If you are worried someone you know is developing, or has hoarding syndrome then this post is for you. What we provide here is only for information, and is not medical advice. You may however use this knowledge to help decide whether you need to consult a medical … [Read more...]
A Controversial Hoarding Statement from San Diego
University of California School of Medicine runs a comprehensive obsessive-compulsive disorders program. It singles out Hoarding Disorder as being excessive accumulation of clutter that renders living spaces uninhabitable. This phenomenon can affect the health and … [Read more...]
Dementia and Hoarding We Explore Sporadic Links
We should be careful not to assume a direct link between these two conditions. That’s because we know of people with the one, but not the other. None the less there are interesting things to learn where both are present. We provide this information in the general … [Read more...]
When Hoarding Gets Out of Hand the Aged Suffer
An article in The Mirror on 3 October, 2019 near broke our hearts, it was so sad. We share it here as a valuable reminder of the hoarding signs we all should know by now. Yet sometimes we overlook these in the rush to get on with our lives. The lady who sobbed as the … [Read more...]
The Truth About Hoarding Disorder
The Truth About Hoarding Disorder Hoarding, or Hoarding Disorder, describes the practice of unduly saving items that others may view as worthless or excessive, and the persistent difficulty getting rid of these possessions. This leads to immoderate clutter, that … [Read more...]
Help for Hoarders – Compulsive Hoarding Assistance and Support
As London house clearance specialists Avery Associates are regularly employed by the London and surrounding borough councils to carry out house clearances and empty a property that has become cluttered by someone - they simply can't throw anything away. This results in … [Read more...]
