inspection some of them were even attached to the railings in the corridor in their wheelchairs in front of the bedrooms. The yard of the home is in poor condition, terribly equipped and maintained, and the access to it is restricted for the users due to the lack of platform for people who move with difficulty. The opinion of the NPM is that there is obvious lack of will and vision of the competent institutions to transfer the services to the community. The opposite trend is noticed instead – the physical assets to render the services, provided at a distance from the big towns and the lack of the accompanying infrastructure for quality care for the people with disabilities, respectively, is rearranged with minimum funds for the opening of shelters. This brings about the practice for the shelters to be located de facto in the same building or in the yard of the respective resident service. Examples for this practice are almost all of the homes visited during the year. Shelter for 8 mentally retarded people is opened at the Home for Elderly People with Mental Retardation (HEPMR), Malko Sharkovo Village, Bolyarovo Municipality. Centre for Accommodation of a Family Type for 15 people with mental disorders and shelter for 8 mentally retarded people are separated in the HEPMR, Goren Chiflik Village, Dolni Chiflik Municipality. NPM has to point out that 2 of the users accommodated in the shelter are suffering severe form of mental retardation. Due to the specifics of the social service, there is not support staff (hospital attendant) in the shelter at night and during holidays, which requires the other users to take care of the personal hygiene and the living needs of the people with severe mental retardation. Based on these conclusions the NPM doubts the desire for actual re-socialisation and inclusion in the society of mentally retarded people, people suffering mental disorders and dementia. The HELPR in Batoshevo Village, which is situated in the old buildings of WPP Batoshevo, in a forest area and in immediate proximity to Rositsa River can be given as a particularly concerning example. The home does not have a security guard and CCTV system, and the gate is only locked on Sunday. This is why outsiders have access and the users of the home can go out, including for services against payment to people from the village, which is in violation even with point 9 and point 10 of the Rules on the Internal Order of the Home. As per information from the director of the home, there is regime of the water during the summer months, as there are no funds to purchase hydrophore pump. NPM found that the strategy for the development of the social service envisages that two of the buildings of the home would be rearranged into two CAFM – for elderly people with mental retardation and elderly people with mental disorders. This brings about bewilderment as the home is relatively remotely situated from the settlement and this would limit the opportunities for social integration of the users. Furthermore, it is yet again not clear what requires people with mental disorders to be placed in CAFT, located within a home for elderly people with mental retardation. In relation to these findings the NPM sent recommendations to the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy (MLSP) and the Mayor of Sevlievo Municipality, some of which were: - to strengthen the control over the users leaving the borders of the yard of the specialised institution; - to install a CCTV system; - to cover the open water source in the yard of the home; 29