The NPM recommended that Danijel Halas Home in Velika Polana check the ability to use the call bell in the secure ward individually, since there was a possibility that individuals in this ward could still have the capacity to understand the meaning of the bell and thus its function. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management of the home explained that they had introduced “calling hours” for residents who understand the purpose of the call bell. We recommended that Danijel Halas Home in Velika Polana post the “List of special rights of detained persons” in a suitable place where residents of the secure ward would be able to see it; the house rules should also be posted in a suitable place. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management of the home stated that they had moved the list of special rights of persons accommodated in the secure ward and the house rules to the notice board. The NPM recommended that Danijel Halas Home in Velika Polana equip the doors in the secure ward with simple symbols (e.g. flower, sun, animal etc.) to help residents’ orientation in space. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management of the home said that they had equipped the doors with simple symbols. Since the secure ward was not verified, the NPM recommended that the management of Franc Salamon Retirement Home in Trbovlje examine the possibility of verifying the secure ward in accordance with the Mental Health Act and the Rules on staff, technical and premises requirements for institutional care providers and Social Work Centres providing mental health services, and on the verification procedure thereof. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management of the home explained that they had submitted the application for the verification of the secure ward in the home and in the Prebold Unit to the Commission for the verification of secure wards at the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. The Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities confirmed the receipt of the application for the verification of the secure ward in its reply to the final report, and added that the application was being examined. The NPM proposed that Franc Salamon Retirement Home examine the possibility of arranging direct access for residents of the secure ward to green areas. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management of the home explained that they were preparing a plan to move the dementia ward to another section of the home where the residents of the relevant ward could have direct access to green areas. The NPM recommended that residents of the secure ward of Franc Salamon Retirement Home be further consistently enabled access to green areas and to walk outside. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management of the home explained that access of residents to green areas or walking would be provided in the same way as in the past. We recommended the Tolmin Unit immediately inform the competent court when admitting residents to the ward without the residents’ consent; it should do so also in the future. If a resident is unable to give their consent, the unit must inform the court thereof even before detaining the resident in a secure ward; in such cases, detention is permissible only on the basis of a court decision. We also recommended that the unit inform us if the court fails to decide on a proposal or if a decision not to implement the procedure is issued. The management of Podbrdo Retirement Home explained that one of the residents who lacked consent to be placed in the dementia ward during the NPM’s visit was relocated to the open nursing ward due to his IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE NPM IN 2016 NATIONAL PREVENTIVE MECHANISM UNDER THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE UN CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT 47