Daytime Patient Care Point of View of Palliative Patient Relatives

Abstract Objective:Day Care Centers offer a new alternative to health services for both palliative patients and their care givers (especially working care givers). Patients are takenfrom their homes to these care-giving centers during the daytime, and in the evening theyare returned to their families. In recent years, the importance of day care services hasalso increased with the increasing interest in home care. The purpose of our work; , reveal the perspectives of relatives of patients in the palliative patient care givers towardsthe day care centers Methods:In this descriptive study, a questionnaire with 13 items was applied to thecare givers of the palliative care service patients in U？ak Training and Research Hospital to revieal their point of view towards the day care centers during december 2017 tofebruary 2018. Conclusion:Daytime patient care centers are becoming increasingly widespread inthe world because the care givers are able to continue attending their jobs and spend time with their patients at the same time. In our work, it is clearly seen that, even when thecare givers learn about the day care centers for the first time, they state that they would prefer to use these services