Resumo Resumen R E S E A R C H P A P E R ( O R I G I N A L ) Living and Caring After a StrokeMethodology: Quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study, with a non-probability convenience sample.Results: The socio-demographic and clinical variables influence the quality of life. Two months after the stroke, both the patients and the caregivers have worse quality of life. Conclusion: When comparing patients' and caregivers' quality of life at the time of hospitalization and at the 2-month follow-up (after discharge), we concluded that both have worse quality of life two months after the stroke. We also concluded that the caregivers have better quality of life than the patients, although this difference was not statistically significant.