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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm the "mayonnaise jar lid" PP above.  Problem is I live 750 miles away and no siblings..  I go there about every 6 weeks and toss what I can out of their apartment, but their house is in a gated community, and they cancelled the garbage service, so I'd have to either take it myself to a dump or hire someone to take it away. Believe me I have done the routine of sneaking a couple hefty bags of trash into dumpsters at a local gas station! Ugh. 
I, too,,have made the vow not to do is to my kids. Sadly it looks like the hoarding has skipped a generation, I see tendencies of it in one of my kids. [/quote]

When the time comes, either when you parents die or you need to sell the house to pay to care for them, there are hoarding clean up companies. It will take some days and several thousand dollars, but you don't have to do it yourself--heck, I would argue there is no reasonable way you could do it yourself. I have been through such a clean up for a relative, and the clean up company was a god send.

Meanwhile, get your kid some help. If you are in DC, the Behavioral Therapy Center of Greater Washington is a place to start.[/quote]

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