Manuals and Forms for Home Care interRAI Assessors

The resources for home care interRAI assessors page provides documentation to support RAI-HC and interRAI Contact Assessment (CA) assessors and educators. This includes products available on eStore, job aids and education information.

For more information about home care, including Analysis in Brief and other analytical reports, visit CIHI’s Home Care web page.

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

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

RAI-HC

• RAI-Home Care (RAI-HC) User's Manual, Canadian Version
• RAI-Home Care (RAI-HC) User's Manual, Canadian Version, Addendum—Original Client Assessment Protocols (CAPs)
• RAI-HC Outcome Scales and Screening Algorithms Reference Guide

interRAI Contact Assessment (HCRS-CA)

• interRAI Contact Assessment (CA) Screening Level Assessment for Emergency Department and Intake From Community/Hospital Assessment Form and User's Manual

interRAI Contact Assessment (IRRS)

• interRAI Contact Assessment (IRRS) Screening Algorithms and Outcome Scale Reference Guide
• CIHI Coding Reference Guide for the interRAI Contact Assessment (IRRS)
• interRAI Contact Assessment (CA) Form and User’s Manual: A Screening Level Assessment for Intake to Home and Community Care, interRAI Standard Edition, Version 10.0.1.

interRAI Home Care

• interRAI Home Care (HC) Assessment Form and User's Manual, Canadian English Edition, 9.1.4
• interRAI HC Outcome Scales and Screening Algorithms Reference Guide
• CIHI Coding Reference Guide for the interRAI Home Care

Associated documents

• interRAI Clinical Assessment Protocols (CAPs)—For Use With  Community and Long-Term Care Assessment Instruments (not applicable to interRAI CA)
• ICD-10-CA Pick-List Codes Used for the Home 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)