This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process, which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1111/JPM.12582 This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved Positive aspects of care in informal caregivers of community dwelling dementia patients Short running title: PAC in informal dementia caregivers Oscar Ribeiro a,b,c *, Daniela Brandão b,c , Ana F. Oliveira c , Laetitia Teixeira c,b,d and Constança Paúl c,b a Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro (DEP-UA), Aveiro, Portugal; b Center for Health Technology and Services Research (CINTESIS), Porto, Portugal; c Institute of Biomedical Sciences Abel Salazar, University of Porto (ICBAS-UP), Porto, Portugal; d Epidemiology Research Unit - Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (EPIUnit - ISPUP), Porto, Portugal *Corresponding Author: Oscar Ribeiro. PI AgeingC CINTESIS, Coord. CINTESIS.UA, Department of Education and Psychology, University of Aveiro. Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal. Phone: +351 234 370 353, E-mail: oribeiro@ua.pt Acknowledgments: Authors would like to thank the contributions of Dr. Ignacio Martín, Hilma Caravau and Sara Alves for their valuable comments when writing this paper. Funding Statement: This work was partially supported by a research funding from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation – Portugal (Project Caring for the Caregiver; Ref. M54M/2008). Disclosure of interest: The authors report no conflict of interest. Accepted Article