Description

The French edition of "Évaluation de premier contact (CA) interRAI" is translated from the English "interRAI Contact Assessment (CA) Form and User's Manual: A Screening Level Assessment for Emergency Department and Intake from Community/Hospital."

The interRAI Contact Assessment (CA) is based on a modular assessment instrument that provides information to support the home care assessment intake and emergency department referral processes. The assessment form begins with a shared demographic section and then directs assessors to either the Community/Hospital Intake module (a home care intake assessment for persons in the community or hospital, including the emergency room) or the Emergency Department Screener module (which supports referral decision-making for primary care staff in the emergency department). These assessments should be completed electronically in order to provide instantaneous results for the clinical algorithms and indicators embedded in the CA instrument.