Life of residents of Home for Old People Ajdovščina during Covid-19 epidemic

V magistrskem delu sem raziskoval, kako je epidemija covida-19, in z njo povezani ukrepi za preprečevanje širjenja okužbe, vplivala na življenje stanovalcev v Domu starejših občanov Ajdovščina. Zanimalo me je predvsem življenje stanovalcev v času omejevanja obiskov in izhodov iz doma. Pozornost sem namenil tudi času izolacij med aktivno okužbo v domu. Zanimale so me stiske in strahovi stanovalcev, ki so se soočili z valom informacij ter opozoril o nevarnosti covida-19 za stare ljudi, večjo pozornost pa sem namenil raziskovanju posledic socialne izolacije in prekinitve stikov z družino ter drugimi bližnjimi in s tem povezanimi občutki ter stiskami stanovalcev. Želel sem izvedeti, kako in v kakšnem obsegu je bilo stanovalcem v pomoč in oporo osebje doma s poudarkom na socialni službi. Zanimalo me je, kako so stanovalci sprejeli stike z bližnjimi prek informacijsko-komunikacijske tehnologije. Ugotovitve iz raziskave so precej dramatične in težke. Stanovalci so povedali, kako težko so živeli s socialno izolacijo in ostalimi ukrepi ter kako grozne občutke in doživljanja so pretrpeli v času od začetka skozi različne faze epidemije covida-19.For my master thesis I have researched how the covid-19 epidemic and related measures for prevention of spreading of the disease has affected the lives of the residents of the Home for the Older People Ajdovščina. I mainly focused on the lives of the residents at the time of restricted visits and exists from the home. The other focus was paid to the isolation during active disease in the home. I was interested in the hardships and fears residents faced with a wave of information and warnings about the dangers of covid-19 for the older people however, the main focus was kept on the feelings and distress related to social isolation and severing contact with family members and other loved ones. The objective was finding out how and to what extent the staff at the home was helpful and supportive to the residents with the emphasis being on social work. I was also interested in how the residents\u27 faced with being in contact with their relatives through information and communication technology. The findings of this master thesis are quite dramatic and serious. The residents have elaborated on how hard living in social isolation and with other measures has been as well as what horrible feelings and experiences they have been through from the start and throughout different stages of covid-19 epidemic