APPENDICES
Incidences of Squalor and Hoarding are highly complex and transpire for a number of different reasons. They often involve hidden and secretive behaviours and will require highly skilled and knowledgeable workers to provide interventions which are both effective and sustainable.
This section aims to provide access to documents, tools and information which can assist in easing the enormity of the tasks associated with a Squalor and/or Hoarding intervention. These documents have been supplied to act as both educational and practical tools for both workers and community members addressing situations of Squalor and Hoarding.
1. Partnerships against homelessness:
Guidelines for Field Staff to Assist People Living in Squalor
These Guidelines are designed to assist field staff of various government and non-government agencies to constructively intervene, and improve the situation of people who are living in severe domestic squalor. The intention is to improve the efficiency, speed of action and coordination of work between relevant agencies, resulting in improved health and quality of life for individuals who have been living in severe domestic squalor.
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2. Severe Domestic Squalor Assessment and Referral Priority Data
This is the referral form currently used by the Catholic Community Services Severe Domestic Squalor Project. It is designed to procure vital information regarding the personal well being of an individual living in a squalid or cluttered environment as well as essential information regarding the state of the environment itself. The form is used to prioritise interventions and determine essential data.
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3. Environmental Cleanliness and Clutter Scale
Halliday G, Snowdon J (2009). The Environmental Cleanliness and Clutter Scale. International Psychogeriatrics 21, 1041-1050. The Environments Cleanliness and Clutter Scale (ECCS) is a tool which was developed by John Snowdon and Graeme Halliday and is reproduced here with the kind permission of the “International Psychogeriatrics” Journal. The ECCS scale was developed to rate the degree and various aspects of uncleanliness will facilitate description and research in cases of severe domestic squalor. This tool provides an important method for determining the severity of a situation of Squalor and Hoarding. It is recommended that the tool be completed by more than one party to increase the likelihood of subjectivity.
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