Places visited by the National Preventive Mechanism in 2011 c) Living conditions After carrying out visits in the said establishments, the visiting team assessed that living conditions therein complied with the requirements of the law. The residents were offered well equipped and aesthetically furnished rooms, and could decide on their own about the look of their room by, for example, choosing the colour of the walls (SCC in Zakrzew). In both cases they were given an opportunity to use living rooms. The only negative remark in this area concerned lacking toilet paper in sanitary facilities in SCC in Gołuszyce. Also the rules for using tobacco products in this establishment were negatively assessed, for example the fact that there was no smoking room in the residential pavilions and that smoking areas were designated on landings between the floors. Such practice significantly restricts the possibility to properly ventilate the rooms, and as such violates Article 3(1) of the Act of 9 November 1995 on the protection of health against the consequences of the use of tobacco and tobacco products223. The Mechanism also stressed that designating smoking areas on the landings creates a risk of an accident, especially when one considers the fact that residents are administered psychotropic medications, which very often limit their physical and mental ability. Pursuant to § 6(1)(6) of the Ordinance of the Minister of Social Policy of 19  October  2005 on social care centres224, basic food products and beverages should be made available around the clock. During the visit in SCC in Gołuszyce it was noted that its residents were offered a very limited choice of food between meals. Talks with the residents revealed that in the so-called “therapeutic kitchens”, at 2.30 p.m, coffee or tea was available, and at 3 p.m. – some bread. The visiting team noted that the choice of drinks/ snacks, which on the day of the visit consisted only of the above-mentioned beverages and bread, was not sufficient to prepare a nutritious meal. Certain reservations were also raised by strict time limits set for consuming meals. In result a recommendation to improve the situation in this area was made. The director of the Centre in Gołuszyce denied the above-mentioned facts and stated in his answer that SCC ensured that its residents had proper access to food products. The National Preventive Mechanism recommended to: • Create proper conditions for using tobacco products in the pavilion, and to make sure that non-smokers’ right to live in tobacco smoke free environment is respected and safety of residents is guaranteed; • Ensure that residents have proper access to basic food products between the meals; • To ensure access to basic personal hygiene products. 223 224  Dz. U. of 1996 No 10, item 55, as amended.  Dz.U. of 2005 No 217, item 1837. 125