Family care across the life course

This research area focuses on how illness and care affect families or individual family members across the life course and how the affected individuals deal with the emerging challenges. The focus is on the family as a care context and as a system that encompasses individual and collective responses to illness und care. This includes chronic as well as acute illnesses. A central topic at the department is on children and adolescents, both as those affected by illness within and in their role as caregivers (young carers).

Publications (selection)

  • Nagl-Cupal, M., Parisot, V., Stöhr, D., & Zartler, U. (2024). Towards a typology of negotiating care in families. a qualitative multiple perspectives study in Austria. International Journal of Care and Caring, 8(4), 579-599. https://doi.org/10.1332/239788221X16764028221810
  • Falkenstein, T., Werner, M., & Nagl-Cupal, M. (2024). Von Erreichtbarkeit und dem Erreichtwerden. Älter werdende Eltern mit Pflegeverantwortung im Forschungskontext. In E. Reitinger, H. Katharina, G. Dressel, & I. Wenger (Hg.), Schwer erreichbar? Soziale Teilhabe für besonders verletzliche Menschen (S. 377-390). der hospiz verlag.
  • Niedling, K., & Hämel, K. (2023). Longing for normalcy in couple relationships: How chronic illness and care dependency change the relationship of long-married couples. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1117786. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1117786
  • Valente dos Santos Cartaxo, A. R., Koller, M., Mayer, H., Kolland, F., & Nagl-Cupal, M. (2023). Risk Factors with the Greatest Impact on Caregiver Burden in Informal Homecare Settings in Austria: A Quantitative Secondary Data Analysis. Health and Social Care in the Community. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/3270083
  • Nagl-Cupal, M. (2023). Pflegende Kinder und Jugendliche. In D. Händler-Schuster & H. Budroni (Hg.), Gemeinde- und Familiengesundheitspflege (S. 261-273). Hogrefe.
  • Shamali, M., Esandi Larramendi, N., Østergaard, B., Barbieri-Figueiredo, M. d. C. B., Bordsgaard, A., Canga-Armoyor, A., Diepernik, K., Garcia-Vivar, C., Konradsen, H., Nordtug, B., Lambert, V., Mahrer-Imhof, R., Metzing, S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Imhof, L., Svavarsdottir, E. K., Swallow, V., & Luttik, M. L. (2023). Nurses' attitudes towards family importance in nursing care across Europe. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 32(15-16), 4574-4585. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.16456
  • Naef, R., Brysiewicz, P., McAndrew, N. S., Beierwaltes, P., Chiang, V. C. L., Clisbee, D., De Beer, J., Honda, J., Kakazu, S., Nagl-Cupal, M., Price, A. M., Richardson, S., Richardson, A., Tehan, T. M., Towell-Barnard, A., & Eggenberger, S. (2021). Intensive care nurse-family engagement from a global perspective. A qualitative multi-site exploration. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing, 66. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iccn.2021.103081
  • Matzka, M., & Nagl-Cupal, M. (2020). Psychosocial resources contributing to resilience in Austrian young carer. A study using photo novella. Research in Nursing & Health, 43(6), 629-639. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22085
  • Frech, M., Nagl-Cupal, M., Leu, A., Schulze, G., Spitel, A. M., & Kaiser, S. (2019). Wer sind „Young Carers“? Analyse der Begriffsverwendung im deutschsprachigen Raum und Entwicklung einer Definition. International Journal of Health Professions, 6(1), 19-31. https://doi.org/10.2478/ijhp-2019-0004
  • Nagl-Cupal, M., & Hauprich, J. (2018). Being we and being me. Exploring the needs of Austrian families with caring children. Health and Social Care in the Community, 26(4), E532-E540. doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12567
  • Nagl-Cupal, M., Daniel, M., Koller, M., & Mayer, H. (2014). Prevalence and effects of caregiving on children. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70(10), 2314-2325. doi.org/10.1111/jan.12388