This observational study of the descriptive case study type aimed to evaluate the resilience of caregivers of demented elderly people with Alzheimer. A questionnaire was used to trace the profile of the caregivers; bipolar protocol to evaluate the fatigue subjective state; the SRQ - Self Report Questionnaire to evaluate the stress; the Zarit inventory to evaluate overload and protocol to evaluate resilience of the six caregivers who participated in this study. Quantitative variables were described as a function of their average and variance. For associations, the Pearson Correlation and the Chi-Square test were used. The significance level adopted was p < 0.05. Results indicated that 83.3% of caregivers were females and 16.7% males, four of which (66.7%) sons and two (33.3%), consorts. It was observed that the health status of four caregivers got worse, going from a regular to a bad state in a five-year period. One (16.7%) caregiver dedicated 20 hours of his time for caring, and for the others (83.3%) the requirement was of 24 hours. Two did not show any possibility of developing disturbances, while four showed possibilities of developing mental disturbances. 66.7% of the caregivers did not show overload, while 33.3% were under intense overload. Even though some demonstrated fatigue and overload, the majority (83.3%) presented a high disposition for resilience. There was significant association between resilience and age (p< 0.05), and this expressed that the older the caregiver the greater the resilience.
Caregivers; Dementia; Fatigue; Psychological Resilience
