Report of the Commissioner for Human Rights on the activities of the National Mechanism for the Prevention of Torture in Poland in 2017 Social care homes Introduction 7 social care homes were visited by the NMPT in 2017 141 social care homes were visited in the years 2009 – 2016 The results of social care homes’ monitoring have been described in the thematic report entitled Rights of residents of social care homes102, published in 2017. The report provides guidance to entities that operate social care homes, to their staff, residents as well as relatives of current or future residents of such homes. The irregularities found in individual institutions as well as the highlighted problem areas should encourage discussion on the changes necessary for protecting the homes’ residents against potential situations of ill-treatment. 102 https://www.rpo.gov.pl/pl/content/raport-kmpt-prawa-mieszkancow-domow-pomocy-spolecznej 50