Environmental Scan: Building More Effective, Coordinated Models of Care (Massachusetts Hoarding Resource Network)

MHRN was established in 2025 to develop hoarding support and expand homelessness prevention for older adults in diverse communities across the Commonwealth. With support from a state Healthy Aging grant, MHRN led focus groups, key informant interviews, and an online survey to identify system strengths, gaps, and needs related to supporting people with hoarding conditions to live healthy lives in the community.

The scan centers the voices of those with the most intimate knowledge of hoarding conditions: people with lived experience, who shed light on the reasons people accumulate too much stuff and what helps people recover.

The scan noted the need for specialized and in-home support; coordinated systems; earlier and ongoing intervention, community driven support and access to information. Read more in the full report.