No project this big can be accomplished alone. We are fortunate to have had the support of those closest to us as we worked to bring this book to completion. Deepest gratitude goes to our families for allowing us the time to work on this project. We’d also like to acknowledge the many professional colleagues whose work continues to inspire us and our elderly patients who have motivated us. Finally, we wish to thank Victor Van Beuren, the acquisitions editor from the American Diabetes Association for planting the seed for this book. Without his kind and gentle support over the past few years, this project would not have been possible.