Florence Girard was so small when she died that she "looked like a child" in her casket, according to her sister, Sharon ...
The woman who was supposed to be caring for Florence Girard before she died of starvation in 2018 says Girard would go into a "meltdown" every time she was supposed to go to the doctor or receive ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cary Chiu, the province’s advocate for service quality, says more money needs to be paid to those offering care in their ...
WARNING: The details in this story may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. A caregiver who was charged in the death of a woman with Down syndrome in her care took the stand at a ...
The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the ...
The caretaker convicted for her part in the starvation death of Florence Girard told a coroner's inquest in British Columbia ...
I think they deserve reasonable compensation for what they do.” The inquest was told Thursday that Astrid Dahl’s pay to look after Girard was $2,219 a month, which included $400 that she was ...
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 ...