El estudio corresponde a un diseno tipo cuasiexperimental con abordaje cuantitativo. Pretende medir el efecto de un programa educativo de apoyo en la habilidad de cuidado de los cuidadores familiares de pacientes en situacion de enfermedad cronica mediante la utilizacion del CAI (Caring Hability Inventory) de Ngozi NKongho se estructura en cuatro fases: la primera, comprende la medicion inicial de la habilidad del cuidado de los cuidadores participantes; la segunda, corresponde a la implementacion de programa educativo estructurado por los autores del estudio; la tercera , se efectua la medicion final de la habilidad una vez finalizado el programa educativo, y en la cuarta, se desarrollo el analisis comparativo entre los resultados iniciales y los finales obtenidos en la muestra.Respecto a la habilidad total, se encontro que la aplicacion del programa educativo para os cuidadores familiares de personas en situacion cronica de enfermedad, presento un efecto estadistico ignificativo. Al realizar el analisis comparativo por categorias se observa un efecto estadistico significativo en la categoria de valor (t: 2.81). Sobre las categorias de conocimiento y paciencia, se observo una reubicacion en el numero de cuidadores hacia el nivel optimo con la implementacion del programa.Palabras claves: Cuidadores familiares, programas educativos, Habilidad de cuidado.SUMMARYThe design applied to the present study, is of traverse descriptive type with quantitative boarding that has as purpose, to determine the effect of an educational program in the invigoration of the ability of 40 caretakers’ care, which was developed in four stages: the first one, understands the initial mensuration of the ability of care by means of the application of the Inventory of the Ability of Care “, elaborated by the doctor Ngozi O. Nkongho in an administered way car, the second, correspond to the implementation of the educational program, in third o’clock, the final mensuration of the ability is made once concluded the educational program, and in the fourth, you development the comparative analysis among the results iniciales and the ends obtained by the sample. Regarding the total ability, it was found that the application of the educational program for the family caretakers of people in chronic situation of illness, presented a significant statistical effect. When carrying out the comparative analysis for categories a significant statistical effect it is observed in the category of value (t: 2.81). regarding the categories of knowledge and of patience, a relocation was observed in the number of caretakers toward the good level with the implementation of the program; however, when carrying out the statistical comparison, a significant effect of the same one is not evidenced in the ability level of these two components (t: 1.16 and t:1.32 respectively). Keywords: family caregivers, educational programs, ability to care.