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The coroner’s inquest into the death of Florence Girard in 2018 continued on Thursday.
The society behind the home-share arrangement for Girard took the stand and one of the people tasked with monitoring her admitted that mistakes were made.
Girard had lived with her caretaker Astrid Dahl for about eight years as a part of the residential home-sharing agreement, overseen by the non-profit Kinsight Community Society, which is a non-profit contracted by Community Living BC.
Dahl testified on Wednesday that Kinsight offered no guidance or support.
Kinsight workers were at Dahl’s home two months before Girard, who had Down syndrome, starved to death but admitted they never checked on her.
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At that time, Dahl was set to care for a new person who was getting welcomed into the home.
Former Kinsight coordinator, Krista Maniezzo, testified on Thursday that Dahl has been harder to reach after …