Social welfare
126
Neglect
115
Public services
111
Family conflicts
111
Ill-treatment (within the family or institutions)
105
Conduct of public entities (v.g., social welfare, police forces)
87
Housing
75
Isolation or loneliness
74
Other fundamental rights (v.g., self-determination)
72
Useful contacts
61
Material and financial abuse
58
Noise
32
Economic deprivation
32
Legal information (v.g., living will, legal protection, inheritance law)
30
Information regarding the Ombudsman Office /Senior Citizen’s free
Line
28
Mental capacity legal actions
24
Abandonment
20
Total
2859
Disabled Person’s Line
The Disabled Person’s Line, in full function since April, 2013, after an experimental
period of approximately two years, is the most recent specialized telephone service of the
Ombudsman.
Notwithstanding being recently created this helpline was the second most used helpline in 2016 (as in 2013), to contact the Ombudsman.
According to the table below, during 2016, 607 telephone calls were received and 38
were placed.
Table 12
Telephone calls – Disabled Person’s Line
Received calls
Placed calls *
607
38
* The number of placed calls includes the telephone calls placed to the complainants as well as
those placed to the entities indicated in the complaints.
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