The woman who was supposed to be caring for Florence Girard before she died of starvation in 2018 says Girard would go into a ...

Florence Girard's caregiver has told a British Columbia coroner's inquest she was deterred from getting help before Girard starved to death by policies about respecting the rights of people living ...

The jury in the Florence Girard coroner's inquest has made 13 recommendations to prevent similar deaths of vulnerable ...

An inquest into the death of a woman with Down syndrome who died in a caretaker's home has concluded her death was a homicide ...

The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the ...

Cary Chiu, the province’s advocate for service quality, says more money needs to be paid to those offering care in their ...

Maniezzo has told the inquest that the trip was to acquaint caretaker Astrid Dahl with Kinsight staff taking over the file, and at the time “there were not alarm bells that were ringing” to go ...

Astrid Dahl was supposed to be caring for Florence Girard when the 54-year-old woman died of malnourishment and starvation in October 2018, weighing only 50.6 pounds. On Tuesday, Dahl testified ...

Astrid Dahl also criticized the homecare organization she worked for when Girard, who had Down syndrome, starved to death in her care in 2018, telling a coroner’s inquest that Kinsight Community ...

In 2022, Girard’s caregiver, Astrid Dahl, was found guilty in B.C. Supreme Court of failing to provide the “necessaries of life” to Girard. She was found not guilty of criminal negligence.

A coroner's inquest jury looking into the starvation death of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome has ruled her death a homicide ...

The caretaker convicted for her part in the starvation death of Florence Girard told a coroner’s inquest in British Columbia Wednesday that she wouldn’t have gone into home care had she known ...