Background: The continuous increase of people with chronic diseases is one of the greatest challenges for healthcare systems worldwide. Population growth and life expectancy means that an increasing number of people with chronic diseases and dependency need some kind of assistance to meet their needs. Determining these subjective unmet needs helps to understand the situation of these people. The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions of chronic patients over 65 years of age from the day-care center toward subjective health needs that are not being met by the socio-health system. Methods: Qualitative exploratory-descriptive study. Through convenience sampling, we selected people with chronic diseases and dependency who used day-care centers and met the inclusion criteria. Focus groups were performed. The data were transcribed and a thematic analysis was carried out using Atlas.ti software. Results: The topics resulting from the analysis were classified into dissatisfaction of biological/physiological needs, psychological needs, social needs, and other issues that arose in both groups of participants which referred to the types of needs previously indicated. The issues related to social and psycho-social needs stood out. Conclusions: People with chronic diseases and dependency have their physiological needs covered with the help they receive, but their situation of dependency generates additional costs that worsen their economic situation. However, their greatest need is due to the loneliness they feel and the feeling they have of "being a burden" on their families. diseases being high blood pressure (18.74% of cases), hypercholesterolemia (16.70%), chronic cervical pain (16.52%), chronic low back pain (19.22%), diabetes mellitus (6.84%), and chronic respiratory diseases (3.32%).The condition of being chronically ill produces common consequences among those who suffer from it: difficulty in decision-making, mood alteration, communication problems in the doctor-patient relationship and in the family, labor and social scope, lack of adherence to treatments or medical guidelines, feeding problems, alteration of the physical functions, lack of physical activity, fatigue, and difficulties with pain management, among others [5,6].Both the increase of the rate of chronic diseases and their causes have raised the number of people in a situation of dependency. That is, there is a larger number of elderly people with greater risk of suffering from chronic diseases, which can trigger complications that such people survive, although leaving them in a situation of dependency [7]. This creates a relationship between chronic diseases and dependency, giving rise to the existence of people with chronic diseases and dependency (PCDD).In the year 2019, the rate of dependency in the Spanish population was 54.28%, which had increased continuously since the year 2008 [8]. In the case of people over 64 years of age, this rate was 29.94%, also with a positive increase since 2008 [9]. Day-care centres are part of the assistance o...