6. Understanding Hoarding Related to Mental Health in Older Adults

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Hoarding disorder can develop at any age, but the prevalence of hoarding disorder diagnoses increases by 20% with every 5 years of age. Individuals with hoarding disorder are also likely to experience other mental health conditions, and it can be a challenge to know what steps to take to provide support. This session will provide a better understanding of hoarding and what a task force is doing to address it.

Eligible for 1 CE with live participation

Catherine Ayers, PhD, ABPP

Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

UC San Diego

Catherine Ayers, Ph.D., ABPP is a Section Chief at the VA San Diego Healthcare System (VASDHS), Professor in the University of California San Diego (UCSD) Department of Psychiatry, and faculty member in the San Diego State University (SDSU)/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology. She is the Chair of the San Diego County Older Adult Council. Her research is focused on the characterization, treatment development, and community intervention implementation for older adults with hoarding disorder. She has published over 85 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on late life hoarding. Her research has been funded by the International OCD Foundation, County of San Diego, and Department of Veterans Affairs. Recently, her research has focused on delivery of personalized treatments, digital delivery, loneliness, and functional interventions for hoarding.

Tamar Cooper, LISW-S

Director of Behavioral Health Services, Benjamin Rose

Co-leads the Hoarding Connection

Tamar Cooper is the Director of Behavioral Health Services for the Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging in Cleveland, Ohio. She has spent over 30 years working in the social work field in Ohio and Kentucky focusing her clinical and administrative skills on advocating for and addressing the mental health needs of those in underserved communities. Ms. Cooper has been with Benjamin Rose for 15 years. She serves on numerous committees throughout Cuyahoga County and is a recognized public speaker on mental health topics that provide training, education, and raise awareness about the needs and rights of people with mental health disorders.

Ms. Cooper holds a Master of Social Service Administration degree from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio.

Bobbi

Participant

Benjamin Rose

Bobbi will share her personal experience with animal hoarding and how the services received through Benjamin Rose have helped her.

Mary Dozier (Moderator)

Assistant Professor

Mississippi State University

Mary E. Dozier, Ph.D., is a licensed clinical psychologist and a tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at Mississippi State University. She completed her graduate work at the San Diego State University/University of California, San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology in 2019, following a one-year clinical internship with a geropsychology emphasis at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System. She has over 40 peer-reviewed publications on the characterization, assessment, and treatment of hoarding disorder across the lifespan and her work has been funded by the American Psychological Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health.