Kirk, You probally won't believe this. But in 1988 I got a call from a aunt of mine. She wanted to know if I and my truck. Would go with her and her husband to a old lady family friends house and sort her things out. I went and saw quite a unforgetable sight.
Her THINGS in her house was WORSE than the pictures you have on strikepoint. The old friend hadn't thrown anything away since the 1920's. There was everything from you name it to 7 dead cats. She had to sleep on the floor. Because she could not get to or use her bed. Stuff was piled on it, to the ceiling. Like everything else.
When the old friend went to a rest home. At about the same time. The house was bulldozed down and hauled off. Instead of trying to repair it. It was beyond repair.
Where do you and the old man live. If it is not to far I will come to help you.
Dan