Guides
Clutter, hoarding and squalor, explained
Plain-language guides for people living with heavy clutter, the families who worry about them, and the professionals who work with them.
For families
How to help a parent who hoards
Practical, respectful steps for adult children worried about a parent’s cluttered or hoarded home in Australia, from the first conversation to getting support.
What to say to someone who hoards
Words that help and words that hurt when you raise clutter or hoarding with a partner, parent, sibling or friend.
Supporting a relative’s cluttered home from interstate
How to help a parent or relative with heavy clutter or hoarding when you live in another city or state.
Clutter after a death: sorting a loved one’s home
How to approach a parent’s or partner’s cluttered home after they die, and how grief affects decluttering.
Understanding hoarding
Hoarding or just clutter? How to tell the difference
The difference between a cluttered home, hoarding and hoarding disorder, with the signs that mean it’s time to get help.
Severe domestic squalor: what it is and how to help
What severe domestic squalor means in Australia, how it differs from hoarding, and the steps to make a home safe again.