SECTION 2.
The results of NMP operation in Ukraine
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The visits also revealed shortcomings particular to specific institutional residences
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lack of properly qualified personnel at one institution entailed the death
of a female resident;
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the corridors and sleeping rooms of a geriatric institution are equipped
with a video-surveillance system;
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insufficient quantity of wheelchairs and wheeled bedside tables;
Photo: At Olyka neuropsychiatric boarding home (Volyn Region), 01.11.2012
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visitors are allowed on issuance of passes (given only on presentation of a
photoflurogram), which is not required by any regulation;
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absence of sports grounds for exercise therapy and physical rehab activities of the residents;
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insufficient stock of items for persons with special needs (ramps, railings,
toilet and shower aids, other enabling means);
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a children’s facility has no assembly hall for cultural and leisure activities
of the resident minors.
Deficiencies in the regulations on the operation of institutions of the Ministry of
Social Policies of Ukraine that entail instances of violation of human rights and
freedoms include the following:
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the Model Provisions on a home for the elderly and disabled, geriatric residence and residence for war and labor veterans, Model Provisions on a
neuropsychiatric residence and Model Provisions on a childcare residence
fail to meet the domestic and international human rights standards;
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