The present study looked for to analyze the alterations happened in the people's life that you started to be caretakers, being the same ones registered in the territories of two Units of Health of the Family of São Carlos-SP. For that, we accomplished research of field of qualitative approach, being the data collected by the use of interview itinerary semi-structured and analyzed through the technique of content analysis. The research demonstrated that all of the caretakers are female, linked to the dependent for blood ties. The caretakers receive little economical support and psychosocial to carry out the function, representing an overload and modifications in their daily ones. They also revealed not to have obtained information of the services of health when they began the care practices, but that feel improvement in the service with the activities of the Team of Health of the Family.