HOARDING is a Health and Safety Issue Presentation Michael Alexander.

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HOARDING is a Health and Safety Issue Presentation Michael Alexander

Defining Hoarding Dictionary: a supply or accumulation that is hidden or carefully guarded for preservation, future use, etc. Mayo Clinic: the excessive collection of items, along with the inability to discard things The International OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) Foundation: Three connected problems: Collecting too many items Difficulty getting rid of items, and Problems with organization

History of Hoarding Dante’s Divine Comedy: Charles Dickens’ Bleak House: 1862 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes: : one of nine diagnostic criteria for OCD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association 1993: First systematic study and definition published by Frost and Gross

Who hoards? Equal Opportunity Affliction Wealthy, middle income, poor, homeless Elderly, middle age, young adults, children People who have lived through a depression or in war ravaged countries, as well as those from affluent families who have never experienced poverty or trauma Research has found that most adults with hoarding issues had some hoarding habits by the age of 13 and even younger

Why do people hoard? According to Dr. David Tolin, Director of the Anxiety Disorders Center at the Institute of Living at Hartford Hospital: Because of perfectionism Fear of throwing something away that is useful Emotional attachment Starts in early adolescence or younger Family history Stressful life

History of alcohol abuse Social isolation Scarcity Learned behavior Familiar Quote: “Waste not, want not” 1772 And remember family conversations around the dinner table…

Signs of Hoarding Too much shopping Collecting free things Areas and surfaces stacked with “stuff”

Cluttered living spaces Inability to discard items Keeping stacks of newspapers, magazines, junk mail Craft projects never completed

Gifts for others that are never given away Clothes that don’t fit Broken things to be fixed some day Items moved from one pile to another

Acquiring unneeded or seemingly useless items Difficulty managing daily activities Difficulty organizing items Shame or embarrassment Excessive attachment to possessions, including discomfort with letting others touch or borrow possessions Limited or anti-social interactions Hoarders are different from collectors…

Risks and Complications Unsanitary conditions that pose a risk to health including infestation Increased risk of falls Inability to perform daily tasks, such as bathing or cooking Refusal to allow repair or maintenance people for fear of them seeing the clutter Poor work performance Family conflicts Loneliness and social isolation Depression or anxious much of the time because of the clutter Fire hazards

Even Refrigerators!

Egress!

Communicating with Hoarders Don’t Use Judgmental Language Use words that devalue or negatively judge possessions Let your non-verbal expression say what you are thinking Make suggestions about the person’s belongings Try to persuade or argue with the person Touch the person’s belongings without explicit permission

DO Imagine yourself in the hoarding client’s shoes Match the person’s language Use encouraging language Highlight strengths Focus the intervention on safety and organization of possessions and later work on discarding

Who Hoards?

What if it doesn’t Work? Family Intervention Plan Health Care Worker/Providers Adult Protective Services Hoarding Task Forces ( )

Hoarding and Legal Issues Lease/House Rules Protective Service Workers Public Health or Fire Departments Animal Workers Legal Interventions Eviction Mandate Clean Out Remove Vulnerable Individuals from the unit

Your Property Do not confuse clutter with Hoarding How is this addressed in your house rules? Hoarding: A unit is considered to have a hoarding problem when there is excessive clutter in areas that will not allow emergency personnel to attend to residents in need of attention. Blocked egress areas must be addressed immediately and cleared to enable residents to leave the unit in case of emergency.

Unit Inspections: Units are inspected on a regular basis to make sure that all health and safety issues are addressed and corrected. If the unit fails the inspection, the unit will be re-inspected within ten days to note all corrections. If the unit fails inspection ___ times (as many as you want to enforce), eviction proceedings may begin. Corrective Actions place in resident’s files Court Tip Remember: Document, Document, Document

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We don’t want to see this on our properties?

Where are my white shorts?

“Are you kidding, I am just getting ready for winter!”