2014-2015 REPORT ON NATIONAL PREVENTION OF TORTURE The following are the main problems and human rights violations identified: public institution “Globasta”, public institution Ežerėlis Nursing Home, Kaunas Panemunė Care Home for the Elderly, Kėdainiai Social Care Home, Jonava Care Home, Čekiškė Social Care Home, public institution Home for the Elderly “Užusaliai”, public institution “Amžiaus Žiedas” and Vilijampolė Social Care Home (14 September 2015 Report No 2015/1-74); 1. Regarding ensuring safety of residents – Not all institutions were able to provide appropriate additional care and services to persons (aggressive residents) which needed such services; in certain care institutions, defects of the emergency alert system were identified: in some institutions, such system was not installed (including personal hygiene premises), while in others it was not accessible to all residents or was not always within reach of a hand, or it did not function or was inefficient, and sometimes the staff did not respond to the emergency signal; assessing the safety of residents in case of a fire (fire safety) or in case of other emergencies, it was observed that in some institutions stairs leading to the ground floor were steep; in certain institutions, evacuation stairs were not installed properly; in some institutions, accidents were not registered in a special log or were registered inappropriately. 2. In 9 (nine) care institutions of Panevėžys county, namely, public institution St Joseph’s Care Home, the Centre of Services and Occupation for the Elderly and the Disabled of Pasvalys District, public institution Pasvalys Hospital, Jotainiai Social Care Home, public institution St Vincent de Paul’s Care Home of Biržai parish, public institution Ona Milienė’s Care Home for the Elderly, Kupiškis Social Services Centre, Legailiai Social Care Home, and public institution “Vilties Namai”. Inspections were also conducted in four child care institutions of Vilnius county, namely, Antakalnis Child Social Care Home, Child Social Care Home “Gilė”, public institution Children and Adolescents Social Centre, and Mintis Child Social Care Home (29 February 2016 Report No 2015/1-137). 2. Regarding ensuring residents’ privacy – In certain care institutions, residents did not have a possibility to lock their residential room from inside (considering the level of their independence), it also happened that the staff locked residential rooms without the residents’ consent; often, the staff did not knock on the door before entering the rooms (or they did not always knock); privacy was not ensured in personal hygiene premises; in one institution, video surveillance cameras were installed in residents’ rooms; sometimes, 5–6 residents shared the same room; in one institution, residents lived in a room which led yet to another room; privacy Follow-up inspections in Social Care Institutions Follow-up inspections were carried out in three social care institutions for adults, namely, Paberžė Care Home (13 May 2015 Report No 2015/1-47), the Home for the Elderly of public institution “Sevilis” (13 May 2015 Report No 2015/1-48), and the Care Division of Eišiškės Personal Health Care Centre (13 May 2015 Report No 2015/1-49). 12