The NHRCK recommended that the Minister of National Defense: i) conduct a comprehensive investigation into the actual conditions of the discharged soldiers with tinnitus (including hearing difficulties), ii) prevent further hearing loss by applying hearing conservation programs, and iii) establish manuals to allow the military units of the Army, Air Force and Navy in high-noise environments to apply relevant countermeasures such as conducting regular noise assessments and hearing tests as well as damage prevention education campaigns. Also, the Commission recommended that the head of Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs develop ways to compensate the victims by i) finding ways to offer treatment to compensate the victims who have no corresponding military hospital record, including reducing the burden of proof, ii) maintaining the requirements for acknowledging them as a person of national merit due to military service-caused tinnitus, which equivalent to the compensation for industrial accidents, and measuring the impact of the disorder on the quality of life and its social implications when conducting tinnitus tests to raise the effectiveness of remedies; and, iii) adopting customized testing methods befitting the characteristics of individual victims in the tests required to register an individual as a person of national merit (April 18, 2012). In reply, the Minister of National Defense notified the Commission that the Ministry would carry out hearing conservation programs, which consists of noise exposure assessments, noise-induced hearing loss prevention education, regular hearing tests and the provision of hearing protectors, to prevent further damage. The Ministry's action plan also calls for the publication of guidelines in order to ensure that military units exposed to high noise levels execute regular noise assessments and hearing tests, damage prevention education, the storage and the use of relevant data, and other countermeasures. F. Policy Recommendation to Improve the Labor Rights of Care Workers The NHRCK recommended that the Minister of Health and Welfare create strict requirements to use as standards applied to the facilities, operations, workforce and the establishment of in-home care services for the elderly so that the labor rights of care Chapter 1. Improvement of Laws, Regulations, Policies and Practices 45