Objective: to examine the transition of care in families caring for elderly persons who suffered the first episode of a cerebrovascular accident.
Methodology: an instrumental ethnographic case study was used. The sample comprised 20 subjects: 10 caregivers and 10 elderly persons aged 65 or over, of both sexes, with diagnoses of first episode of cerebrovascular accident, capable of communicating, and requiring care from a main carer in their family.