4) On-site Survey of Detention Facilities In accordance with the right to health prescribed by the Constitution and UN international standards, inmates in detention facilities should be guaranteed of not only health and medical services, but also of overall conditions enabling maintenance of appropriate levels of a healthy state. Although there has been a series of efforts to ensure the right to health to the inmates since the establishment of the Commission, a significant number of complaints are still received on the environment of detention facilities related to the right to health in detention facilities, including the right to receive external medical treatment. The Commission collected demands of inmates, examined the healthcare status, and conducted quantitative and qualitative investigation into working conditions and demands of medical professionals in detention facilities nationwide. Based on the result, the Commission issued necessary policy measures to ensure the right to health in detention facilities. 5) Welfare Facilities for the Elderly The Long-term Care Insurance system was adopted in August 2008 and has offered institutional or residential care for elderly people who have difficulty in leading their everyday lives on their own for more than six months due to senile ailments such as dementia. The system has been evaluated largely as a success for its past two-year performance as it has successfully ensured the economic, social and cultural rights of the elderly by serving the needs of the elderly and expanding their healthcare options. Nevertheless, criticisms were raised not only on its inefficient functioning of the early adoption stage, but also on the quality of the system itself. The Competition among service providers increased the possibility that the rights of the elderly were undermined in their pursuit of greatest profit, rather than quality improvement. Bearing the problems in mind, the Commission decided to conduct on-site surveys on 76 Part II. Major Activities of the Commission