2016 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE themselves in their personal residential premises depending on the residents’ independence, the possibility for residents to keep their personal belongings in separate lockable closets, and the ensuring of privacy in personal hygiene facilities. County Fire Rescue Administration and 1 for the State Health Care Accreditation Agency under the Ministry of Health. The State Health Care Accreditation Agency under the Ministry of Health implemented the recommendation given to it, and carried out non-routine control on the quality of personal health care services at Legailiai Social Care Home of Biržai district. The social care institutions of Šiauliai County implemented all the 23 recommendations provided. It is noteworthy that four care institutions supplied information on the results of implementing the recommendations by phone; therefore they were instructed to provide this information also in writing. Out of the four recommendations, the Ministry of Social Security and Labour implemented two ones: it will organise training for the personnel engaged in social work and look for possibilities to allocate additional financing to qualification development events for employees of care institutions. However, the other two recommendations were left unimplemented: no attention was devoted to the fact that the minimum number of the personnel engaged in social work was insufficient in case of employees’ illness, vacation, etc. Nor any possibilities were sought to increase the salaries of employees of the social care institutions. Thus the Šiauliai and Klaipėda care institutions implemented in full or in part all the 26 recommendations issued. No information on the implementation of recommendations given on completing the inspections at Prienai Care Home has been received yet. In 2015, the Seimas Ombudsmen had assessed the human rights situation at nine care institutions (for the elderly) in Panevėžys County. In the process of drawing up the 2015 Report of the Seimas Ombudsmen, no information on the implementation of recommendations had been obtained. As a result, this information is provided in the present Report. The Panevėžys County Fire Rescue Administration implemented the recommendation and conducted fire safety technical checks concerning alleged violations at the care institutions of Panevėžys County. On completing the inspections at the care institutions of Panevėžys County, 51 recommendations were presented in total: 4 for the Ministry of Social Security and Labour, 3 for the Panevėžys District Municipality and the Panevėžys Bishopric Curia, Pasvalys District Municipality, Kupiškis District Municipality, Biržai District Municipality, Biržai Parch of St. John the Baptist, Nemunėlio Radviliškis Parish of Evangelical Reformers and Nemunėlio Radviliškis Parish of St, Mary the Virgin, 45 for the inspected care institutions, 1 for the Panevėžys The Panevėžys District Municipality, Panevėžys Bishopric Curia and Kupiškis District Municipality implemented the recommendation of the Seimas Ombudsmen, while the Pasvalys District Municipality, Biržai District Municipality, Biržai Parish of St. John the Baptist, Nemunėlio Radviliškis Parish of Evangelical Reformers and Nemunėlio Radviliškis Parish of St. Mary the Virgin failed to take into account the recommendation issued to them. Therefore 13