[guernseysnail]

Did anyone else watch this last night? I watched most of it but missed the end, did the elderly lady featured at the start manage to sort any of her stuff out, or was she a lost cause?

[mourinhosmissus]

I watched it.

The elderly lady allowed her hallway to be cleared (although not entirely) and even cleared a pathway up the stairs so that the presenter could go up and see the state of the bedrooms and bathroom.

At the end of the programme it stated that the local council had offered to temporarily re-house her while her house was cleared and she agreed to it but we didn't see the final result, which is a shame really. I wonder if future episodes will give us updates?

[Natalie_Cranny]

I watched it too - and found it incredibly emotional. When Olive was talking about Roland - her fiance - I was in tears.

It's just heart-breaking that this poor 87 year old lady was literally alone in the world.

I hope she gets the help she needs.

[AngiBear]

I watched some of it but realise that every hoarders show that Jasmine makes she will always feature her mum in it.
I did see that Andy Honey, the man who helped Olive recycle some of her cans was on it. He became a hoarding counsellor after he helped and moved into Richard Wallace's other house.

http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/M...#axzz2SsBrCSZY

[guernseysnail]

Originally Posted by mourinhosmissus

I watched it.

The elderly lady allowed her hallway to be cleared (although not entirely) and even cleared a pathway up the stairs so that the presenter could go up and see the state of the bedrooms and bathroom.

At the end of the programme it stated that the local council had offered to temporarily re-house her while her house was cleared and she agreed to it but we didn't see the final result, which is a shame really. I wonder if future episodes will give us updates?

Thanks...I did wonder why a lady of her years plus her failing eyesight was left in a council house without any help..Although I did hear them say she had be moved into temporary accomodation before.

[BinCat]

The elderly lady basically just seemed to be moving her hoard into the tent they'd put in the garden. she didn't seem to have any intention of getting rid of any of it!

Anyway at 87, does it matter? As long as her house is safe for her to climb the stairs and sleep and eat, she should be left how she wants. She seemed happy enough going about her business, "recycling" and it was amazing how much money she's raised for charity over the years, bless her.

[offtotheraces]

Not another programme about hoarding! What is it with TV stations being so obsessed with it these last few years?

I'd like to see less programmes about hoarding, which have become tedious in the extreme now, and more about some of the poorer represented mental illnesses.

I look forward to this particular broadcasting fad coming to an end. Interesting at first, but now it truly is the dead horse.

[tuppencehapenny]

I did find this more believable than the C4 series where the Greek chap (forgotten his name) identifies a trauma which the hoarding is a consequence of, gives a session or two of therapy, the de-clutterers arrive, and bingo! all is well. This programme gave more of a sense that the condition is more complex than that, and the solution long-term and always on-going.

[AngiBear]

Originally Posted by tuppencehapenny

I did find this more believable than the C4 series where the Greek chap (forgotten his name) identifies a trauma which the hoarding is a consequence of, gives a session or two of therapy, the de-clutterers arrive, and bingo! all is well. This programme gave more of a sense that the condition is more complex than that, and the solution long-term and always on-going.

I think Stelios Kiosses, the Greek chap gives his hoarders at least 6 weeks of treatment though but I think we only get to see the small snippets of therapy then the final outcome to make the programme fit into an hour. Maybe if they focused on one hoarder and the journey they went on this would be more practical to show everything though. I think loads of people would like to see it in more detail than has been shown, me included.

[ntscuser]

Did anyone learn a single thing from this programme that they didn't already know from having watched countless others exactly like it?

[offtotheraces]

Originally Posted by ntscuser

Did anyone learn a single thing from this programme that they didn't already know from having watched countless others exactly like it?

Exactly. There are so many other illnesses in need of exposure and understanding. Why the bizarre obsession with just hoarding?

[theia]

Originally Posted by offtotheraces

Exactly. There are so many other illnesses in need of exposure and understanding. Why the bizarre obsession with just hoarding?

I was thinking the same...why hoarding?

[offtotheraces]

Originally Posted by theia

I was thinking the same...why hoarding?

I find it strange the media seem to be so obsessed with it. The only really good programmes I've seen about hoarding are A&E'S "Hoarders" - and even that's gone downhill as it has become stale - and the "My Hoarder Mum & Me" programme.

Time to highlight other mental illnesses, surely? Please?

[chloeb]

jasmine has been part of the 'campaign' to get hoarding recognised as a mental health issue.
Her doc with her mum & her brother last year was very moving.

The only issue I had with the old lady was her safety, did you see the pile she had to climb to get to bed!! And where did she go to the loo, she had no bathroom or running water...

[offtotheraces]

Originally Posted by chloeb

jasmine has been part of the 'campaign' to get hoarding recognised as a mental health issue.
Her doc with her mum & her brother last year was very moving.

Jasmine's campagin is admirable but we still don't need this flood of programmes about it. One or two would have been plenty to raise the profile of hoarding.

I suppose I'm just annoyed at the way some illnesses become "trendy". Remember when every zeleb and their dog had bi-polar? It really annoys me and makes it even more difficult for mental health issues to be taken seriously.

[wilehelmas]

Olive's a legend. So sharp.

I hope they let her take Toby to her new council home.

The programme was fascinating in that this is obviously a bigger problem than first realised. Mr Trebus set the standard years ago but everyone just thought he was a one off.

If you notice, as soon as these people get human contact from the outside world, they often start to break down. It's almost as if they've coccooned themselves in to keep the world out. A lot of the time all they seem to need are friends and people to care about them/make the effort to go round and give them a bit of a push.

[ntscuser]

Channel 4's The Hoarder Next Door is at least mildly entertaining and informative. Britain's Biggest Hoarders is just depressing and voyeuristic. I had to pause it on several occasions as it was too much misery to absorb in one viewing.

[linfran]

The only thing these programmes serve to do is to make one feel less bad about one's own relatively minor clutter.

That said, they do provide something of an incentive not to hoard obsessively.

[theia]

Originally Posted by offtotheraces

Jasmine's campagin is admirable but we still don't need this flood of programmes about it. One or two would have been plenty to raise the profile of hoarding.

I suppose I'm just annoyed at the way some illnesses become "trendy". Remember when every zeleb and their dog had bi-polar? It really annoys me and makes it even more difficult for mental health issues to be taken seriously.

Your last paragraph again echoes just what I think...we must be related!!

[guernseysnail]

Anyone else watching tonight?

[OnexOne]

yip, i actually feel for some of the people that suffer from it! ive got 1 room that seems like hoarding stuff! lol, will try tosort it at the weekend when im off work! (been saying that for years ) lol

[guernseysnail]

Originally Posted by OnexOne

yip, i actually feel for some of the people that suffer from it! ive got 1 room that seems like hoarding stuff! lol, will try tosort it at the weekend when im off work! (been saying that for years ) lol

I'm only allowed to hoard in my attic!

[alkrington girl]

Oh dear I feel ill looking at his fridge freezer

[guernseysnail]

Oh dear, Jeff's fridge freezer is due for a clean.

[chloeb]

Originally Posted by guernseysnail

Anyone else watching tonight?

Yes, Geoff is lovely isn't he, but he is suffering