Inquest into B.C. woman's starvation death recommends better pay for front-line caregivers
The jury in the Florence Girard coroner's inquest has made 13 recommendations to prevent similar deaths of vulnerable ...
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Carer says rules deterred her from getting help for B.C. woman who starved to death
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 ...
Meltdowns prevented doctor visits, caregiver tells inquest into disabled woman's starvation death
The woman who was supposed to be caring for Florence Girard before she died of starvation in 2018 says Girard would go into a ...
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Florence Girard was 55 pounds when she starved in home-share. Her sister wants change
My sister hadn't seen a dentist in five years, a doctor in four years," she said. Tamara Taggart, the president of Down Syndrome B.C., an advocacy organization created after Girard died, said there ...
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The Power of Women in Philanthropy
Delta Hospital and Community Health Foundation proudly announces the inaugural Power of Women in Philanthropy luncheon, a ...
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‘We failed her’: CEO apologizes as B.C. starvation inquest seeks pay boost for carers
The head of a Crown corporation that funded the care of a B.C. woman with Down syndrome who died of starvation said the ...
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Inquest hears about the lack of B.C. support for Down syndrome families
Tamara Taggart told an inquest into Florence Girard’s death that parents and caretakers are under heavy financial pressure to provide services such as speech therapy, which can be life-altering for ...