18/09/2026
๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฒ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ.
Our Assistant Director of Family Service, Jeannie Teo, shared our team's frontline insights on hoarding in both 8่ง็ๆฐ้ปๆฐๅ ๅก 8world News and CNA and the key message is this: clearing a home is only the beginning.
Across our three Family Service Centres, roughly 3 in 5 hoarding cases re-hoard after being cleared. That's because the real issue isnโt the clutter, itโs the deep personal value and meaning people ascribe to their possessions, which makes letting go of them feel impossible.
That's why our social workers don't just focus on the clutter. They take time to understand the person behind it, build trust, and take a phasal approach by working through the home in negotiated steps with the resident. Sometimes, that starts as simply as clearing a pathway to the toilet. Small steps, but ones the resident has agreed to and is ready for that leads to lasting change.
๐ Watch and read the full feature on 8World News: https://www.8world.com/singapore/reasons-behind-severe-hoarding-3276636
๐ Watch and read the CNA features here: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/hoarding-long-term-community-support-key-charities-6388331
