[2][3] In late 2007 a friend of Collins's, Tom Trudeau, answered an ad on Craigslist for a caregiver to a 92-year-old woman from Austria who lived in Cheviot Hills, Los Angeles.

[5] It also depicts Altmann and her family’s relationships with an array of figures such as Joan Sutherland, Walter Slezak, Hedy Lamarr, Placido Domingo, Danny Thomas, Gary Cooper, Ezio Pinza, Paul Henreid and others, and Altmann and her husband Fritz's escape from Austria during the Anschluss, fleeing through Holland, England and Massachusetts, and their eventual nesting in Los Angeles.

[11] Collins has spoken at various public venues around the world sharing his experience as Altmann's caregiver, including Richmond's Tuckahoe Woman's Club, The Brotherhood Synagogue in Greenwich Village, Herndon ArtSpace,[12] Austrian Cultural Forum New York,[13] the San Miguel de Allende Jewish Cultural Center, and in private residences in multiple countries.

He has been the keynote speaker at functions at Crown Melbourne, Central Synagogue, Sydney, and the Bendat Centre in Perth, all sponsored by the Women's International Zionist Organization.

[14][15][16] The Accidental Caregiver stageplay premiered at the Robert Moss Theater in New York City on January 26, 2015, and was directed by British theatre director Alice Kornitzer.