All caregivers, including anesthesiologists, should be knowledgeable of at least some aspects of aging in order to provide intelligent modification of their standard practice (Rooke GA. Anesthesia for the older patient. In: Barash PG, Cullen BF, Stoelting RK, Cahalan MK, Ortega R, Stock MC, eds.Clinical Anesthesia. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2013:891–904).