During the years 1993 to 2006, the occupancy rates for U.S. nursing facilities _____. (p. 322)

As a result of few new nursing homes being built in recent decades, it can be expected that occupancy rates in nursing homes ____ over the next 30 years. (pp. 322–323)

The projections of daily volume of long-term care assistance by all categories of caregivers are expected to _____. (p. 320)

The projections of daily volume of long-term care assistance needed in the year 2040 are about ____ the need identified in 1980. (p. 320)

The percentage of Medicaid dollars spent on institutional care over the past couple of decades has _____. (p. 317)

The American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging is the _____. (p. 340)

The proportion of Medicare nursing home residents who reside in facilities at any one time is ____ the proportion who are Medicaid.

The federal government matches state expenditures ranging from _____. (p. 343)

In 2006, the federal government changed the "look back" period for which Medicaid assistance may be denied due to "gifts" _____. (p. 349)

Knowing the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) standards applicable to a facility is the responsibility of the _____. (p. 379)

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) inspectors examine the records of illnesses and injuries to the _____. (p. 379)

Accidents and illnesses requiring first aid and not resulting in work loss ____ reported. (p. 380)

The Life Safety Code _____. (p. 383)

An employee hearing the fire code phrase must _____. (p. 386)

Under the Life Safety Code, movement of infirm patients to safe areas or the exterior is ____ in fire drills. (p. 385)

On discovery of fire involving a person, personnel shall immediately _____. (p. 386)

Basic action required of health care facility personnel is _____. (p. 385)

Often the most dangerous element threatening patient safety is _____. (p. 387)

Smoking by residents designated as "not responsible" _____. (p. 386)

The overall objective of the Life Safety Code for new health care occupancies is to _____. (p. 385)

Facility personnel who shall be instructed in the use of and response to a fire alarm include _____. (p. 386)

When a facility locks exits, it must ____.

A material that, in the form in which it is used, will not aid combustion or add appreciable heat to spreading fire is defined as ____.

In determining occupant loads in exit requirements, the actual expected count or a projection using ____ square feet of floor space in sleeping areas and ____ square feet of floor space in treatment areas shall be used.

Handrails clearance from the wall must be at least ____.

The purpose of smoke-proof towers is to ____.

The National Safety Council has suggested slopes of 7 to 20 degrees for a ____.

Aisles, corridors, and ramps used for exit must be at least ____ in width, and clear and unobstructed.

Travel distance within a room to an exit must not exceed ____.

Each floor or fire section of the facility shall have at least ____ located ____ from each other.

Travel distance from within any patient room to an exit access must not exceed ____.

Illumination of the means of egress must be continuous and must provide at least ____ foot-candle(s) measured at the ____.

The emergency lighting system must provide power ____.

Exit signs must be placed so that a person is never more than ____ from the nearest exit sign.

Corridors throughout patient sleeping areas must have ____.

A supervised automatic sprinkler system ____.

Short persons must be able to reach ____.

A fixed, regularly serviced, automatic fire extinguishing system in nursing home kitchens over the cook stoves is ____.

Every building shall have a(an) ____ operated fire alarm system that shall be ____ supervised.

Every story used by patients must be divided into ____.

Every story with 50 or more occupants must be divided into at least ____.

Extinguishers should be checked ____ by the fire department and recharged and serviced ____ by a qualified person.

Doors protecting corridor openings must be made of 1¾ inches solid bonded core wood or constructed to resist fire for at least ____ minutes.

Each patient room must have an outside window or door. If a window, it ____.

For changes in level: up to ¼ inch ____, between ¼ and ½ inch ____ is required, and more than ½ inch must meet ____ requirements.

On any given flight of stairs, riser heights and tread widths must be ____.

High forward reach limit is generally ____.

Minimum width for two wheelchairs to pass is ____ inches.

Side reach should be between ____ inches off the floor.

Handrails must extend at least ____ inches beyond a ramp or stair and be parallel to the floor or ground surface.

The generally specified maximum pounds of pressure required to operate doors, windows, and so on, is ____.

Automatic doors and power-assisted doors should be slow opening and low powered, not opening back to back faster than ____ seconds nor with a force of more than ____ pounds.

Grab bars located between ____ and ____ inches high must be provided for toilets on the side and back walls.

Grab bars and handrails are to be ____ to ____ inches in diameter or width, with ____ inches space between handrail and wall, and a sheer stress point of ____ pounds or greater.

The maximum allowable emergency alarm level is ____ decibels.

The general requirement for knee clearance under tables, work surfaces, sinks, and lavatories is ____.

Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited employers from discriminating on the basis of ____.

In 1935, a major labor group emerged called the ____.

By 1947, unions represented about 31% of the workforce. In 2015, union membership represented about ____% of the total workforce.

The Taft-Hartley Act prohibited managers from ____.

The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) does not ____.

In 1973, the hospitals and nursing facility interests did not seek ____.

In 1984, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) favored nursing home managers by ruling that the appropriate bargaining unit is ____.

Discrimination was interpreted initially by the courts as harmful action, later as unequal treatment, and more recently as ____.

The Civil Rights Act is enforced ____.

The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that an overtime rate of ____ times the hourly (or other basis) rates be paid for all hours more than ____ during the week.

Minors younger than 16 years may not be employed in the nursing facility except under ____.

Funds for unemployment compensation come from a ____ payroll tax based on wages of each employee up to a certain ____.

Under ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975), employers ____ pension plan.

In states where a local health planning agency believes a shortage of nursing home beds exists, it may ____.

The most well-known model of the grieving process was developed by an American psychiatrist ____ in the book, On Death and Dying.

The five stages of dying are thought to be denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and ____.

Basically, under the Privacy Rule issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), it is illegal for any person to gain access to personal medical information for any reason other than health care delivery, operations, and ____.

The following are ____: Hepatitis B, Influenza, Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis.

The ____ required insurance companies to cover all applicants within new minimum standards and offer the same rates regardless of preexisting conditions or sex.

The ____ includes a requirement that both the federal Department of Health and Human Services and local law enforcement authorities must be notified of any suspicions of abuse regardless of whether or not that suspected abuse results in bodily harm.

For nursing facilities, meeting requirements set by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) is ____.