NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM AGAINST TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT 2019 The West Attica Division of Disabled Persons is located in an owned building. It provides services to people facing multiple health and social issues (mental disabilities, dementia, movement disabilities, Hansen's disease, homeless people, and destitute senior citizens). It provides healthcare, healthy nutrition, ergotherapy and physical rehabilitation services to bed-ridden and walking patients in the premises of the physiotherapy center. Furthermore, the social services inform patients who are interested to be admitted in the center and refer patients, who do not meet admission criteria, to other appropriate structures. The center has 157 beds (153 were full on the day of the visit) and accommodated disabled persons, patients with chronic conditions and Hansen's disease. There were five wings in total and the staff amounted to 120 persons (nurses and auxiliary personnel). The patients' needs were not met due to the small number of scientific and auxiliary personnel per accommodated person. In order to meet the needs of the beneficiaries, the administration had requested a greater number of male nurses and additional auxiliary personnel. There were two psychologists and three social workers available in the unit. All doctors were visiting doctors with a fixedterm contract. During the time of the inspection, 10 to 12 scientists (psychologists, social workers, sociologists, nurses, ergotherapists, physiotherapists) were recruited via the annual Manpower Employment Organization program for young scientists. The main aim was a more community-oriented approach, rehabilitation and the Care Institution Center for Individuals with Heavy Mental Disabilities “White Butterflies” (Volos) inspection on 1/10/19 64

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