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Hoarding Hotline 404-606-0134

Todd Reese, Director of Operations at Georgia Clean and Associates oversees this specialized service offered by our firm in assisting families that find themselves in the struggles of collecting or hoarding. Todd can be reached directly at 404-606-0134.

Hoarding Cleaning and Organization: We have on our staff experienced organizers that lead our Hoarding cleaning teams. We offer a conservative rate plan for those needing our hoarding cleaning and organization services.

Distressed Properties: We recover and reclaim properties that may have been condemned for code violations, or are just overwhelmed by years of neglect. Allow our team to come in and bring your property to code. Just by contacting our offices to engage our services, you will in good faith, may keep Code Enforcement from further actions. We will be happy to supply Code Enforcement with a letter to show that you have engaged services.

Cost and Procedures

Our pricing structure varies from job to job. Upon arrival, our Field Operations Manager will evaluate the premises, take numerous digital photographs (digital documentation)and draw up a scope of work. A complete and itemized scope of work will be made available via email or fax in a timely fashion for you and your family to review so that we may bring a sense of order back to your home and life.

On Time: We will arrive at your location, ready for action! Team Size: Our team size will range from two (2) qualified technicians on up, depending on the scope of work and needs for the project at hand.

Non-Judgmental: Our trained certified technicians have literally seen it all. There is absolutely nothing that will shock them. What might be very horrific in your eyes may be very simple in ours

Competence: All of our technicians go through a series of comprehensive and Hands-On Training course(s), Once successfully completing an outside independent training course(s), our technicians are prepared to assist you in this time of need. Each home we enter is uniquely different and no two game plans are alike. Your property will have its own distinctive plan of action to bring your home back to a sense of normalcy. We ask for feedback from our clients to ensure that we're exceeding their expectations.

Discretion: We realize that we may encounter personal and private

information during the course of our work. Our technicians adhere to a strict

confidentiality policy which states that everything that transpires between

them and you must be kept completely confidential (within the law).

Courtesy: You can expect to be treated with courtesy, and your concerns

will be addressed with patience.

Integrity: Our technicians undergo severe background and reference

checks to help ensure their integrity is unquestionable.

Respect: We respect your decisions and honor your wishes throughout the

cleaning process.

Conclusion of assignment: Upon completion, we will arrange for donation

pickups, help prepare lists of items for charities, remove and disposal of

large items or items that cannot be taken to the curbside for pickup

(additional fees will apply). If need be, we will arrange for 20 yard -40 yard rollaway

containers for disposal (landfill) purposes (additional fees will apply).

After Care Services: For three months we can offer once a month to come by and assist you in you in keeping on task with your new plan.

Health Risk

Increased Risk of Fire The accumulation of combustible materials, such as newspapers, clothing and rubbish, can pose a severe fire hazard. The amount of combustible materials creates an extremely hot, fast-spreading fire that is difficult to suppress. Escaping the home in a fire can be impossible due to blocked hallways, doorways and windows. In addition, public safety personnel’s access to the home can be hampered or blocked.
Increased Risk of Structural Damage The weight and volume of hoarded items, often stacked from floor to ceiling, can cause structural damage, which threatens the occupants as well as adjacent buildings. Increased Risk of Disease, Injury and Infestation The storage of hoarded items makes cleaning nearly impossible, which can lead to unsanitary living conditions and increases the risk of disease. The lack of regular home maintenance can result in the loss of running water, heat or refrigeration. Toilets and sinks may be unusable or inaccessible. Hoarding also increases the risk of injury. Stacked items can fall on someone, or they can cause people to trip and fall. Accumulated garbage can lead to rat and insect infestations. Hoarding creates hazardous conditions that can increase the risk of fire; structural damage to the home; and disease or injury to the hoarder, other household members, neighbors and the community. Extensive storage of items in the home severely limits the hoarder’s day-to-day functioning.Hoarding is not just a cluttered home or an extensive set of collectibles. Hoarding is the excessive storage of items in and around the home, to the extent that all available space from floor to ceiling may be occupied. Hoarders keep an extreme, disproportionate collection of items, such as newspapers, magazines, empty containers, old clothing, paper, trash, rotting food, and sometimes animals. Hoarders become emotionally attached to everything. They are unable to distinguish trash from treasures. Hoarding “feels right” to the hoarder, in spite of health and safety consequences.

