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MONITORING OF CUSTODIAL SETTINGS IN UKRAINE:
arbitrary form in contravention of the
uniform requirements of the Ministry
of Health Care of Ukraine.
5. The UN Declaration on the Rights
of Disabled specifies the rights of
persons with disabilities to “training
and rehabilitation… which will enable
them to develop their capabilities and
skills to maximum and will hasten the
processes of their social integration
or reintegration”. However, the care
homes under MSP do not ensure
the right to receive comprehensive
rehabilitation services for lack of
rehabilitation professionals, of the
conditions for physical culture/ sport
and physical rehabilitation activities,
and for insufficiency of individual
rehabilitation programs for the
disabled. In particular,
•
recommendations
of
medical
commissions do not mention, apart
from medical rehabilitation, any other
kind or form of other rehabilitation
measures/ activities (psychological,
educational, physical, social or
domestic);
•
there is an urgent need to provide
the residents with technical and other
means of rehabilitation;
•
lack of sport grounds for physical/
exercise rehabilitation;
•
residents of juvenile units are
occasionally involved in cleaning
works in the city or in the private
sector; however, their individual
rehabilitation programs contain no
entries on indication of occupational
therapy or such entries do not agree
with the work really performed;
•
occupational therapy is not organized
properly (work assignment loggers are
maintained in a arbitrary form, with
indication only of the number of people
assigned to work but not their names;
work assigned does not correspond to
the work really performed by resident).
6. According to p. 10 of the List of social
services and of the conditions and
procedures for their provision by
structural subdivisions of the territorial
centers of social services (approved by
Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers
of Ukraine “On certain matters of
operation of the territorial centers of
social services” of December 29, 2009,
No. 1417) medical contraindications
for provision of social services are
infectious diseases, drug or alcohol
dependence or mental illnesses
that require special ambulatory
registration.
However, during monitoring visits the
inpatient units of some territorial centers
had residents with F- 20 diagnosis
(schizophrenia) who required specialized
medical care. This was in violation of the
rules in the said regulation and negatively
affected setting and psychological
environment of the other residents.
7. Persons with disabilities who reside
at institutions have opportunity to
exercise their right to a family. Current
regulations require significant changes
to ensure the right to maternity and
paternity to people with disabilities
residing at special homes.
8. Access control and issuance of
permissions to visitors restricts
residents’ right to communication. In
particular, the visit to Svyatoshynsky
neuropsychiatric institution revealed
that all visitors have to get special
passes issued by the administration
and explained by high incidence of
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