1.1 Visits to social care institutions (residential homes for the elderly) In connection with the NPM’s observation regarding the display of the list of the rights of residents and the house rules, the nursing home explained that during the first year of its operation, the list of rights and the house rules had been displayed on the notice board which had been easily accessible to the residents. However, due to their illness (dementia) the residents were “rearranging” the notice board (by removing notices or covering them with their art items and similar) and as a result, their relatives could not normally read the current notices. Therefore, the nursing home decided to enlarge the list of rights and move its slightly higher where, in an enlarged format, it can be read normally, while the house rules inserted in a transparent folder were visibly affixed to the side wall of a kitchen component facing the central living room with a kitchenette. Despite the explanations received, the NPM did not agree with the assessment of the nursing home regarding the adequacy of the location of the list of rights and the house rules. As a matter of fact, the NPM has taken the opinion that it is the duty of the nursing home to regularly maintain the notice board and supplement it with important information, should the residents remove them, or to move it to another appropriate location and remove the art items of the residents which do not belong to the notice board. A similar proposal was made in Ptuj RH to the effect that the timetable of activities be also displayed on the notice board, because while being affixed to the wall and/or on the outside door of the kitchenette, the NPM could not notice it during its visit. The same recommendation regarding the list of activities was given to Olmo Home. A display of the list of representatives, including their contact information, on the notice board was also proposed in Hmelina Home which accepted the recommendation and displayed the proposed information on the notice board of both HLSWs. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2013 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 35