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persons with disabilities
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A unit offering long-term institutional care for ageing persons with intellectual disabilities had allocated all patients to single-occupancy rooms, with the exception of
one room that had two occupants.
The Ombudsman drew attention to the lack of privacy in double-occupancy room.
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Visits by the family and friends of the residents were organised outside the unit to
protect the other residents’ privacy.
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The separate building, which formed a part of the unit, had a non-recording security
camera. Two cameras were installed in the common living and dining room so that
no blind angles remained. In bedrooms, the camera view extended approximately
one metre inside the room, and the bed area was not in view.
The Ombudsman drew attention to the Supreme Administrative Court
decision (KHO 2017:132), according to which it is not permitted, under
the Act on Special Care for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities , to
use camera surveillance in a room for personal use by a person with
intellectual disabilities, or in toilets.
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