Family Caregivers of Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases: Life Challenge

Aging is a continuous process from birth to death, which encompasses physical, social, psychological and spiritual changes. Therefore aging reflects all the changes that occur over the course of life. Often aging can be complicated when it is associated with neurodegenerative diseases, one of the plagues of our century. In this mini review we make an in-depth assessment of the impact of the disease on the everyday life of patients and caregivers, including the psychological and social barriers they have to face, and the economic burden on both family and society.