Helping Hands Home Support and Nursing

04/08/2022

"This piece of work is a major leap forward in our mission to understand Alzheimer’s, and ultimately produce several treatments needed to delay or prevent the disease."

Professor Julie Williams, Centre Director, UK DRI at Cardiff

A major new international study involving UK DRI researchers has identified 75 genes associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, including 42 new genes which had not previously been implicated in the condition.

08/06/2020

"The idea of a dementia blood test is not new, but these two latest studies give the clearest indication yet that a protein associated with Alzheimer's disease could be used to diagnose people at a much earlier stage."

While there are still years of trails to go, these promising studies give us solid hope that we will see a commercially available blood test for Alzheimer's in our life times.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53567486

The test could spot the disease at the earliest stage before symptoms appear, studies suggest.

08/03/2020

Happy BC Day

05/17/2019

Summer's coming - have you read our article on dehydration?
Check out the link in comments 👇

04/14/2019

Look for new information posted on our website.

11/30/2018

At this time of year we all need to be protecting ourselves as best we can!
Pneumonia is a dangerous condition, and thanks to the Pneumovax vaccine, it can also be prevented!

Check out the new post on the Helping Hands blog for more information about how you can protect yourself and others this winter.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) signed an arrangement with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the Department of Health Canada(Health Canada) recognizing each other’s food safety systems as comparable to each other. May 4, 2016

10/23/2017

“Nurse-led, community-based care has the potential to actually save money and result in better outcomes for patients.”

Could not have said it better ourselves, though potential is a bit of an understatement.

Linda Silas, the president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, speaks about the growing demand for home care.

12/16/2014

Children really are our future, check out this article about Kenneth Shinozuka(age 15); inventor and winner of the Scientific American Science in Action Award, has invented a pressure sensor to aid caregivers in monitoring Alzheimer and dementia patients. Genius! Check it out!
http://www.scientificamerican.com/education/science-in-action/

https://www.googlesciencefair.com/projects/en/2014/d5b1aaea6cc6d609d3cca8ad616d2aa39c06258ad16327cbfaf8250de85d876c

Scientific American is delighted to help expand the Google Science Fair honors by sponsoring a $50,000 Science in Action award for a project that addresses a social, environmental or health issue to make a practical difference in the lives of a group or community.

12/08/2014

Continuing work on our website, and overall social media presence, its slow going but thank you to everyone who is helping us along! Every share helps!

11/25/2014

Welcome to the Helping Hands Home Support and Nursing page!!
It has been a long time in coming but here we are!
Please Like our page and help us grow our online presence, and, as always, if you have a friend or family member who you feel would benefit from home support or home nursing, invite them to check out our page, or website; http://www.helpinghandshomenursing.com.

From all of us at Helping Hands,
Thank you.

We offer comprehensive home care and home nursing services to the residents of North Vancouiver and British Columbia.