In my master's thesis, I research how the employees of the Home for Senior Citizens in Metlika experienced the disease of covid-19 in the first wave of the epidemic, since they were the first nursing home in Slovenia into which covid penetrated. In the theoretical part, I describe the history of nursing homes and pay a little more attention to long-term care. I describe the work in nursing homes, the role of the social worker in them, and I present the Home for the Senior Citizens in Metlika (DSO Metlika), where I did the practical part of my master's thesis. I present the main characteristics of the covid-19 disease, the measures and consequences that the disease brought. I also write about the feelings and the mental health of the employees in nursing homes, during covid-19 and also during the period when there were no emergency situations, and also the role of social work in crisis situations. In the last chapter of the theoretical part, I present an example of help with the supervision for the employees in nursing homes who are experiencing distress, stress and burnout. In the research part of my master's thesis, with the help of questionnaires I found out what problems and emotions the employees of DSO Metlika faced during the time of first wave of the covid-19 epidemic in our country. The results I got, I presented with the help of tables and graphs. In the research part of the assignment I also included "my story", which was created in the form of a diary, at the time when I was first recovering from covid-19. The results of the survey showed that the employees of DSO Metlika faced considerable fear, mental distress, discrimination and other problems that covid-19 brought.
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