I don't think he was getting too much help. Things that spinal cord injured patients are in need of would take a day to list. My niece works in a hospital with all kinds of paitients that will never move again...she does physiotherapy with all of them. They need to have legs and arms massaged 3xdaily so they muscles don't atrophy or go into spasms. Someone has to feed, wash, etc all these patients. These are only the tip of the iceberg. And to convert a home to get some of these patients back home are exorbitant to say the least.
Given the choice most would prefer a normal life livng in poverty.