About

At Clearout NI we believe in creating business value and social value hand in hand. Having a positive social and environmental impact in our local community is a core aim of everything that we do.

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We do this by helping clients suffering from Chronic Disorganisation, Self-Neglect and Hoarding Behaviours to regain control of their lives. We help clients become more responsible and contribute in society, becoming better tenants, neighbours and giving back to our community.

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We devise practical solutions for Tenants, Landlords, Home Owners and Housing Associations to deal with the underlying mental health and addiction issues that often surround our Clients.

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We aim to collaborate successfully in a multi-agency approach to tackling the anti-social behaviour of hoarding. We help home owners and self-funded applicants with individually tailored packages, and social housing tenants with our Tenancy Sustainment Packages. We aim to reduce the risk of eviction and the escalating costs across multiple agencies when eviction is actioned.

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Chronic Disorganisation:

• Chronic Disorganisation is a real thing. As a member of the Institute for Challenging Disorganisation, we stay up to date with current science and training in this area. 

• Sometimes additional burdens in a Client's life (caring responsibilities, bereavement, family breakdown or long-working hours etc) mean that keeping the home tidy has become overwhelming and before long the home has become extremely disorganised.

• Depression can be a major factor in homes that present with extremely disorganised living conditions

• Chronic Disorganisation can be a factor in the lives of people suffering with other mental and physical conditions such as ASD, ADD, ADHD, Dyspraxia, Fibromyalgia and many more.

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Self-Neglect:

• Symptoms of Self-Neglect include infrequent washing / self-care, unclean appearance, unclean clothes, piles of rubbish within the home, untreated pest infestations and more.

• Self-Neglect may or may not include hoarding behaviours. Hoarding is the emotional attachment placed on items with a failure to discard appropriately. Sometimes someone who is Self-neglecting may accept interventions when offered and when the discarding is suggested they might not resist. 

• Extreme Self-Neglect has been referred to as Diogenes Syndrome which includes the hoarding aspect and a level of squalor that significantly impacts on the person's wellbeing, in this situation the discarding is often resisted.

• Depression and Addiction can be a large factor in a Self-Neglect situation, it can also occur as a result of Dementia, Brain damage, Depression and Psychotic Disorders

• When treating Self-Neglect we try to replace the unhealthy attachment to objects with healthy interaction and relationships to people and community

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Hoarding Disorder:

• Not everyone living in chronic disorganisation has the mental illness known as 'Hoarding Disorder'

• The World Health Organisation recognised 'Hoarding Disorder' as a mental illness in 2018:

"Hoarding disorder is characterised by accumulation of possessions that results in living spaces becoming cluttered to the point that their use or safety is compromised. Accumulation occurs due to both repetitive urges or behaviours related to amassing items and difficulty discarding possessions due to a perceived need to save items and distress associated with discarding them. The symptoms result in significant distress or significant impairment in personal, family, social, educational, occupational or other important areas of functioning."

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• The American Psychiatric Association has recognised Hoarding Disorder since 2013 in the 'Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders' (DSM-5), it includes the compulsive behaviours aspects of accumulating and inability to discard.

• Hoarding presents a risk of fire, squalor, infestation and/or structural collapse and the subsequent cost of dealing with this can run to thousands of pounds