Resource of the Week

Resources on Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering
http://www.mha-sf.org/documentSharing/BeyondOverwhelmed.pdf

Last Thursday November 5th, the Disability Program Navigator was at the Mental Health Association of San Francisco's 12th Annual Conference on Hoarding and Cluttering. This week's resources focus on the issue of compulsive hoarding and cluttering in San Francisco.

The San Francisco Task Force on Compulsive Hoarding estimates there are 12,000-25,000 adults in San Francisco with hoarding behaviors. Compulsive hoarding requires coordinated attention before reaching a crisis point which can lead to eviction, other loss of housing, and homelessness. Compulsive hoarding can be considered a disability for purposes of the Americans With Disabilities Act.

The Task Force published a final report, Beyond Overwhelmed: The Impact of Compulsive Hoarding and Cluttering in San Francisco and Recommendations to Reduce Negative Impacts and Improve Care, which offers eight recommendations for reducing monetary and human costs of compulsive hoarding.

Don't have time to read the report? Get your questions answered about the report here: http://mha-sf.org/documentSharing/taskforceqa.cfm.

Clutterers Anonymous (CLA) is a support group of men and women for compulsive hoarders and clutterers. Weekly meetings are open to the public.

Sundays, 1:30-2:30pm
The Alano Club, 2nd Floor
1748 Market St. @ Octavia Blvd.