Abstract

In the scenario of a global care crisis, this study addresses how the co -responsibil-ity of care and self-care of the informal caregiver of dependent people is discur-sively constructed in Chilean public policy. To this end, an interpretative method-ology, qualitative method and through a documentary approach text of the Sup-port and Care Subsystem are analyzed from the perspective of pragmatic dis-course. The results show a marked discourse about an overburdened female care-giver who self-manages her self-care with little support, and then sees the emer-gence of a family that, managed by the caregiver, must begin to take charge of the co-responsibility of caregiving. After that, a subsidiary State emerges that sup-ports this care entrepreneur and her family when there are not enough resources. We conclude that this scaffolding is supported on the shoulders of women, main-taining the invisibility of opportunities that redistribute care with greater social justice.