Introduction:

The present demographic transition, influenced by science and technology advances aimed at improving the quality of life, features a greater longevity; however, older adults sometimes suffer from limitations and comorbidities which are related to their aging process and which make them require caring assistance. Currently, around 25% of older adults require some kind of aid in order to perform their daily living activities.

Objective:

To assess the effect of a nursing intervention using psychoeducation to support the older adult family caregiver adaptation and coping role.

Methods and materials:

This is a quantitative quasi-experimental study carried out in a unit of family medicine with 70 family caregivers of older adults. The inclusion criteria was: adults aged 20 to 59 who could read and write. The intervention included 10 sessions. The pre and post applied instruments were the Coping Adaptation Processing Scale, and a scale to assess the ability to provide care. Descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated.

Results:

The mean age of the family caregivers was 50.6 years. 65 were female. The intervention turned out to be effective as statistically significant differences in coping and adaptation measures (X2 Mc Nemar p=0.00001), as well as caregiving abilities (X2 p=0.01) measures, were obtained at the post intervention assessment.

Conclusion:

The older adult family caregivers who participated in this nursing intervention showed a positive effect in their role.