This is a study with qualitative approach, which was developed in the patterns of the case study method, with the objective of describing the care required at advanced stages of Alzheimer's disease, with its difficulties and facilities. We monitored three cases and conducted interviews with six caregivers, two for each case (a family caregiver and a hired caregiver). Data were collected by means of short interviews of case study, which were performed between March and April 2016; in order to analyze them, we used the thematic analysis technique proposed by Minayo (2014), in its three stages: pre-analysis, material exploration, treatment of results and interpretation. The results showed that the care offered to the elderly with Alzheimer’s at
