[Are legal measures for the protection of patients with Alzheimer disease useful for the caregivers?].

Formal and informal caregivers for patients with Alzheimer's disease are faced with the individual's loss of autonomy and ability to manage daily life activities. They could be helped by legal measures aimed to protect the patient and his\her possessions as well as to protect themselves. Study from individual reports showed the shortcomings for the caregivers of legal measures such as the guardianship and their limitation with regard to the consideration of the patient as a person.