Lesley Machon and Dr. Noelle O’Riordan
Lesley Machon is a community chaplain specializing in palliative care and a high school English teacher in Calgary, Canada. Through literature, she invites students into conversations about life, death, and dignity.
Dr. Noelle O’Riordan is an Irish family physician practicing in Calgary, Alberta, with extensive experience in rural medicine. Beyond her family practice, she also cares for patients in elder care homes, where listening to residents’ life stories continues to shape her understanding of aging, dignity, and the human dimensions of medical care.
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ELDER CARE | The Last Chapter Isn’t Over
"People need a function, he believes. And he has always been functional, no one can take that away from him." — Fredrik Backman, A... Read More