B.C. inquest hears of missed chance to avert starvation death of woman in home care

A former co-ordinator at the organization that oversaw Florence Girard’s home care before she starved to death in October 2018 says “hindsight is 20/20″ looking back at a missed opportunity to avert the tragedy.Krista Maniezzo, who was the shared-living co-ordinator at Kinsight Community Society, told a coroner’s inquest that she did not go to see Girard in her room during her last visit to the home that August.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 upstairs and check on Girard, who had Down syndrome.