Queen Silvia and the Silvia Home & Foundation


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The Queen at the Silviahemmet's certification of Familjeläkarna in Saltsjöbaden
On Wednesday, December 11, the Queen handed over Silviahemmet Foundation's certificate of knowledge of good dementia care to Familjeläkarna in Saltsjöbaden.
Silviahemmet was founded in 1996 on the initiative of the Queen and since its inception has worked to increase knowledge and skills in the area of ​​dementia. This is done, among other things, through regular training for employees in care and health care, as well as relatives.
This fall, about 40 doctors of Familjeläkarna attended Silviahemmet's education, which aims to contribute to the highest possible quality of life for those with dementia, regardless of the degree of illness, and their relatives.
At Wednesday's ceremony, employees received a certificate from the Queen as proof of completed training. The certificate is valid for three years, after which it is renewed through supplementary training of staff.
Drottningen vid Silviahemmets certifiering av Familjeläkarna i Saltsjöbaden - Sveriges Kungahus

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On Wednesday, February 12, the Queen presented Silviahemmet Foundation's certificate of knowledge of good dementia care to Lotsen's nursing and care accommodation in Nynäshamn. The certificate was the hundredth awarded by the foundation.
In November, approximately 30 employees of Lotsen's nursing and care home attended Silviahemmet's education, which aims to contribute to the highest possible quality of life for dementia, regardless of the degree of illness, and their relatives.
In connection with the certification, the Queen was given a tour of the accommodation which has 24 apartments for people with dementia.
Drottningen certifierade vård- och omsorgsboende i Nynäshamn - Sveriges Kungahus

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Queen Silvia had today a ideo meeting with the board of the Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation.
 
Neighbors strike back at queen: "Stunning"
Queen Silvia has indicated that prejudice against dementia was behind the neighbors stopping the heart project "SilviaBo".
An astonishing statement, one of the neighbors who ran the process answers:
- The municipality has folded because this is the queen of the country.
To mark Alzheimer's Day, Queen Silvia participated in a podcast interview with the Alzheimer's Life Foundation, which was published this weekend.
One of the subjects was SilviaBo, the Queen's heart project on Drottningholm. Six apartments were built for couples, where at least one of the people suffered from dementia. But after the building permit was appealed and revoked, the apartments are empty, three years after they were inaugurated.
Journalist Henrik Frenkel asked in the podcast interview if the queen believes that prejudice against dementia can be behind the conflict with the neighbors.
- I have often thought about it. I dare not ask because I'm afraid it's so. And I think it's very painful, I think it's really cruel, the queen replied, among other things.
Aftonbladet has spoken to one of those who drove the process towards the SilviaBo project. The neighbor, who has also been in contact with the others involved, reacts strongly to the queen's insinuation.
- It is a statement that is astonishing. There has never been a question and discussion about dementia care. What we have done as residents of Drottningholmsmalmen is to protect the place, with its historical values, says the neighbor who wants to remain anonymous.
Aftonbladet wrote about the things around SilviaBo already in 2018. The building committee's chairman Lennart Nilsson resigned in frustration that he considered that the municipal council itself had come under pressure to grant a building permit for the queen's project.
This is despite the fact that the design of the apartments was in conflict with the new detailed plan that had been worked on for over ten years, which would preserve the area's unique character from the 18th century.
- This is part of the world heritage Drottningholm Palace and its surroundings. It was Gustav III who created a form of housing for craftsmen and others who could contribute to the surroundings. Roads and the garden impression have been preserved with hedges and other things, to preserve the environment that has existed here since Gustav III's time, says the neighbor.
What is it about the newly built apartments that is so offensive, do you think?
- That there were too many apartments in the buildings, they were too large, and so they had a clear impression of being catalog houses that are intended to be produced in mass form. This is exactly what does not fit on Drottningholmsmalmen.
The houses began to be built before the building permit gained legal force, the neighbor says.
- If they had waited, they would have been able to remodel the buildings so that they fit in, and would not have ended up in this situation. It is the client's fault that is behind the problems. And that the municipality has not been clear and strong enough, but in some way emphasized that it is the queen of the country.
Silviahemmet, where dementia care is provided, is an excellent institution, says the neighbor. The construction dispute is about something completely different than the disease itself.
- This again testifies that the queen unfortunately did not have the right adviser around her. Someone has said this and in her disappointment she answers a question like this, says the neighbor.
The neighbors thus claim that prejudices against dementia have had nothing to do with the tangle. Aftonbladet has asked Margareta Thorgren if Queen Silvia has any comment on this.
- I was present at the interview. It is Henrik Frenkel (the interviewer) who asks the question. The queen answers that "I have not dared to ask the question ..." So it is not something that the queen claims. Then the conversation turns to the fact that unfortunately there can generally be resistance, which is sad, Margareta Thorgren answers in a text message.
The Silviahemmet Foundation has made a new building permit application so that the vision of dementia housing can become a reality.
- While the building permit issue is being tried in various instances, nothing happens to the houses. No one can move into the houses as long as the process is ongoing, says operational manager Wilhelmina Hoffman.
The building permit for the converted homes is currently being processed in the Land and Environmental Court. In the new proposal, the size and facades of the homes have been adapted to "harmonize with the rest of the environment", says the press manager at Ekerö municipality.
Granne om drottningens uttalande_ Häpnadsväckande _ Aftonbladet

