Mother wins battle to have 24/7 care for disabled teenager

Social Development Minister Michelle Stilwell has ordered a government agency to reinstate around-the-clock care for a 19-year-old Victoria woman with a severe developmental disability.

The move comes after Community Living B.C. announced in April that it was cutting Katrina Lavery’s at-home care from 24 hours a day to 16 — the same day her mother, Margaret Lavery, rejected a group home placement as potentially unsafe.

See the Times Colonist Story