hoarding - muskingum county, ohio
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Excessive and seemingly
unreasonable keeping of
animals or items in a way
that is distressing and
interferes with the day to day
use of the house for a
HEALTHY and SAFE
family or social life.
What is Hoarding?
Muskingum County
Hoarding Coalition
(740) 454-9741
HOARDING
For help, contact: http://www.ocfoundation.org/hoarding/
Child abuse or neglect - CHILDREN PROTECTIVE SERVICES
(740) 455-6710
Elder abuse or neglect - ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES
(740) 452-6339, ext 108
Animal abuse or neglect - HUMANE SOCIETY
(740) 452-1077 http://vet.tufts.edu/hoarding/
Trash, Insect or rodent problems
in the county ZANESVILLE-MUSKINGUM COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT (740) 454-9741
Structural problems, tall grass, Or trash problems within city
Zanesville Code Enforcement (740) 455-0646
Addiction services
Muskingum Behavioral Health (740) 454-1266
Mental health services
Six County, Inc. (740) 454-9766
Fire code violations LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT
What is NOT Hoarding?
A cluttered house or an extensive set of collectibles.
Tips on Communicating With a Hoarder
Why do people become hoarders?
Think you know a hoarder?
Items to the hoarder are seen as valuable and provide a source of security. Hoarders may have feelings of fear about forgetting or losing items. Hoarders have a constant need to collect and keep things. The hoarder may be looking for a way to obtain love not found from people. The hoarder may fear that others will obtain their personal information. Hoarders may have physical limitations and frailty. Hoarders may have the inability to organize and often times show self-neglect. Even if a hoarder recognizes hoarding in another person, they may not see the behaviors in themselves. Hoarders may have had a stressful life event and rely on hoarding to cope.
1. Contact the hoarder face to face. 2. Use a soft, gentle approach and let the hoarder tell their story. 3. Treat the hoarder with respect and dignity. 4. Respect the meaning and attachment to possessions by the hoarder, which may be as intense as human attachment. 5. Remain calm and factual, but caring and supportive. 6. Evaluate for safety. 7. Go slowly and expect gradual changes. 8. Involve the hoarder in seeking a solution. Reassure the hoarder that others will try to help and work with them. 9. DO NOT force interventions. 10. DO NOT press the hoarder for information that appears to make them uncomfortable.
Do they save or collect more things
than they need?
Do they keep collecting things even
though their house and storage
spaces are full?
Do they find value in things that
other people say are NOT valuable?
When they try to stop collecting
things or try to discard objects, do
they feel overwhelmed?
Does the amount of “stuff” in the
house make it hard to sleep, sit,
move around, cook, bathe, or
socialize?