Silvia i bråk med grannarna på Drottningholm _ Svensk Dam
 
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Queen Silvia attended today meeting of the board of the Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation.
 
Queen Silvia had today a digital meeting with Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation.
 
Queen Silvia spoke today at a digital ceremony, where St. Carolus' Hospital in Görlitz, Germany, got a Silvia Home certificate. The hospital is the first in Germany to be Silvia Home certified. All employees in all the hospital's departments have been trained in dementia care during the year.
Drottningen deltog i Silviahemscertifiering av sjukhus i Tyskland - Sveriges Kungahus

The queen's speech
H.M. Drottningens tal vid certifiering av sjukhuset St. Carolus, Görlitz, Tyskland, måndagen den 30 november 2020 - Sveriges Kungahus
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Queen Silvia attended today a digital board meeting of the Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation.
 
The court at its website:
Today, on Valentine's Day, Silviahemmet celebrates 25 years.
Silviahemmet 25 år - Sveriges Kungahus

Photo of queen Silvia at the inauguration at court Facebook
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Silviahemmet at its website:
On Valentine's Day, February 14, 1996, Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation was inaugurated. The Queen's initiative made it possible to provide assistant nurses with a unique specialist training in dementia care.
Silviahemmet 25 år! _ Silviahemmet
 
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On February 2021 about the so-called "SilviaBo"

The Land and Environment Court revokes the Silviahemmet Foundation's building permit for modular housing adapted for people with dementia. The long-running dispute over the construction of the cultural environment on Drottningholm must now be handled again by Ekerö municipality. The Court urges the municipality to carry out a neighbor hearing and then examine whether the deviations from the plan that have emerged can be accepted.
Nytt bakslag för Silviahemmets modulbostäder
 
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LadyFinn said:
Journalist Henrik Frenkel asked in the podcast interview if the queen believes that prejudice against dementia can be behind the conflict with the neighbors.
- I have often thought about it. I dare not ask because I'm afraid it's so. And I think it's very painful, I think it's really cruel, the queen replied, among other things.
Aftonbladet has spoken to one of those who drove the process towards the SilviaBo project. The neighbor, who has also been in contact with the others involved, reacts strongly to the queen's insinuation.
- It is a statement that is astonishing. There has never been a question and discussion about dementia care. What we have done as residents of Drottningholmsmalmen is to protect the place, with its historical values, says the neighbor who wants to remain anonymous.
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Aftonbladet wrote about the things around SilviaBo already in 2018. The building committee's chairman Lennart Nilsson resigned in frustration that he considered that the municipal council itself had come under pressure to grant a building permit for the queen's project.
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If prejudice against people with dementia is playing a part in criticism of the building project, that would be a terrible prejudice which deserves to be exposed. However, with the requirement for the royal family to be politically neutral, I question if it is appropriate for the Queen to be the one to speak out about a legal dispute which she is party to as the head of the disputed project, especially when the allegation of prejudice seems to be unproven and is denied by the accused, and her position allegedly influenced the municipality's legal decisions in the past.


LadyFinn said:
The neighbors thus claim that prejudices against dementia have had nothing to do with the tangle. Aftonbladet has asked Margareta Thorgren if Queen Silvia has any comment on this.
- I was present at the interview. It is Henrik Frenkel (the interviewer) who asks the question. The queen answers that "I have not dared to ask the question ..." So it is not something that the queen claims. Then the conversation turns to the fact that unfortunately there can generally be resistance, which is sad, Margareta Thorgren answers in a text message.

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Granne om drottningens uttalande_ Häpnadsväckande _ Aftonbladet

Silvia i bråk med grannarna på Drottningholm _ Svensk Dam
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Technically, I suppose Margareta Thorgren is correct, but I understand the neighbors' sentiment that the allegation was implicit.
 
