Adam Boyd wasn’t sure why his calls, texts and emails were going unanswered as he tried to reach someone, anyone, at Community Living B.C. to discuss the health of his brother, Hudson.

Boyd said his mother, who serves as Hudson’s caregiver, has had repeated hospitalizations in recent years — 10 over the past two years — and wasn’t able to care for Hudson, who is severely autistic.

He said his brother’s health started to suffer as a result, leading to Hudson developing extreme cellulitis and ulcers in his legs in April.

CLBC contracts out responsibility for the day program that Hudson goes to in Coquitlam to the Community Integrated Services Society, and Boyd said the provincial Crown corporation should have been aware of both their mother’s hospitalizations and the health problems Hudso

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