Annual Report 2012: Spain’s National Preventive Mechanism Door with camera and interior of the bedroom with waterproof walls, flooring and ceiling, water faucet to be able to clean it, Photograph 50 Photograph 49 high windows and ceilings The staff treats residents in a dignified and friendly manner The team at the building where the resident lives makes the decisions regarding outings 140 185. The residents who can manage on their own go out alone to the center’s outdoor areas. The nursing assistants in each building take dependent residents outside every morning, except when the weather is bad. They are not taken out­ side in the afternoon, when they only go out on certain exceptional occasions or when they have visits and are taken out to have some fresh air or go for a walk. Furthermore, in the summer the entrance doors to the buildings are closed from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm to avoid the risk of sunburns. In order to avoid such a drastic measure, it would be more logical to have a routine control system at the door of each module to prevent residents with serious cognitive impairment to go out­ doors without being accompanied by a nursing assistant. 186. Outings for residents at the center are authorized by the team in the building where they live, on the basis of their capacity to go on an outing. If they are able to go, they are given an outing «pass» with the days and times authorized by the clinical staff, which they have to show on their way out. Like­ wise, residents can spend a few days outside the center with their families, and if they are not incapacitated, alone. There is no time limit for outings, unless a resident is away for long periods of times, in which case he/she could risk losing the place in the center. THE OMBUDSMAN OF SPAIN