What assessment is performed to resume home care after inpatient admission?

• A. Start of Care assessment
• B. Resumption of Care assessment after inpatient admission.
• C. Death at home
• D. OASIS data collection

Answer: (B)

When a patient who was receiving home health services returns to care after an inpatient stay, the Resumption of Care assessment is used. This assessment documents the patient’s current medical status, functional abilities, medications, wounds, and safety needs, and it updates the plan of care to reflect changes from the hospitalization. It ensures continuity of skilled services by aligning the current condition with the appropriate goals and interventions. Start of Care is used for the initial enrollment in home health, not after an inpatient interruption. OASIS data collection is the overall data set used for documenting assessments, but the specific process to restart services after hospitalization is the Resumption of Care assessment. Death at home is not an assessment and does not resume services.