title: Multidisciplinary team perspectives on older adult hoarding and mental illness.
abstract: This qualitative study examined multidisciplinary team members' perspectives of their involvement in older adult hoarding cases. Fifteen informants, as representatives of four hoarding teams, described cases in which teams did or did not work well together. Specifically, informants described their (a) team characteristics, (b) awareness of hoarding as a mental health illness, (c) barriers to providing mental health services for older adults who hoard, and (d) components of successful teamwork within the team and with the older adult as hoarder. Implications include research to better guide interventions, team training to develop common perspectives, and policy development that supports mental health representation on teams and in-home mental health treatment.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Welfare, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66044, USA. tkoenig@ku.edu
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: Matthew R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Leiste
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Spano
authors.forename: Rosemary K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Chapin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D006299:Health Services for the Aged / Q000458:organization & administration; D060845:Hoarding / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D020380:Needs Assessment; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D036301:Qualitative Research; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012737:Sex Factors