Due to the massive structural deficits, an improvement of the care situation of psychiatric patients must be urgently undertaken during this transition period. For this purpose – taking the fundamental international human rights standards into consideration – it would be necessary to increase staff and to generally relieve the psychiatric ward in the Regional Hospital Klagenfurt, specifically by increasing capacity in the Regional Hospital Villach.  New construction and/or renovation of wards in the Regional Hospital Klagenfurt and in the Regional Hospital Villach must be tackled without further delay in order to ensure psychiatric care in Carinthia that corresponds to current standards.  Additionally, it is urgent that all possibilities be exhausted to increase staff capacity in both hospitals. 2.2.2.6. Gerontopsychiatric care During a visit to Otto Wagner Hospital (Vienna), Commission 4 observed that individual patients with psychiatric diagnoses are being cared for over longer periods of time than is medically necessary, because there are too few adequate non-residential care possibilities. Within its own area of responsibility, the hospital is in any case making every effort to ensure that hospital stays for this patient group is as appropriate as possible and as long as necessary, whilst taking the well-being of the patients into consideration. The Vienna Association of Hospitals has no control over the availability of non-residential care facilities and residential homes. Therefore, measures should be taken to improve non-residential gerontopsychiatric care in order to avoid extending inpatient hospital stays beyond the duration that is medically indicated.  Non-residential facilities for gerontopsychiatric patients must be increased in order to avoid hospital stays that are no longer medically indicated. 58