The objective was to identify difficulties experienced by relatives/caregivers of elderly people/family with Alzheimer’s disease and develop (geronto) interdisciplinary care technologies for the daily lives of elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease. This is a critical critical research-action, conducted with seven relatives/caregivers of elderly people with Alzheimer’s disease and 12 health academic students from a university in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Data were collected with the relatives/caregivers in September 2020, through semi-structured interviews. With the academics, three focus groups were held from September to November 2020. Data were processed using the textual discourse analysis technique. how results were found a total of 12 categories were raised, covering difficulties experienced by relatives/caregivers regarding forgetfulness; bathing; as well as diverse difficulties and family, for which suggestions for (geronto) interdisciplinary care technologies were outlined. it is concluded that relatives/caregivers experience difficulties in their daily lives, which can be minimized through the use of interdisciplinary (geronto) care technologies.

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