Nursing literatures reveals that there is very little research on families' burden and strees, This research is aimed at identifying the families' burden and stress and preparing the basic data for promoting the health of the aged and their families. A convenience sample was shosen from the Family Burden Scale (subjective and objective burdens experienced by caregivers) with 16 items. 143 questionnaires were analyzed SAS. The reliability of the two scales was tested by Cronbach's a. Statistical diffenrence and ralatianship of the two concepts was tested by t-test, ANOVA, and Pearson correlation. The results were as follows: 1. The averge item score of Family Burden was 2.74, which is similar to those members admitted to hospital(mean=2.71). This scare was found to be significantly different according to sex(t=-2.76, P=.006). The highest score item was "worried about patient's future". The female caregivers' score(mean=2.81) is significantly higher than male caregivers'(mean=2.42). 2. Family stress was found to be significantly different according to family relations(F=2,36, P=. 043), sex(t=-2.49, P=.014). The item of family stress which receved the highest score was : "When I went out to leave the aged alone" (mean=2.54), and the stress of daughter-in-law was the fighest level among all of the caregivers. 3. family burden and family stress showed gnificantly positive relationship(r=.73, P=.000). In conclusion, this research sugests that caregiving is essental to not only dysfunctional aged people but also relatively healthy aged people. The tendency towrd increased nuclear family weaker. Korean public health care for aged people is developing now, although the family still remains as the key in the mainsupport systems. According these results various nursing interventions have to be developed forr esreasing the familie's burden and stress, with a focus on supporting the caregivers of the aged. The various home visiting programs and support systems need to be established for famale caregivers in the aged family have a crucial interrelatinship with their health. Therefore We suggest an increase in the availability of community healty care services is needed for the families of the aged.