On 1 March 2017, Her Majesty Queen Silvia of Sweden visited Poland at the invitation of the Medicover Foundation and Medicover. The focus of the visit was care for elderly people and dementia sufferers and subjects related to nursing education. The occasion for the invitation was the final ceremony of the competition for Queen Silvia Nursing Award which was presented with all honours at the Swedish Embassy. Her Majesty Queen Silvia also met with the residents of the Medicover Senior Józefina Care Home and the nurses working in the Medicover Hospital in Wilanów.