To help you gauge your dad’s problem, the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) offers a free “Clutter Hoarding Scale” that you can download here. If you find that your dad has a ...

It takes a long time to help hoarders declutter their homes and address underlying mental health issues. Despite intervention, many cases remain unresolved.

On one episode of “Hoarders: Buried Alive,” a young man with a hoarding disorder saved the fur shed from his dog because throwing it out seemed to him like discarding a part of his beloved animal.