The daily center care on impact of family burden.

Estimations indicate that a member of the family defined as caregiver nurses 80% of the patients affected by dementia in Italy at home. The term care giving refers to activities and experiences able to provide help and assistance to relatives or friends who are unable to live on their own. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of day-care center for patients affected by dementia and behavioral symptoms on burden perceived by caregiver.