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A video of the SilviaBo houses and their neighbourhood with houses from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Today queen Silvia attended a digital board meeting of the Silviahemmet Foundation.
 
The first full-scale SilviaBo project in Sweden will be built in Helsingborg by BoKlok.
Everything will be completed in the summer of 2022 and will be shown at the H22 City Expo.
The idea for SilviaBo comes from H.M. Queen Silvia and IKEA's founder Ingvar Kamprad - an adaptable, safe and sustainable housing concept developed by the Silviahemmet Foundation, BoKlok and IKEA together.
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Silviahemmet participates in the University of Stirling's completely new research project on sustainable and safe housing for the elderly with cognitive illness. Read more about the project Designing Homes for Healthy Cognitive Aging (DesHCA).
Silviahemmet's housing concept SilviaBo® has received a great deal of international attention and has therefore been invited to participate in the research project together with IKEA and BoKlok.
SilviaBo deltar i forskningsprojekt _ Silviahemmet
 
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Queen Silvia today at Silviahemmet's graduation ceremony at the Drottningholm Palace Theatre. Photo by SPA.
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During the morning graduation ceremony, the Queen handed out diplomas to care administrators and deacons who graduated in 2020 and 2021. The care administrators received diplomas from Silviahemmet and Sophiahemmet University and deacons received diplomas from Silviahemmet, Stiftelsen Silviahemmet and Ersta diakoni.
Drottningen vid diplomeringsceremoni - Sveriges Kungahus

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More photos of queen Silvia at the graduation ceremony.
Drottningen vid diplomeringsceremonin på Drottningholms slottsteater. - GALA magasin

Nicholas Ashton, assistant professor at the University of Gothenburg together with Rik Ossenkoppele, researcher at Lund University and also associate professor at the AUMC Alzheimer Center, Amsterdam, is awarded the "Queen Silvia's Prize for a young Alzheimer's researcher".
On September 17, they received the prestigious prize of SEK 125,000 each from the Queen at a festive ceremony at Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
"They are two well-deserved young researchers that the Alzheimer's Foundation's scientific council has selected for its important advances in diagnostics and research methods", says Liselotte Jansson, Secretary General of the Alzheimer's Foundation.
Drottning Silvias pris - Alzheimerfonden

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"Queen Silvia's Prize to a young Alzheimer's researcher" was established in 2014 by the Alzheimer's Foundation on the occasion of the Queen's 70th birthday. The prize is awarded each year to a promising researcher in the field of dementia who is under 40 years of age and who has not yet qualified for a position as senior lecturer or professor. The prize money amounts to SEK 125,000.
 
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Queen Silvia attended today meeting of the board of the Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation, it was held at Silviahemmet.
 
Queen Silvia attended today meeting of the board of the Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation at Silviahemmet.
 
BoKlok announced in November a name competition for the first full-scale SilviaBo project, which is being built for the H22 city expo.
In Mariastaden in Helsingborg, BoKlok is building the first full-scale SilviaBo project - a wiser senior housing that you neither want nor need to move from! SilviaBo are apartments for those who are 55 years or older, and which are prepared for accessibility adaptation so that you can safely age in, and together with, your home.
Now we need your help! We need a name for our very first SilviaBo project in Mariastaden in Helsingborg, and are therefore announcing a competition.
The competition runs until December 23, Queen Silvia's birthday. All received answers will be reviewed by a jury consisting of members from BoKlok and Silviahemmet. In early 2022, the winning name will be revealed.
SilviaBo in Mariastaden will consist of 24 homes: two-room and three-room apartments. The homes will be ready in the spring of 2022.
Nyheter _ Om oss _ BoKlok SV
 
Queen Silvia attended Silviahemmet certification ceremony today at Västra Torsås church in Lönashult. She handed out Silviahemmet's certificate for good dementia care to employees at three elderly, care and nursing homes in Alvesta, Nybro and Gislaved. 132 employees at Fröjdekulla nursing home in Alsterbro, Hagagården's care and nursing home in Smålandsstenar and Torsgården's nursing home in Lönashult have undergone Silviahemmet's dementia training. The education aims to be able to contribute to the highest possible quality of life for the dementia patients, regardless of illness, and their relatives.
On the way to Alvesta a board meeting of Silviahemmet Foundation was held on the train.
Drottningen certifierade äldre_boenden _ Kungahuset

At Instagram of Torsgården Lönashult
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The queen's greeting, a short video
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Article with many photos at Silviahemmet's website about the Silviahemmet certification ceremony at Västra Torsås church on 1st April.
Drottningen överlämnar certifikat i Lönashult — Silviahemmet
 
