Manuals and Forms for Continuing and Residential Care interRAI Assessors

CIHI provides documentation to support RAI-MDS 2.0 and interRAI Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) assessors and educators. This includes products available on eStore and education information.

Note: CIHI will decommission CCRS, the previous reporting system for long-term care, by March 2026 and therefore will not be supporting the RAI-MDS 2.0 beyond this date.

For more information about continuing and residential care, including analytical reports, visit CIHI’s Long-term care web page.

We welcome your feedback and questions. Contact us at specializedcare@cihi.ca.

Please note that the manuals and forms below are available on eStore.

RAI-MDS 2.0

• Resident Assessment Instrument (RAI) RAI-MDS 2.0 User’s Manual, Canadian Version
• RAI-MDS 2.0 Outcome Scales Reference Guide

interRAI LTCF

• interRAI Long-Term Care Facilities (LTCF) Assessment Form and User’s Manual, Canadian Edition, 9.1.4 (available on interRAI website only)
• interRAI LTCF Outcome Scales Reference Guide
• CIHI Coding Reference Guide for the interRAI Long-Term Care Facilities

Associated documents

• interRAI Clinical Assessment Protocols (CAPs)—For Use With Community and Long-Term Care Assessment Instruments
• ICD-10-CA Pick-List Codes Used for the Continuing Care Reporting System 
• CIHI Medication Reference Guide for interRAI Assessments
• CIHI Language Codes

eQuery

eQuery is a web-based tool that allows CIHI's clients to search an existing repository of questions and answers about coding and other related topics. If you are unable to locate an answer to your question in the existing repository, you can submit it to the Specialized Care team using the eQuery link above.

Using eQuery for Home Care, Long-Term Care, NRS and OMHRS (PDF)