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Elder Issues: Older Adult Hoarders: A study

Aired October 22, 2007

Research into hoarding explores a dilemma that touches families and communities everywhere.

Investigators at KU’s School of Social Welfare recently studied older adult hoarders – people who collect so many possessions or pets that their living spaces become unusable after a time. Rosemary Kennedy Chapin led the study.

Chapin: Many times it is treated as an obsessive-compulsive disorder. On the other hand, sometimes people have had good luck just going in and just taking kind of a straightforward approach — working with the older adult just going in to clean things up and working intensively with them and coming back time after time after time. That’s shown some effectiveness with some kinds of clients.

Posted by Donna on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 @ 14:10:17 ICT (152 reads)
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Elder Issues: Senior Moments: Hoarding can be hazardous

Senior Moments: Hoarding can be hazardous to your health

By Jackie Board
A column for seniors and those who love them

Posted by Donna on Friday, October 19, 2007 @ 00:26:20 ICT (198 reads)
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Elder Issues: Eldercare Professionals for Hoarding situatios, NYC

NYC
Eldercare Professionals related to Hoarding situations
-from Bergfeld's Estates website

Posted by Donna on Friday, August 24, 2007 @ 01:24:46 ICT (213 reads)
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Elder Issues: Hoarding & Alzheimer's Disease-A Daughter's Story

Hoarding and Alzheimer's Disease

One Daughter's Story (pdf)
Presented by Rosemary Bakker, Director of NYC Hoarding Task Force
on Hoarding and Older Adults

Posted by Donna on Wednesday, August 08, 2007 @ 00:37:30 ICT (334 reads)
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Elder Issues: Senior Q & A, Reading, MA

Senior Q&A

By Dan O'Leary, The Senior Advocate

GateHouse News Service

Thu May 31, 2007, 01:51 PM EDT

Question

My good friend’s house is extremely cluttered. I’m not sure if she would be classified as a hoarder, but she definitely has a problem. Do you have any suggestions on how I might help her?...

Posted by Donna on Friday, June 01, 2007 @ 16:03:51 ICT (284 reads)
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Elder Issues: Self neglect and hoarding

Elizabeth writes "
Services look for warning signs of self neglect.

(47 states have amended senior services legislation to include self neglect.)...
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Posted by Donna on Saturday, February 03, 2007 @ 22:51:45 ICT (316 reads)
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Senior Moments: Hoarding can be hazardous to your health

NYC Eldercare Professionals related to Hoarding situations -from Bergfeld's Estates website

Hoarding and Alzheimer's Disease One Daughter's Story (pdf) Presented by Rosemary Bakker, Director of NYC Hoarding Task Force on Hoarding and Older Adults

Senior Q&A

Services look for warning signs of self neglect.

(47 states have amended senior services legislation to include self neglect.)...

NYC
Eldercare Professionals related to Hoarding situations
-from Bergfeld's Estates website

Hoarding and Alzheimer's Disease

One Daughter's Story (pdf)
Presented by Rosemary Bakker, Director of NYC Hoarding Task Force
on Hoarding and Older Adults