Table 1

The interRAI suite of assessment instruments

Instrument

Item count

Target population

Long term care facility (interRAI LTCF)

257

Residents of nursing homes or chronic hospitals

Assisted living (interRAI AL)

262

Assisted living facilities where residents have light care needs

Acute care (interRAI AC)

96

Frail older patients in acute care hospitals

Post-acute care (interRAI PAC)

214

Rehabilitation and other post-acute inpatients

Home care (interRAI HC)

253

Community based care

Community health assessment (interRAI CHA)

135

Community settings with anticipated light care needs

Palliative care (interRAI PC)

194

Palliative care in community and institutional settings

Mental health (interRAI MH)

304

Mental health inpatients

Community mental health (interRAI CMH)

320

Community mental health services

Intellectual disability (interRAI ID).

287

Persons with intellectual disability in community and facility settings

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