[Dr. Lee Ann] Lindquist, chief of geriatrics at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine, wondered if people could become better prepared for such emergencies, and so she designed a research project to find out. The result is a unique website which helps older adults plan for predictable problems during what Lindquist calls the “last quarter of life” — roughly, from age 75 on. … This isn’t end-of-life planning; it’s planning for the period before the end, when health problems become more common. (Graham, 3/9) Read more..