[Changes in social psychological and functional variables among older people attending a day care center].

Background: Older people attending day care centers improve their social activities, perception of quality of life and reduce their institutionalization rate and risk of mortality in the medium term.

Aim: To evaluate the changes in the integral geriatric assessment and frailty of a group of older people attending a day care center in Santiago.

Material And Methods: Health self-perception, integral geriatric assessment, Barthel scale, frailty indicators, mini-mental state scale, Yesavage depression score and a scale about solitude perception were evaluated in 35 participants aged 73 ± 6 years on admission and at discharge from a day care center for older people.