Signs of Hoarding
·         Extreme collection and storage of items in the home and in the yard ·         Accumulation of combustible materials (newspapers, magazines and   rubbish)
·         Blocked exits (doors/windows)
·         Narrow pathways in the home
·         Rat and/or insect infestations
·         Rotting food and/or used food containers
·         Human and/or animal waste ·         Long-term neglect of home maintenance ·         Non-working utilities, such as heat, running water, sewer, refrigeration Hoarding is not limited to any age, race, gender or nationality. Hoarding behavior can begin early in life but is more prevalent in older adults. Hoarders can be of any educational or socio-economic level. They are unaware that their living circumstances pose a danger to themselves and to others. They are unable to change unsafe conditions on their own.

Animal HoardingWhile less prevalent, animal hoarding poses a serious health threat to the resident, the community, and the animals being kept. Animal overpopulation in a home leads to unhealthy waste accumulation. It also leads to animal starvation, disease and decomposing remains of dead animals. Typically, an animal hoarder is unaware of the filth and odor actually present in and around the home, and insists the animals are being cared for appropriately.

Resouces and Links

404-231-6172

Psychologists/Psychiatrists

Martha T. Little, MD
296 S. Main St - Suite 200
Alpharetta, GA 30004 US
Phone: (770) 772-0909 (phone)
Fax: (770) 442-1542
Child/Adol/Adult/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Refer for ERP/CBT

Lisa R. Terry, LPC
11815 Northfall Lane
Suite 1006
Alpharetta, GA 30004 US
Phone: (770)645.1733
Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visits/ERP/CBT

Nader Amir, Ph.D.
University of Georgia
Athens, GA
706-542-1173

Athens:
Renewal Counseling and Consulting
Dr. Justin Shewell, LCSW, Psy.D.
188 South Milledge Avenue, Suite 1
Athens, GA 30605
706.424.5888
www.RenewalCounselingAthens.com

Atlanta:
Dr. Dave M. Davis, MD
1938 Peachtree Road # 506
Piedmont Psychiatric Clinic
Atlanta, GA 30309-1254 US
Phone: (404) 355-2914
Fax: (404) 355-2917
Child/Adol/Adult/MedicationHome Visits/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/ Trichotillomania/Hoarding/Bilingual
Staff/ERP/CBT

Libby Tannenbaum, Ph.D.
Atlanta, GA
404-634-3400

Elana Zimand, Ph.D.
Atlanta, GA
404-634-3400

Barbara O. Rothbaum, PhD
Dept of Psychiatry - Emory Clinic
1365 Clifton Road
Atlanta, GA 30322 US
Phone: (404) 778-3875
/OC Spectrum
Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visits/ERP/CBT

Dr. Helen G. Jenne, PsyD, ABPP
3495 Piedmont Road, NE
Bldg 12 - Suite 407
Atlanta, GA 30305 US
Phone: (404).419.6282
Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Disorder/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/AcceptsMedi caid/ERP/CBT

Pamela G. Dorsett, PsyD
6000 Lake Forest Dr
Suite 103
Atlanta, GA 30328 US
Phone: (404).256.9325
Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Graduate of BTI Hoarding Institute/Home Visits/ERP/CBT

Sheryl K. Pruitt, M.Ed
Parkaire Consultants Inc.
4939 Lower Roswell Road
Bldg C - # 201
Atlanta, GA 30068 US
Phone: (770).578.1519
Child/Adol/Adults/Graduate of Hoarding BTI/OC Spectrum Disorder/ BDD/Sliding Scale/Therapy Group/CBT
Note: works under the supervision of neuropsychologist

Rebecca Beaton, MD
The Anxiety & Stress Mgt Institute
1640 Powers Ferry Rd
Bldg 9-100
Atlanta, GA 30067 US
Phone: (770).953.0080
Fax: (770).953.0031
Child/Adol/Adults/Medication/OC Spectrum Disorders/BDD/Trichotillomania/ Hoarding/Home Visits/Sliding Scale/Support Group/ERP/CBT

Rena Zweben, PhD
Suite 201
3115 Roswell Road
Marietta, GA 30062 US
Phone: (678).560.7755
Fax: (678).560.9976
Child/Adol/Adults/OC Spectrum Disorders/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ERP/ CBT

Saundra Schoicket, PhD
Spalding Exchange - Suite 200
3949 Holcomb Bridge Road
Norcross, GA 30092 US
Phone: (770) 840-9203
Fax: (770) 840-0394
Child/Adol/Adult/OC Spectrum Disorder/BDD/Trichotillomania/Hoarding/ Home Visit/Medicaid/CBT/ERP

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