Practise occupation-focused assessment, safer interventions, caregiver teaching, and ethical decisions for AOTA's advanced gerontology certification examination. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Read the AOTA Board Certification in Gerontology: Clinical Reasoning Guide study guide and official exam sourcesExam outline and official sources
American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), overseen by the Occupational Therapy Advanced Certification Commission (OTACC) · Verified on 2026-10-11: AOTA's current gerontology certification page links the BCG Candidate Handbook labeled 2024 and the Examination Content Outline marked ©2022. No explicit blueprint effective date or revision number was stated. The workbook label 'American Occupational Therapy Board Certification in Gerontology' maps to AOTA's Board Certification in Gerontology examination; the assigned slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Board Certification in Gerontology | AOTA
- BCG Candidate Handbook 2024
- AOTA BCG Examination Content Outline
- Delirium | MedlinePlus
- Medications Linked to Falls | CDC STEADI
- Low Vision | National Eye Institute
- AOTA Occupational Profile Template
- Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure | CDC STEADI
- Algorithm for Fall Risk Screening, Assessment, and Intervention | CDC STEADI
- Quality Toolkit | AOTA
- OT Home Health Evaluation Checklist & Quality Measures 2026
- Communicating with Someone with Dementia | NHS
- Activities for Dementia | NHS
- Staying Independent with Dementia | NHS
- Energy Conservation | NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group
- Tool: Teach-Back | AHRQ
- Loneliness in Older People: How to Help | NHS
- Documentation of Occupational Therapy Services | AOTA
- Quality in Occupational Therapy | AOTA
- Ethics | AOTA
- AOTA Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics: Core Values and Principles
- AOTA 2025 Occupational Therapy Code of Ethics
- Practitioner's Toolkit—OT's Role in Driving Rehabilitation | AOTA
- niehs01_508.pdf
- Osteoarthritis Symptoms, Causes & Risk Factors | NIAMS
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms, Causes, & Risk Factors | NIAMS
- Sleep Apnea - Symptoms | NHLBI, NIH
- Sleep Apnea - Living With | NHLBI, NIH
- Sleep Deprivation and Deficiency - Healthy Sleep Habits | NHLBI, NIH
- Wheelchair provision guidelines
Board Certification in Gerontology (BCG) Examination
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A resident with established dementia usually follows a familiar grooming routine. This morning the resident is unusually sleepy, cannot sustain attention to one instruction, and fluctuates between engagement and withdrawal. Staff confirm the change began overnight. Which response is most appropriate?
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