**INACTIVE BLOG**

Wichita/Segwick County Hoarding Task Force
Presents a one day intensive workshop on Hoarding

“Saving, Collecting, or Hoarding?”
Hoarding -Understanding- To- Steps

Wichita Marriott
 

San Francisco Hoarding Peer Support Group
Meeting Info. & Dates Flyer (pdf)
SF Mental Health Association

Community Services Conference
“Thinking Outside The Box”-A Housing, Service, Clinical and Enforcement Team Approach To Hoarding
Best Western Royal Plaza
Marlborough, MA

Who May Attend?

TAP Management Trainings are open to anyone.

• Staff of TAP member sites may attend unlimited trainings at no cost
• Other interested individuals may attend with payment of a small fee
• Discounted rates are available to members of local housing authorities

Video Preview of Oprah Show on Hoarding on Thursday, 11/15
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFoys2NAcjs

»Oprah/Peter Walsh wants to hear stories from Children of Hoarders.

Institute on Aging-Educational programs

March 13, 2008, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM

RECOGNIZING AND RESPONDING TO CLUTTER ADDICTION AND COMPULSIVE HOARDING IN OLDER ADULTS
Many older adults acquire excessive amounts of seemingly useless items, then have trouble letting go of them. When does collecting turn into pathological hoarding? What can be done when an older person lives amongst so much stuff that it interferes with activities of daily living and creates a safety hazard? Presenters will discuss phenomenology, risk assessment, use of community resources, planning and executing cleanouts, other alternatives, and the inherent ethical dilemmas. 

Tri-County Mental Health Services will host the Aging and Mental Health Coalition 1:30-2:30 p.m. Thursday. The guest speaker will be Kim Reynolds, project coordinator of the University of Kansas’ School of Social Welfare office of aging and long-term care.

Reynolds will lead a discussion on the recent study of older Kansans with hoarding problems. A brief overview of current interventions and outcomes of hoarding cases in Kansas will be reviewed as well as recommendations of how states can build on existing service networks to address hoarding.

The meeting will be in the second floor conference room of the Northland Human Services Building, 3100 N.E. 83rd St., Kansas City, North. For more information, call 816-468-0400, Ext. 153.

9 PM ET on 9/20/07. A live continuation of the same topic as last week,
same phone number, and same foremat.

NEXT FREE TELECLASS - How do I empty the boxes? Thursday, September 20th, 9 p.m. EST
The Organizer Lady ™ is sponsoring a teleclass (a live class over the phone) dealing with one of our biggest problems: how do we empty those myriad of boxes full of stuff that we have collected?
Never fear! Help is on the way. The solution to this problem will be carefully explained by Marsha Sims, an experiened hands-on organizer, with lots of time for questions. And it is free!
When? Thursday, September 20th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Time (You know your own time zone.)
How? The number is 605-990-0700. When asked punch in the access code 1035513#. Just call in like you would call your mom long distance.
Write this in the right place so you won’t forget.
Sandra Felton
The Organizer Lady ™
Founder, Messies Anonymous
www.messies. com

Saturday, November 3rd, 2007.

This year’s guest speaker will be Dr Randy O. Frost, Ph.D., a world-renowned OCD and hoarding specialist. Please regularly visit our website for more details. Annie Taillon Secretary and administrator Quebec Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Foundation Email: fqtoc@hotmail.com Website: http://fqtoc.mtl.rtss.qc.ca

Effective interventions to help individuals who hoard stay in their own homes

Date: Wednesday, 9/19/2007

Hoarding presents difficult and complex situations for providers. Individuals who hoard are frequently at risk for losing their housing due to eviction. This interactive workshop will describe clinical disorders and cognitive features associated with hoarding and recent research findings. In addition, the presenter will provide methods and tools for intervening around hoarding issues. Topics to be covered include:

• How to have a productive dialogue with someone about hoarding
• Identifying psychological triggers related to hoarding
• Understanding the psychology behind hoarding
• Practical strategies for working individuals to address the situation
• Case studies with discussion

Sponsored by the Home Care Connections Grant with support from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services

http://iod.unh.edu/events.html#hoarding