Keywords
Adaptation
Caregiver
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Abstract
This research aims to gather and systematize results of scientific research related to health impacts suffered by caregivers of people with Alzheimer's (AD). This is an integrative literature review on the impacts of AD on the health of caregivers. Data collection took place in July 2019 and was used as an electronic database Latin American Literature in Health Sciences (LILACS) and US National Librare of Medicine (PubMed), with the descriptors of alzheimer disease and family adaptation, without English language, combined with the Boolean operator (AND). A final sample was selected by nine articles, seven articles from PubMed and two from LILACS. High stress overload and coping difficulties were observed in caregivers of relatives with AD. Decline in social life, no leisure, no self-care, no time devoted to your private life, negative effects are generated, and passing time brings problems to your health, requiring attention to the caregiver, their health, an end to prevent the development and treatment of diseases that can affect your life and cause damage that may even be irreversible.