Abstract
The researched issue is the impact of infection caused by a new type of coronavirus in the environment of a day care centre. The importance of the issue is given by the fact that the topic directly concerns the lives of all actors connected with the environment offering social services. The purpose was to use the stories obtained from the helpers in order to look at the subjective picture which shows the current situation of the actors. With the onset of the pandemic and the introduction of anti-pandemic measures, they are coming into a specific situation and are facing (up to now) an unknown challenge. The aim of this paper was to use qualitative research tools in order to capture the authentic statements of respondents in a particular environment and try to avoid purposeful interpretations to which the topic may lead. In addition to the description of the stories of the respondents, the study also presents seven key topics arising after data collection and subsequent coding. The argumentation depends on the attitude of the interviewed respondents. The conclusions of the qualitative study offer a starting point for understanding the current serious situation, give the opportunity to understand the phenomenon in a more comprehensive form of authentic statements, and can be used for research into possible impacts of coronavirus crisis on actors in day care centres.
Highlights
Introduction of the Specific DCCThe aforementioned home provides services for clients who have reduced self-sufficiency due to age or disability
Users of social services as well as centre workers are limited by measures aimed at preventing or at least slowing down the spread of the infection caused by the new type of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2
The respondents provided a starting point for this work: their story describing the dynamic development of the pandemic and the way in which the centre is influenced, limited, and affected by the current situation associated with COVID-19
Summary
The aforementioned home provides services for clients who have reduced self-sufficiency due to age or disability. In the second wave of the epidemic, the vast majority of clients and almost half of the staff became infected in the centre.[23] To understand the situation in this particular centre, the testimonies of two respondents will help us. They are colleagues in the centre, but each works with a different group of clients and in a different department. Their different professional experience offers the opportunity to see the researched phenomenon more comprehensively
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