Mother appeals to State to help care for disabled son
Helen Collender has spent 30 years asking a simple question of the State, the Department of Health and the South Eastern Health Board. “I’ve been asking the question - what will become of Vincent if I go?” she said. “To date, I’ve had no response.”
Vincent’s disability is so profound he can’t speak, has no use of his limbs, is not toilet trained and sleeps in a cot. Each day the 34-year-old’s elderly mother is helped to wash, dress and feed him.