Recuperación de la salud del cuidador principal, en proyecto sociocultural "Quisicuaba": Los Sitios, Centro Habana

dementia leads to serious discapacities in its sufferers and can produce a variety of effects in the families and in the carer, who may experience stress, frustraton and total exhaustion. assesing the usefulness of a cross-sectional descriptive health recovery programme within the socio-cultural project, "quiscuaba", using a sample of 26 main carers revealed certain socio-demographic characteristics-the persistence of anxiety, depression and burden in these people, which were modified after treatment. diagnosis tools like the hamilton depression scale, the zarit-zarit burden scale, group dynamics and interviews provided data of interest since the work performed supposed the creation of a breathing space, so demonstrating its worth, with a minimum use of professional and voluntary resources and support. participants called for it to become more widespread.