Lofty Heights
- 2. Social Enterprise Trading for Good Our aims • To create warmer, safer, healthier homes in Suffolk • To improve the future life chances of young adults
- 3. Creating warmer, safer, healthier homes in Suffolk Our services • Home and Garden Decluttering • Breathing Space Small Jobs for family carers and others • Homeward Bound Hospital Discharge Service • Downsize to move • Supported house clearance • End of tenancy clean • Information and Signposting • Raising Awareness and providing training to other professionals
- 4. What is Hoarding Disorder? • Hoarding Disorder was officially recognised as mental health condition in 2018 • A hoarding disorder is where someone acquires an excessive number of items and stores them in a chaotic manner, usually resulting in unmanageable amounts of clutter. The items can be of little or no monetary value. Hoarding is considered a significant problem if: • the amount of clutter interferes with everyday living – for example, the person is unable to use their kitchen or bathroom and cannot access rooms • the clutter is causing significant distress or negatively affecting the quality of life of the person or their family – for example, they become upset if someone tries to clear the clutter and their relationship suffers
- 6. What is self-neglect? • Lack of self-care to an extent that it threatens personal health and safety • Neglecting to care for one’s personal hygiene, health or surroundings • Inability to avoid harm as a result of self-neglect • Failure to seek help or access services to meet health and social care needs • Inability or unwillingness to manage one’s personal affairs
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- 22. What helps? • Building rapport and trusting by • Listening carefully • Being honest • Not being judgemental • Being careful about the language we use when talking about a persons possessions • Don’t refer to possessions as junk or rubbish • Find an interest you can talk about • Being person centered
- 23. Challenges What are the challenges? • Individual • Organisations/Authorities • Our Team How do you identify a hoarder?
- 24. Solutions • Individuals recognise that they want help • Partnership Working, • Good communication • Information sharing • Discovering problems earlier • More engagement with mental health services • Reducing loneliness and isolation These are essential if we are to make any significant change to the lives of people affected by hoarding disorder.
- 25. Sources of help and information Suffolk Safeguarding Partnership: Safeguarding Adults https://www.suffolkas.org/safeguarding-topics/self-neglect- and-hoarding/ Hoarding UK Check out agencies near you
- 26. Olive Quinton Founding CEO 07745215114 01473 345301 Email: info@lofty-heights.org www.lofty-heights.org
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