The Queen on site when Karolinska University Hospital staff received Sylviaahmet's certificate

The Medical Unit/Geriatric Nursing Area at Karolinska University Hospital has been awarded Sylviahem's certificate. For dementia patients and their relatives, this means better care and a higher quality of life.

In order to obtain certification, employees attended basic training and passed a knowledge test. They learned more about dementia and the treatment and care of this patient population. All professional groups in Áldrande have completed the training. This means that doctors, nurses, auxiliary nurses and kitchen assistants have gained new and valuable knowledge that will raise the standard of work.

-We already have the foundation. “We now have new tools in meeting with dementia patients and their relatives,” he says. Pernilla helmetHe is the director of nursing for one of the four departments that received the certificate.

Queen Silvia attended the ceremony. She was allowed to receive flowers from the staff at Karolinska and it was then she who handed over the proof that the geriatric medical/nursing unit was now Sylvia-certified. Queen Silvia said in her speech:

– Dear staff at Karolinska University Hospital. You are doing very important work for seriously ill patients and elderly people. It is a pleasure to meet you today and hand over Certificate No. 206 to you.

A total of 180 employees participated in the training that is the basis of the certification. The work now continues with regular settlements to keep the knowledge alive. The certificate is valid for three years. Next, employees need to take a new knowledge test and new employees undergo training.

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