Report on Conditions in Psychiatric Establishments in Georgia Access to printed media and TV. Voluntary and involuntary placement and treatment: To review the status of every voluntary patient taking into account his/her will and requirements of law; To safeguard protection of patients rights guaranteed by the legislation, including the right to be discharged from the hospital voluntarily; To provide translation services to patients who do not speak Georgian. To safeguard legal remedies for involuntary patients and systematic review of status with participation of the patient and/or his/her representative. To ensure that patients are duly informed on mechanisms and procedures of appeal on every stage of involuntary placement; To introduce safeguards for involuntary treatment eradication education of personnel in relation to this issue; and prevention, inter alia, To implement measures for improving awareness of patients: To provide information to patients in the language and form understandable to him/her upon admission, as well as before any manipulation or treatment; To discuss a prescription with a patient in a form he/she understands; To ensure access to his/her medical file or any record related to the patient To ensure continuous education of and to introduce relevant social guarantees (including adequate remuneration) for personnel in order to improve professionalism and motivation. To increase the number of personnel, inter alia, by employing nurses, nurse assistants and personnel in charge of psycho-social rehabilitation (psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, etc). 2012 NPM Report