D.D., is one of my patients who was admitted for hip replacement surgery, and had diagnoses of dementia. The afternoons are very hard for her and she is very emotional. She has time when she is very depressed or very hostile with the therapist. Since she has dementia there is no new learning with her hip precautions or carryover with the treatment she receives daily. She has days when she can dress her lower body and push herself in her wheelchair to therapy. Then she have times when she not going to do anything. The OT Model I would use for her would be client centered approach to ensure that we are working together with her to provide the best treatment for her. With this approach we can also use some cognitive approaches her focuses on
