Abstract
Objective: To highlight what the currently available literature discusses about the caregiver of Alzheimer's patients and the overload of this activity, presenting the results through an integrative review of publications and discussing them. Methods: This is a qualitative study of the type integrative literature review, with a search for studies from 2006 to 2019 in the electronic databases: LILACS, BVS, SCIELO and Research Gate, and the descriptors: Caregiver, Elderly and Alzheimer were used. Results: 23 national articles were identified, 19 of which were original and 4 review articles, which characterize the caregiver's activities, ranging from hygiene assistance to external tasks, which shows the burden related to the routine of caring for Alzheimer's patients, and consequently, in illness. Final considerations: The studies show an intense burden on the caregiver, which negatively affects their mental and physical health and the need for health care for this population.