Thank you very much for the pics - Queen Silvia looks great, relaxed and happy here indeed.
It might have something to do with also feeling very contented, as this was a very special hospital visit.
In Cologne, she opened the first facility in a hospital abroad which follows the dementia care concept developed in the ‘Silviahemmet / Silvia Homes’ founded by the Queen. In 1996, the Silvia Home Foundation was also set up, which supports the Cologne facility.
The Silvia Home has assembled specific patient care rules, offers training programs for nurses specializing in dementia care as well as support programs for the patients' relatives, and it participates in the research of the illness.
It’s planned to take the Silviahemmet concept, which appears to be taken very seriously by medical experts, well beyond Sweden; the Cologne ‘Silvia Station’ is the first attempt to execute it within an existing hospital’s facilities, focusing on dementia patients with other health issues which require their hospital stay.
Along with the World Childhood Foundation, the progress of dementia care is certainly part of Queen Silvia's lasting legacy, and today's event was a small milestone in the field, so I believe you can see her happiness about this in the pictures.
