Patients with dementia and cognitive impairment require caregiving and this necessity increases during the disease course. This task induces psychological alterations in the caregivers, which usually do not have any education for this task. We decided to develop a program for caregivers when we detected this need. Our objective was to create a comprehensive program for caregiving families that teach them how to cope with patients' needs and reduce the level of caregiver burden. The families included belong to the population served by the interdisciplinary group in Dementia at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota. We created a weekly program of 4 hours, during 6 months. At the beginning of the program, each caregiver was evaluated with a semi-structured interview, and burden of caregiving was evaluated with Zarit and ECCOL scales. During this course caregivers were taught about the disease nature, patient medical needs, oral health, recreational and entertainment needs, environmental interventions, security measures and legal issues. Sessions were also created to share the experiences of the caregivers and to develop peer support. To enable caregivers to attend the course, simultaneously we developed therapy and music intervention for the patients. During the first year we had 66 caregivers in the program, 58 were relatives of the patients, and 8 professionals. The mean age was 54.0±14.1 years, 56 (84.8%) were women. They cared for patients with a mean age of 77.8±11.1 years, witch main diagnosis were in 54 (81.8%) Alzheimer disease, in 6 (9.1%) minimal cognitive impairment, and in 6 (9.1%) other diagnosis. The Zarit mean score at the beginning was 31.9±13.5, and in ECCOL of 45.7±22.8. During the program development, caregivers attended nearly every session, and there was active participation. In addition, participants have disclosed the program caregivers seen in other groups, and now we have requests to participate from multiple sources. In the first year of our program of care for caregivers and families of patients with dementia, we developed a multidisciplinary group and a training program to address caregivers in their efforts, and we have obtained a positive and enthusiastic response from the community.