The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren't made to how people ...
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 ...
The society behind the home-share arrangement for Florence Girard, took the stand and one of the people tasked with monitoring her admitted that mistakes were made.
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 ...
Astrid Dahl also criticized the homecare organization she worked for when Girard, who had Down syndrome, starved to death in ...
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 ...
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 ...
A coroner's inquest jury looking into the starvation death of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome has ruled her death a homicide ...
A former co-ordinator at the homecare organization overseeing Florence Girard's care says interactions with the woman's caretaker grew more challenging before Girard's starvation death in 2018.