Reinspections immobilization cards it followed that while the coercive measures are applied, the resident is calm and he sleeps at night. The representatives of NPM met with the resident during the reinspection held in 2015 and revised his living conditions. His situation has improved beyond any doubt. The resident looked well, he was wearing clean and tidy clothes, he was lying on a bed unrestrained, he was well taken care of. He is living in a clean, renovated room equipped with new furniture. Therefore, his living conditions are very good. The approach to the resident also changed. In January 2014 he was immobilized for several hours a day. However, in line with the coercive measures register, the last time he was restrained by belts was on 25 January 2014. The director of the centre stated that the resident responded very well to a change in the environment (moving to a new building and a new room), and he started to behave better. Moreover, the director of the centre ordered the staff members to apply more diverse influential measures than coercive measures only, which brought on positive results. During the first inspection, the representatives of NPM also recommended that the living conditions of the “bed-ridden” patients, with mental disabilities to a major and significant degrees be improved. These recommendations were implemented. Each ward now has general classes and physical therapy rooms. They are equipped with new equipment (e.g. bikes, multigym, massage armchairs, and equipment for manual exercises, music equipment, etc.). The director of the centre noted that he disposes of good conditions and tools to work, yet there are problems in finding a good specialist (oligofrenopedagogue or psychologist) that would be able to skilfully use them while working with the residents. According to the representatives of NPM, further actions must be undertaken to stimulate the activity of the residents. It would be of great help if an additional workshop therapist could be hired, who would ensure that the available cultural and educational classes, rehabilitation, and therapy would be more diverse and better adapted to the capacities of the residents. The material gathered during the inspection allowed us to state that the “bedridden” residents are offered trips to the outside. The frequency of these trips depends on the weather and their health condition. It also helps that at the end of 2013 the residents were moved to a new building that is deprived of architectural barriers (e.g. it has elevators that make it easier to go out with residents on wheelchairs and in beds). The number of staff members during the day shift was increased, even though that it is still required to increase the number of staff members in the bedridden persons wards. The recommendation to stop imposing punishments on the residents of the Centre has been fulfilled. The interviews with the residents showed that the staff members do not impose punishments on them. Moreover, the by-laws of the SCC in Węgorzew does not contain a catalogue of punishments. It must be emphasized that all the recommendations of the representatives of NPM were fulfilled in the area concerning the living conditions. The facility now has separate (guest) visiting rooms, the rooms of the residents were quipped with modern equipment (e.g. rehabilitation beds), medical records were secured in locked cabinets without access to unauthorized persons. 65

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