Welcome to the March edition of the newsletter for CRTS™ certificants!
Medication Safety: 3 Tips for Decluttering Your Medication List
Medication lists are like coffee tables. First, you just place the TV remote on it. Then, maybe next week you place that book you were catching up on. Then the week after, it’s one more thing. Before you know it, your coffee table is cluttered with things.
Like coffee tables, it’s easy for your medication regimen to slowly become cluttered over the years.
Hoarding Disorder
Hoarding disorder is an ongoing difficulty throwing away or parting with possessions because you believe that you need to save them. You may experience distress at the thought of getting rid of the items. You gradually keep or gather a huge number of items, regardless of their actual value.
Hoarding often creates extremely cramped living conditions with only narrow pathways winding through stacks of clutter.
Hoarding Diagnosis and Tests
People with hoarding disorder rarely seek help on their own. Concerned friends or family members often reach out to a professional to help a loved one with the condition.
Contact a healthcare provider or mental health professional if hoarding makes a living situation unhealthy or unsafe for you or someone you know.