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National Study Group on Chronic
Disorganization
Clutter Assessment Questionnaire
Please answer YES or NO to the following questions.
Your responses will help determine the scope of the clutter in your
home.
Structure
• Does your clutter block your exits?
• Can you fully open every exit door in your home?
• Can you fully open every interior room door to the fullest
width?
• Are you storing stuff in a bathtub or shower?
• Are all your kitchen household appliances working?
Household Functions
• Do you sleep in your bed?
• Do you cook in your kitchen?
• Can you use all your bathrooms in your home?
• Where (what room or area), do you eat your meals in?
• Have you ever tripped over your household clutter?
• Can you enter all your rooms and access all the windows
to open or shut them?
• Can you open and access all the closet doors either sliding
or walk in?
• How many rooms do you store your clothes in?
• Do you have a room you are unable to use or enter due to
clutter?
Pets and Rodents
• Do you have more than three dogs? (guideline within most
local animal control ordinances)
• Do you have more than five household cats?
• Do any of your pets have regular “accidents”?
• Do you have any non-domestic pets?
• Do you have any problem with ants, spiders, roaches, moths?
• Do you have any issues with pests such as bats, squirrels,
rats or mice within your home, including basement or attic?
Sanitation and Cleanliness
• Do you have visible mold or mildew on your walls, floors
or ceiling?
• Have you or someone else dusted your home within the last
month?
• Have you or someone else vacuumed or swept all of the floors
within your home within the last month?
• Have you or someone else cleaned and washed down your kitchen
and food preparation surfaces within the last week?
• Do you empty your household trash cans weekly to the exterior
trash receptacles?
What is Chronic Disorganization?
Chronic Disorganization is having a past history of disorganization
in which self-help efforts to change have failed, current quality
of life is affected by disorganization, and there is an expectation
of future disorganization.
Professional Organizers are a helpful onsite resource
and overall clutter project manager for the client with cluttering
issues. For more information about Professional Organizers specializing
in Chronic Disorganization, please visit www.nsgcd.org . The National
Study Group on Chronic Disorganization offers fact sheets and referrals,
as well as publications for the general public and technical publications
for related professionals.
Related professionals the NSGCD interacts with include:
• Psychologists
• Health Department Professionals
• Planning and Zoning (Code Enforcement) Professionals
• Social Workers
The NSGCD has developed a Clutter-Hoarding Scale with five distinct
levels of clutter to help professional organizers and related professionals
assess clutter onsite in homes in industrialized countries. Please
note this specialized technical publication is designed for professionals
and not for the client. To order the NSGCD Clutter – Hoarding
Scale, please visit the Members and Related Professionals Publication
section on the NSGCD website and view their publications at www.nsgcd.org/pubs_p.html.
The NSGCD is a non-profit 501 C3 organization with a mission to
educate professional organizers and related professionals on the
issues of Chronic Disorganization.
NSGCD Related Professional Fact Sheet – 101
(10-03 )
© 2003 NSGCD – This fact sheet may be reprinted and reproduced
providing copyright is noted.
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