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1994 - Dennis started a media awareness campaign in an attempt to bring the issues into the public view. With public awareness came more and more research into the Hoarding Disorder....
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http://lafd.blogspot.com/2007/03/renowned-lafd-paramedic-and-inspector.html
Tomorrow, the men and women of the Los Angeles Fire Department say farewell to a gentleman and colleague who has played a key role in our City's safety for nearly 40 years.
Those outside of Southern California probably know Inspector Dennis Bogard through his many network television interviews - or articles that have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Daily News and countless professional journals. Even if you've never set foot in Los Angeles, you've in some way been cared for or protected by his lifetime of mentoring first responders.
For many Los Angeles residents and the Firefighters and Paramedics who protect them, tomorrow will be a day in which we gather to recognize and affirm the professional benchmarks of Dennis Bogard, honoring a man who has done great good whenever he has found a person in need. It is no mere coincedence that is accomplishments read like an historical archive...
November 1992
- Dennis left Central Staffing Unit to attend Dispatcher’s training at OCD and found that being underground was not to his liking.
He transferred to the Valley Fire Prevention Bureau’s Brush Clearance Unit in January 1993 on a light duty status.
While working at the Brush Clearance Unit he worked on his first case involving a case of Obsessive Hoarding Disorder with Inspector Mike Theule. After about 6 months of working with persons with the disorder, and seeing that almost all the cases were return visits to the same client, he started to do some research into the behavior of the disorder and as to why so many were return visits.
Dennis found that the practice of using only strong enforcement measures and not attempting to find a fix to the underling modality was almost a guarantee for return visits by Inspectors. Because of his paramedical background, he starting networking with other health care workers to see if by adding mental health components along with enforcement procedures that were already in place, there might be a decrease in the return visits.
After a year Dennis found that he was making less return visits, and had the opportunity to see a significant change. At that time, there was very little research being done regarding "hoarding".
After contacting the Obsessive Compulsive Foundation and getting on-the-job training from them, he increased his knowledge base of the disorder.
1994 - Dennis started a media awareness campaign in an attempt to bring the issues into the public view. With public awareness came more and more research into the Hoarding Disorder. The research has singled out the hoarding disorder from being strictly an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) as believed in the earlier studies, to obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD). This is significant as OCPD client’s medication that is sometimes of use with OCD is unresponsive in OCPD clients.
Also in obsessive hoarding disorder the comorbity (the coexistence of two or more related medical conditions) can and most likely make up the multi-characteristics that work against their successful treatment. Thus when it comes to enforcement an Inspector whom has no knowledge of the hoarding behavior will surely fail.
October 1995 - Bogard was promoted to Inspector I, and assigned to the LAFD High-Rise Unit. He continued to handle hoarding issues along with his other duties.
In October 1998 - Dennis was promoted to Inspector II, and City of Los Angeles Fire Marshal Jimmy Hill assigned him to the Legal Liaison Unit so that Inspector Bogard could perform Special Projects involving Nuisance Properties throughout the City of Los Angeles. These properties included the hoarding issues, and problem properties that were beyond the scope of the District Inspector.
By 2006 Inspector Bogard was monitoring more then 1,000 clients with Obsessive Hoarding disorders, and had brought more 20,000 clients into compliance through the use of enforcement, supportive care and a understanding of the disorder.
Dennis has become one of the western United State’s experts in public enforcement and understanding of the Obsessive Hoarding Disorder. He has been a speaker at countless training workshops throughout California, providing awareness to other Fire Departments, Building and Safety Officials and mental health workers. He currently is working to build an interactive network where County Mental Health, Adult Proactive Services, other City, County and State Officials can pool their ideas to help make a change in the lives of Obsessive Hoarding clients throughout the United States.
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Posted on Friday, March 16, 2007 @ 02:23:39 ICT by Donna
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