computerized competency assessment
Passing score
A passing score is required under 55 Pa. Code section 2800.64(a)(3); the cited DHS material does not specify a numerical threshold.
Practice scope

The authority has not published an examination outline; the practice questions follow the scope of the existing question bank.

  • Fire prevention and emergency preparedness
    • Fire prevention and emergency preparedness
  • Medication procedures, effects, universal precautions and personal hygiene
    • Medication management and resident hygiene
  • CPR, obstructed airway techniques and first aid
    • CPR, obstructed airway techniques and first aid
  • Assisted living services
    • Assisted living and supplemental health care services
  • Laws and regulations pertaining to operation
    • Licensure and regulatory compliance
  • Nutrition, food handling and sanitation
    • Nutrition, meals, food handling and sanitation
  • Recreation
    • Activities and recreation programs
  • Care for residents with mental illness
    • Mental and behavioral health supports
  • Resident rights
    • Resident rights and complaint procedures
  • Care for residents with cognitive and neurological impairments and other special needs
    • Cognitive, neurological and special-needs supports
  • Care for residents with an intellectual disability
    • Supports for residents with intellectual disabilities
  • Community resources, social services and activities
    • Community resources and social services
  • Staff supervision and training
    • Staff supervision, orientation and training plans
  • Budgeting, financial recordkeeping and resident records
    • Financial management, assessments, support plans, contracts and records
  • Gerontology
    • Aging-related functional needs and supports
  • Abuse and neglect prevention and reporting
    • Abuse and neglect prevention, protection and reporting
  • Cultural competency
    • Culturally and linguistically responsive care
  • Infection control
    • Infection control and communicable-disease precautions
  • Training specific to resident composition
    • Training matched to resident composition and special care units
  • Person-centered care, informed consent and aging in place
    • Person-centered care, informed consent and aging in place
  • Incident management and reporting
    • Reportable incidents, investigation and notification
  • Requirements of 55 Pa. Code Chapter 2800
    • Administrator responsibility for Chapter 2800 compliance
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