Membership in the International Exchange on Hoarding website requires an individual to be a professional person helping people with hoarding disorder (including animal hoarding). The person may currently be a member of a hoarding task force or other similar organization, or is seeking to develop a coordinated, collaborative effort to address hoarding in their local community. Click Here to Register!
List of professionals who may become members of this website include (but are not exclusive to) the following:
- Protective Service Workers
- Animal Control Officers
- Code Enforcement Officials
- Vector Control Officers
- Senior/Elder Service Providers
- Health Care Providers
- Mental Health Providers
- Environmental Health Providers
- Fire Department Representatives
- Housing Representatives
- Professional Organizers
- Biohazard Cleaning Companies
- Attorneys—Prosecutors/Legal Aid/Public Defenders/Elder Law
- Researchers & Educators
Why Membership?
We want to create a safe place where we can share ideas, some tested, some not, for consideration without critique or attack from individuals and organizations who might not fully understand or appreciate our intentions.
Individuals who are not registered members are restricted to viewing the public areas of this website, specifically the Welcome page, About This Site, the Listing of Hoarding Task Forces, Event Calendar, and, the individual Hoarding Task Force web pages that are hosted by this website.
Benefits of Membership
Members will be able to view and post Resources, Links, and participate in the Discussion Forum. In the Discussion Forum, individuals will be able to network with others concerning the development and on-going work of hoarding task forces. This includes the sharing of ideas, successes, policies, procedures and protocols, the ability to post questions and provide answers, and contribute to the growing field of knowledge concerning community interventions with people who hoard. Members will also be able to post and review articles and resources, hoarding related events, and publish a no-cost webpage for their local task force or collaborative. To enhance networking, Members will also have access to background and contact information as provided by fellow members who participate in this site.