Future Directions for Geriatric Anesthesiology

: With a rapidly aging world population, it is critical for physicians of every specialty to adapt the ways they provide medical and perioperative care to patients. Older adults represent the largest population of health care users, and they have very different needs and preferences compared with their younger counterparts. In this article, the authors discuss some of the current gaps in geriatric anesthesia and perioperative care, as they elaborate on what can be expected in the near future at different levels of the health care system: the patient, the environment, and the anesthesia specialty.