Hoarding & Older Adults
Hoarding Articles
Dangers of Hoarding Behavior Become More Severe With Age
Elderly hoarding is something that most family caregivers do not anticipate having to deal with. This behavior often increases with age and creates a hazardous living environment for older adults. Take these 5 steps to help a senior who hoards.
1 CommentAnxiety, Hoarding and OCD in the Elderly
Anxiety can be a normal reaction to stress, but when a senior’s fears, worries and coping mechanisms negatively affect their daily activities, relationships and quality of life, it crosses over into a serious mental health condition.
7 CommentsHow Do I Get Dad Out of His Cluttered, Unsafe Home?
The task of getting an elderly relative out of a cluttered, filthy, unsafe home is never easy. Here are some tips for caregivers and family to make the process more successful.
34 CommentsHoarding: A Challenging and Potentially Dangerous Dementia-Related Behavior
Hoarding is an extreme “collecting” behavior seen in some people who have Alzheimer's disease and obsessive-compulsive tendencies. Fortunately, there are some strategies that caregivers and family members can use to help manage these behaviors.
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Hoarding Questions
My mother is in a nursing home and has limited space in her room. How do we tell her we cannot continue to buy her new clothes?
5 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered 13 hours agoMy friend placed his mother in assisted living. We are in the middle of cleaning out her hoarding house.
12 AnswersJoAnn29 Answered Apr 22, 2024What to do when they start hoarding ridiculous stuff?
32 AnswersSadinroanokeva Answered Apr 21, 2024Looking for some suggestions on a hoarding situation.
5 AnswersGeaton777 Answered Apr 20, 2024
Hoarding Discussions
Mil is manipulative, lazy and a (for lack of better word) a pig.
21 CommentsGettingreal Commented Dec 14, 2023When is it time to pursue legal action to declare someone incompetent?
23 CommentsBeatty Commented Oct 29, 2023Update to my mom's bedsores.
3 CommentsMidkid58 Commented Jun 2022Thank goodness for POA
2 CommentsMJ1929 Commented Sep 2021
Hoarding Related Topics
- Care Decisions
- Alzheimer's & Dementia
- Burnout
- Dementia Behaviors
- Long-distance Caregiving
- Cognitive Decline
- New to Caregiving
- Aging in Place
- Signs of Dementia
- Violent Behavior
- Cancer
- Area Agency on Aging
- Memory Loss
- Mild Dementia
- Dementia Wandering
- Early Onset Alzheimer's
- Sundowner's Syndrome
- Home Modification
- Caregiving
- Sandwich Generation