Resources
Guides for occupational therapists who do home assessments.
What the report needs, which measurements to record, how the documentation tools compare, and how funding works. Written by the OmaScan team and kept current.
OmaScan vs magicplan and Polycam for OT home assessments
How OmaScan compares with magicplan, Polycam, RoomScan, Twindo and Matterport for an occupational therapy home assessment: the accessibility measurements, funder forms, devices, CAD export and listed prices, and when each of the others is the better choice.
How long does an OT home assessment take, and where do the hours go?
One to two hours in the home and about as long again at the desk: the SAFER-HOME study, the ICBC, WSIB, Ontario auto insurance and WCB Alberta allowances for assessment, report and travel, the five-business-day deadlines, what a 2025 telehealth cohort study found, and which of the five blocks of time can be shortened.
Doorway clear width, thresholds and turning space: measuring a home for a mobility aid
The doorway clear width, threshold, hallway and turning space figures in the National Building Code 2020, CSA/ASC B651 and B652 and CAN/ASC-2.8, why none of them binds an existing private home, how an occupational therapist takes each measurement so a contractor can build from it, and what to write when the home falls short.
The questions a privacy officer asks about an AI tool in home care, and what a good answer looks like
The twelve questions a privacy officer asks before approving an AI documentation tool for occupational therapy home visits, where each one comes from in PIPEDA, PHIPA, Alberta's HIA, Newfoundland and Labrador's PHIA and the 2025 and 2026 commissioner guidance on AI scribes, and what a complete vendor answer looks like.
3D scanning in OT home assessments: what the research shows
What the OT research says: iPad Pro LiDAR against a tape measure, agreement between OTs measuring from scans, the Bond University study on who should hold the scanner, and when a scan is worth it and when a tape measure wins.
Home modification funding programs in Canada, by province and payer
Who pays for grab bars, ramps, stair lifts and bathroom conversions, in what order: the federal tax credits, every provincial and territorial housing program with its 2026 cap and intake window, the insurers that pay first, and the form the occupational therapist fills in for each.
How to write an occupational therapy home assessment report
A free home assessment report template (PDF and Word), who reads the report and what each reader needs, the eight sections a complete report has, the measurements to take room by room with Canadian reference points, and the six mistakes that get reports sent back by funders.
AI documentation tools for occupational therapists: the four kinds, and where home assessments differ
General scribes, therapy-specific scribes, EMR add-ons and home assessment assistants. What each does, nine questions to ask before you sign up, and the privacy obligations that do not change because software drafted the note.