The NPM recommended that Danijel Halas Home in Velika Polana examine the possibility of arranging a smoking room, since smoking outside is uncomfortable for residents in cold and bad weather. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management stated that the proposal to arrange a smoking room would be included in the annual work plan and submitted for approval to the home’s governing body. The NPM recommended that Franc Salamon Retirement Home in Trbovlje examine the possibility of arranging a smoking room, since smoking outside is uncomfortable for residents in cold and bad weather. In their response to the preliminary report, the management of the home explained that a smoking room was being arranged at the dementia unit. In cold and bad weather, a female resident from the relevant unit was accompanied by the staff to the smoking area. The NPM recommended that Trnovo Retirement Home examine the possibility of arranging a smoking room, since smoking outside is uncomfortable for residents in cold and bad weather. In their response to the preliminary report, the management stated that it would examine the possibility of constructing a smoking room or an alternative solution. Website presentation The activities on the website of Danica Vogrinec Retirement Home were provided only for certain months; information was unclear and in abbreviated form. The NPM recommended that the management be more prompt and clear when posting on the Internet. When reviewing the website of Laško Retirement Home, the NPM noticed the lack of information on the capacity and occupancy of the household unit and data on the anticipated waiting period (although only provisional). The NPM believed that such information would be useful for a future resident when making a decision on staying there; we thus proposed that the website be supplemented accordingly with expected waiting periods also on other wards. The NPM proposed that Danijel Halas Home in Velika Polana update its website, since incorrect (possible old) information on the capacity of the secure ward was provided when we viewed the website; the sections on house rules, list of events in the current month and publication of news were also missing. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management explained that the recommendation had been observed and the deficiency eliminated. The NPM recommended that Franc Salamon Retirement Home in Trbovlje advertise its events also on its website. It proposed that the website be updated and advertising of events be equipped with pictures. In their reply to the preliminary report, the management explained that they immediately began advertising on their website and updated the website with pictures. Residents’ access to rooms and personal items The NPM recommended that doors to the rooms of residents living in Tisje Retirement Home and the Litija Unit be locked only exceptionally as was done in the past when decided by the residing doctor. 34 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