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On May 31, H.M. The Queen inaugurates SilviaBo in Mariastaden in Helsingborg. SilviaBo is a housing concept for older adults developed by the Silviahemmet Foundation, BoKlok and IKEA.
H.M. The Queen visits Helsingborg on 31 May with a focus on dementia and the elderly. The Queen will also give an opening speech and participate in the seminar "The dementia-friendly city" organized by the Silviahemmet Foundation and BoKlok.
During the H22 City Expo in Helsingborg, two of the newly built SilviaBo apartments will be open to visitors and show opportunities for housing for the elderly and for people who live with cognitive difficulties in everyday life.
Time: Tuesday 31 May at 12.00
Pressinbjudan_ H.M. Drottningen inviger SilviaBo i Helsingborg 31 maj _ BoKlok
 
Queen Silvia inaugurated SilviaBo and a dementia-friendly walkway in Mariastaden in Helsingborg.
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Jonas Spangenberg, CEO of Boklok, Queen Silvia and Wilhelmina Hoffman, operations manager for Silviahemmet planted a rose bush.
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SilviaBo – ett klokare seniorboende

SilviaBo are homes and areas designed for physical and mental well-being, a housing concept developed by the Silviahemmet Foundation, BoKlok and IKEA together. With SilviaBo, safe homes and areas are created that the residents do not want or need to move away from as the apartments are prepared to be easily adapted to an everyday life with cognitive difficulties or a disability.
The idea for SilviaBo comes from Queen Silvia and IKEA's founder Ingvar Kamprad.

SVT:
Queen Silvia inaugurated, among other things, a new home for people with dementia, Silviabo,
The accommodation follows a concept that the Queen herself has been involved in developing and which allows people affected by cognitive illness to live in an apartment with a partner or a friend and at the same time receive help.
SVT followed the inauguration and got an interview with the queen - you can see it in the video above.
Kungligt besök under stadsmässan H22 i Helsingborg _ SVT Nyheter

H.M. The Queen inaugurated SilviaBo in Helsingborg - as part of the city fair H22
SilviaBo is a housing concept for older adults developed by the Silviahemmet Foundation, BoKlok and IKEA together.
- It feels fantastic fun that H.M. The Queen was on hand to officially inaugurate our first full-scale SilviaBo area, especially considering that it was the Queen and Ingvar Kamprad who came up with the original idea for the SilviaBo concept, says Jonas Spangenberg, CEO of BoKlok.
H.M. Drottningen invigde SilviaBo i Helsingborg – som del av stadsmässan H22
 
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Queen Silvia attended yesterday the Silviahemmet Foundation's board meeting.
 
Queen Silvia handed out the diplomas at Silviahemmet’s solemn diploma ceremony at Drottningholm Palace Theatre.
Drottning Silvias utseendeförändring – nya bilden visar skillnaden _*Svensk Dam

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Drottningen vid diplomerings_ceremoni - GALA magasin

At the website of Stiftelsen Silviahemmet Foundation
H. M. The Queen attended the Stiftelsen Silviahemmet's solemn graduation ceremony on 6 September 2022 at the fantastic Drottningholm Palace Theatre. New Silvia sisters and Silvia nurses received a brooch and diploma. Care Administrators and Deacons were also graduated at the ceremony, as well as, for the first time, dentists, dental hygienists and a speech therapist.
Silviahemmets diplomeringsceremoni — Silviahemmet
 
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Queen Silvia attended today Silviahemmet Foundation's Board meeting in Gotland.

Strandakar Hotel & Restaurant posted this photo to its social media
"Today, the Silviahemmet Foundation visited the talented Jane and Pia at Hattstugan in När. Strandakar was given the honorable task of serving lunch to the board and guests."
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Hattstugan is a private group accommodation for people with dementia.

Court website
The Queen visited Hattstugan dementia home on Gotland together with the Silviahemmet Foundation. The visit was also attended by Gotland's governor Anders Flanking and Rolf Öström, chairman of Region Gotland's social committee. Silviahemmet's board gathered for a board meeting after the visit to Hattstugan.
Drottningen besökte gotländskt demensboende _ Kungahuset

Silviahemmet at its website
Silviahemmet visited Hattstugan in När on Gotland yesterday. An acclaimed dementia home that was started in 1994 by sisters Jane Lindell Ljunggren and Pia Lindell. Silviahemmet is now looking forward to a continued and close collaboration with Hattstugan.
Silviahemmet på Gotland — Silviahemmet
 
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