Development of independent family group model is a model of family empowerment which aims to reduce caregiver burden and improve the caregiver ability on providing care for elder person in community. Experimental with control group design was employed in this study with total sample 196 people in five areas in Jakarta selected by random selection method. The result shows significant decreasing of caregiver burden after application of this model and improvement of knowledge, attitude, and skill

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... n intervention group after six months model application. In conclusion, independent family group model is effective to reduce caregiver burden and improve the caregiver ability on providing care for elder person in community. As one of family empowerment model in community, it can be duplicated in other provinces