BY ALEXANDRA ZABJEK
EDMONTON — Stacks of junk mail piled in the bathtub. Mounds of cereal boxes that fill the kitchen. Softly cooing pigeons that take over the living room, leaving feathers and droppings everywhere.
These are items found in the homes of Edmonton hoarders by health inspectors, social workers and counsellors who are trying to tackle a problem they say can’t easily be solved by a dumpster and buckets of hot, soapy water.
“There’s no magic bullet,” said social worker Doneka Simmons, who leads a program to help seniors who hoard. “There’s no cure for hoarding. … For most, this will be something they will continue to live with for the rest of their lives.”
In Edmonton, the case of 64-year-old Alex Wisniewski has been winding through court for three months, shining a light on a problem often kept behind the carefully closed doors of a hoarder’s home..." More
EDMONTON — Stacks of junk mail piled in the bathtub. Mounds of cereal boxes that fill the kitchen. Softly cooing pigeons that take over the living room, leaving feathers and droppings everywhere.
These are items found in the homes of Edmonton hoarders by health inspectors, social workers and counsellors who are trying to tackle a problem they say can’t easily be solved by a dumpster and buckets of hot, soapy water.
“There’s no magic bullet,” said social worker Doneka Simmons, who leads a program to help seniors who hoard. “There’s no cure for hoarding. … For most, this will be something they will continue to live with for the rest of their lives.”
In Edmonton, the case of 64-year-old Alex Wisniewski has been winding through court for three months, shining a light on a problem often kept behind the carefully closed doors of a hoarder’s home..." More
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