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To determine the prospective resident’s health care needs in the community the Ministry of Health uses a standardized tool called the Resident Assessment Instrument (or RAI). That assessment tool helps to identify needs and degree of urgency for placement. A specific version of the standardized assessment tool Resident Assessment Instrument Minimum Data Set (RAI MDS 2.0) is used in residential care facilities for the assessment and care planning.
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| width="100%" | '''Special Note: An Exception is Always Possible''' For any type of health authority decision made about prospective or current residents, an exception is always possible. It may be rare, but it is possible.
:''“Health authorities may authorize exceptions to policy in client specific circumstances, based on assessed need. Health authorities must maintain a record of waivers and any exceptions to provincial policy and report these, with the relevant background information such as rationale and timeframe for the exception, to the ministry.”''([[Chapter Three Legal Issues in Residential Care References|5]])