Percepçao da sobrecarga e alteraçao da qualidade de vida dos cuidadores informais de pessoas idosas

One of the most important issues of nowadays is the increasing of life expectancy implying an aging population. Taking account this magnitude, this is an important topic on the current society life. In Spain, at the beginning of 2009, the population over 65 years represented 16.7% of the total population (Libro Blanco, 2011). According to Dooghe (1993), between 10% - 20% of these individuals have serious addiction problems, considering all developed countries. Some data of IMSERSO (2005) reveal that 17 % of people over 65 years need help to make their daily activities (Rogero - Garcia, 2009). Fernandez de Larrinoa et al. (2011) refer to the caregiver as the person who assumes the care dutie…