36 In this context, the visiting team reminded the hospital management that in accordance with the Convention for the Prevention of Torture, the NPM has the possibility to have meetings with persons deprived of liberty, without witnesses, and recommended that these aspects be made known to all staff, in order to avoid possible obstruction of the visit in the future. • During the visit to the Home for the Elderly in Constanța city, the leadership of the General Directorate of Social Assistance (DGAS) within the Constanța City Hall allowed the visit to be carried out but argued that the home for the elderly is not included in the category of places subject to NPM monitoring. In the visit report, the NPM recommended informing the staff of the center and DGAS about the provisions of the Optional Protocol and of Law no. 35/1997, republished, as well as their cooperation with the visiting teams of the NPM. • During the visit to the Placement Center for Children with Disabilities Drobeta Turnu Severin, Mehedinți county, a series of documents that were requested (the center's registers, the daily program of the beneficiaries, the monthly program of activities, etc.) were not made available to the NPM team. ) neither during the visit (the documents were closed in the office of the chief of center, who was on vacation) nor afterwards. ► examples of good practices found during monitoring visits: At the level of the Câmpulung Moldovenesc Psychiatric Hospital, Suceava county, in order to reduce the cases of hospitalization and to maintain a monitoring of the patients after they are discharged from the hospital, a mobile team consisting of a priest, a social worker and psychologist, employees of the hospital, who visited the patients at their homes, worked within the framework of a project in community psychiatry. Patients were included in such programs, especially according to social needs, those that were rarely visited by the family or those that were geographically isolated. The nurse who was traveling within the mobile team could distribute drugs, and the psychologist could carry out a new psychological evaluation, following which he prepared a report. As a result of these home visits, the social worker could contact the social services within the local authorities. The project of the mobile team has been running efficiently for several years since its implementation, the purpose being to evaluate and monitor the health of the outpatients, as well as to reduce the number of hospitalizations. Also, throughout the visit, the participation of patients in the occupational activities was observed. They had recommendations for involvement in the activities of the 3 ergotherapy workshops: artistic, tailoring, painting and handicraft. For each workshop there was an occupational therapist instructor responsible. At the same time, in the basement of the building there was a gastronomic workshop, and another room was intended for sports or relaxation on a musical background, being equipped with a mattress and specific equipment. • At the Brăila - Tichilești Detention Center, Brăila county was set up a selfadministration pavilion, designed for a maximum of ten people, following a model taken from the Nordic countries (being made with funds received from the Norwegian government), where four young people were accommodated, who had three more months until release. The pavilion consisted of three bedrooms, a kitchen and an activity room. The purpose of establishing this self-management pavilion was to reduce the rate of recidivism and better reintegration into society. The young people in this pavilion had the opportunity to manage their time by themselves, to prepare their own food, practically to be free to make their own decisions regarding daily activities. • In the “Sf. Marcellin Champagnat”, Placement Center, Sector 6 Bucharest, before the beneficiary received the protection measure, two matching visits were made in the center. During the visits, the child was informed of the Beneficiary's Guide, the Regulations of PEOPLE’S ADVOCATE ANNUAL REPORT 2019

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