In the research group, we focus on existence and rehabilitation in cases where the circumstances for life are permanently changed or changing, either suddenly or due to long-term illness. Our research aims to answer the question of how healthcare professionals best support the respective individual in living a meaningful life with illness or disability.

We gain knowledge through a phenomenological approach to unravel and explore the meaning of living with changing life conditions, and to understand, identify and illuminate healing processes. Furthermore, we make use of a complex interventions approach to support the understanding and integration of individual experiences in a healthcare context with multiple agents.

Research areas

Currently, our research falls within these areas:

• The meaning of narrative in the healing process
• What it takes for nurses to support the patient’s healing process towards a meaningful life
• Stay healthy despite low back pain  
• Arts as means to maintenance of health and the healing process
• Better living with Parkinson’s disease
• Being a carer to a person with Parkinson’s disease
• The experience of advanced treatment and Parkinson’s disease
• What is it like to attend PD dance classes?