Objective To explore the developmental trajectory of empowerment and family resilience in caregivers of patients with dementia and the mutual predictive relationship between them, in order to provide evidence for improving family resilience. Methods From June 2023 to July 2024, a total of 239 caregivers of patients with dementia from 19 communities in Huzhou City were selected by convenience sampling method, and follow-up surveys were conducted among them at three time points with an interval of 6 months,by using a general information questionnaire, the Empowerment Scale for Family Caregivers of Community-dwelling People with Dementia (EFCD) and the Family Resilience Assessment Scale-Chinese Version (FRAS-C). And data were analyzed using the parallel process latent growth model and cross-lagged model. Results Caregiver empowerment（slope value=0.401，P=0.021） and family resilience（slope value=1.457，P=0.007） in caregivers of people with dementia showed a linear increasing trend over time, and that the initial level of caregiver empowerment positively predicted the initial level of family resilience（β=0.492，P＜0.001） and developmental speed（β=0.719，P＜0.001）, the caregiver empowerment of the previous period among the 3 periods could positively predict the family resilience in the next period（β=0.496，P＜0.001;β=0.230，P＜0.001）. Conclusions Empowerment and family resilience in caregivers of patients with dementia gradually increase over time, and caregiver empowerment is a promoting factor in the development of family resilience. It is recommended that healthcare professionals promote empowerment incaregivers of people with dementia through multiple ways to enhance their family resilience.