Krista Maniezzo, who was the Kinsight Community Society shared-living co-ordinator, told a coroner's inquest into Girard's death that while there was "nothing outrageous," caretaker Astrid Dahl was also increasingly resistant to new care requirements introduced a few years before the woman died.

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.

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 under their home-sharing arrangement.

Florence Girard's caregiver told the coroner's inquest she had to reduce the frequency of pain medication and switch to a cheaper, less potent painkiller partially because Kinsight Community Society didn't pay for the prescribed medicine.