A/HRC/42/43/Add.1 approach. The Independent Expert recommends that geriatric medicine be integrated into university curricula to ensure that sufficient qualified specialists in geriatrics are available to meet the needs of an ageing society. Training in gerontology and geriatrics should also be a requirement in the training of health professionals already in the workforce, and should also be given to the different categories of health personnel and community members. Moreover, geriatric wards should be established in all hospitals to ensure the delivery of comprehensive, compassionate care that recognizes the special needs of older persons with a view to optimizing their quality of life and functional ability. 105. The Independent Expert stresses the need to ensure quality control in all settings and recommends that minimum standards be developed for social protection services and health-care institutions, as well as hospices and other community services. Quality management and monitoring in older persons’ homes, as well as abuse prevention and the managing of such cases, also need to be strengthened. 106. The Independent Expert calls upon Uruguay to amend the recently adopted mental health law, notably to ensure the independence and autonomy of the review body and to take the necessary steps to ensure the accessibility, availability and quality of mental health services throughout the country. She emphasizes the need to provide quality care in a community-based environment. C. Recommendations to businesses 107. The Independent Expert is concerned about ageism and stereotyping of older persons, which go hand in hand with certain forms of discrimination, such as genderbased discrimination, discrimination on the grounds of disability, origin or membership of an ethnic, religious or linguistic minority, or on any other grounds. The Independent Expert takes the opportunity to remind businesses that they should comply with the Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. She also takes the opportunity to draw the attention of the Government to its obligation to ensure respect for, protection of and compliance with human rights in the sphere of business activities by public or private enterprises, and to the need to adopt appropriate legislation and regulations in conjunction with supervisory and investigative mechanisms and mechanisms to ensure accountability, in order to establish and ensure compliance with norms for business activities. 17