“…Other than the qualitative study by Brown and McCormack (2006), which indicated elderly patients seemed overwhelmed by the technology, this is the fi rst study to evaluate PCA device use in the elderly. Similar to studies in adults and children ( Bainbridge et al, 2006 ;Chang & Cho, 2012 ;Chumbley et al, 2002 ;Dalury et al, 2012 ;Helfand & Freeman, 2009 ;Hudcova et al, 2006 ;Lewis et al, 2012 ;Meftah et al, 2012 ;Miaskowski, 2005 ;Wu et al, 2005 ), we found our elderly patients to be knowledgeable about the PCA device and how to use it, with the exception of medication frequency.…”