Institutions for persons with disabilities residents who are unable to comply with the prescribed safety measures without help, a programme for regularly going outside accompanied 1:1 should be set up. The Human Rights Advisory Council demanded the creation of dedicated visiting areas in which an adequately secured meeting for “high-risk groups” should be possible. Visiting times should be flexible, the duration of visits not too short and visits of at least two persons (e.g. both parents, siblings etc.) should be facilitated. PPE should be provided and registration for contact tracing carried out. The Human Rights Advisory Council also emphasised the necessity of a sense of responsibility on the part of the staff (incl. those doing civilian service) in order to prevent the infection being carried into the institutions where possible. Persons with disabilities also have the right to make their own decisions. It would be discriminatory to ascribe persons with cognitive impairments a higher probability of risk for “wrongdoing” as a matter of principle. Experience has shown that there is no difference in how persons with and without disabilities abide by or disobey orders and recommendations. After the progress made in the area of inclusion, the pandemic shall not provide any justification for isolating persons with disabilities more than the general population. They too miss social contact, leisure, sports and shopping trips. X Authorities shall generate evidence-based risk analyses, make clear guidelines for the content of prevention concepts as well as monitor the implementation thereof. X Employees shall be trained in the conditions under which measures that restrict freedom are permissible. These training programmes should be mandatory. X Every resident shall be given the opportunity to go outside, if required accompanied by another person. X Visiting areas should be set up in the institutions and facilities in order to guarantee personal contact to close persons. 2.4.4 Closed day-care centres Curfews in residential facilities were also due to the fact that day-care centres remained closed in the first weeks and months of the lockdown. This meant that important care programmes during the day were missing. For persons with cognitive impairments in particular these occupational opportunities are very important and provide a structure and bring stability to their daily routine. The discontinuation of these programmes can have a more severe mental impact than with persons without such impairments. Loss of daily structures 90