A prescription for success
Franchise Entrepreneur - September/October 2008
Nurse Next Door has brought efficient, compassionate home care to its clients' doorsteps since 2001. When it began franchising in 2007, after building a highly successful and highly profitable initial operation, the company aimed to treat its franchisees the same way. Read more
 

Video game attracts local seniors
Burnaby NewsLeader - June 25, 2008
Last week, a group of seniors at Confederation Centre during an event set up by two programs that aim to keep older people active - Nurse Next Door and Seniors Active in Living (SAIL). Read more
 

Carving piece of customer pie
National Post - May 26, 2008
John DeHart estimates that last year Nurse Next Door spent $1,500 on sending customers 'humble pies,' but it saved the company about $100,000 in sales. Read more
 

Shift targets mothers
Canadian HR Reporter - May 2008
Nurse Next Door's "mommy shift," which launched last summer as moms were getting ready to send children back to school, allows mothers to work shifts between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. - the time when their children are at school. Read more
 

Love thy franchisees
PROFIT Magazine - May 2008
Nurse Next Door treats its operators like cherished customers - a model every franchisor should adopt. Here's how... Read more
 

Fortune Hunters
CBC Television - March 8, 2008
CBC's hit show, Fortune Hunters, profiles the work of co-founders John DeHart and Ken Sim in building Canada's most exciting in-home senior care franchisor. View video
 

Seniors care fast growing sector
Western Investor - April 2008
Currently, there are eight home healthcare franchise companies listed with the CFA. Nurse Next Door is the only such company based in Western Canada. Currently, they operate only in B.C., but are in the process of expanding across the country. Read more
 

Nurse Next Door Named One of British Columbia's Top 10 Employers
Franchise Canada - March 2008
Nurse Next Door, one of British Columbia's largest senior care providers, was recognized as one of the province's top 10 employers by BCBusiness Magazine's annual Best Companies to Work For in BC award program. Ranking the sixth spot, Nurse Next Door became the only healthcare organization to make the list. Read more
 

Nurse Next Door looks for 'LPN-Trepreneurs'
LPN Cafe - March 2008
Nurse Next Door, BC's largest in-home senior care provider has been caring for local seniors since 2001 when co-founders John DeHart and Ken Sim launched a company based on personal experience. Now, with a successful business on their hands, the two business leaders are on a journey to bring Nurse Next Door across the country. Read more
 

Business boom caters to elderly; One fifth of Nanaimo is over 65 years old, providing a target market for services

Nanaimo Daily News - February 12, 2008
Chris Wilkinson recently launched a Nanaimo-Cowichan franchise of Nurse Next Door, which provides health services at home. Read more

Needs of Nanaimo seniors addressed
Nanaimo News Bulletin - February 9, 2008
The newest Nurse Next Door franchise, owned and operated by Vancouver Island couple Chris Wilkinson and Tawnya Ketch, will address the health-care needs of Nanaimo seniors by providing a viable alternative to long-term care facilities. Read more

Behind the launch of Nurse Next Door
Globeandmail.com - February 8, 2008
Business Incubator reporter Rosa Park interviews Ken Sim, who shares some valuable lessons he has learned from his world-wide search for best practices in recruiting the right people and creating a world class business. Read more

Ken Sim Profile
MSN / Sympatico - December 20, 2007
Sim and DeHart started Nurse Next Door, a home care service that offers everything from basic help with household chores to 24-hour-a-day nursing care, and everything in between. Read more

Nursing home updates PBX
ComputerWorld Canada - December 7, 2007
John DeHart and Ken Sim knew there was a good market for home-care services for seniors. Both have hired caregivers for older family members. But while they saw a promising niche for a new company, they also knew what the problems would be. Read more

Supporting home care from the inside out
The Thunderbird - December 5, 2007
Sim is not trying to compete with the public system. He wants to help BC's resource-thin and unsustainable public health care service. Read more

Working 9 to 2, what a way to make a living
The Globe and Mail - November 14, 2007
British Columbia-based Nurse Next Door, a home health-care service company, developed The Mommy Shift. Read more

Seniors just want to stay home
The Vancouver Sun - November 3, 2007
Like many of B.C.'s frail elderly seniors, Douglas Craig just wants to stay home. Read more

Program seeks stay-at-home moms
The Vancouver Courier - November 2, 2007
The 9 a.m. to 2 p.m "Mommy Shift" is the brainchild of Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services, a private company launched here six years ago. Read more

Nurse Next Door knocks on Abbotsford
Abbotsford News Friday! Magazine - November 2007
The latest franchise opened in Abbotsford and, with its catchy name and bright pink car as a mobile marketing tool, owner and operator Drew Ratcliffe believes there is a market for it. Read more

Room for growth in home care
The National Post - October 29, 2007
Their goal is to build the first national home-care brand in Canada that offers the same level of care found in a hospital or nursing home. Read more

'Mommy Shift' eases caregiver shortage, company says
The Vancouver Sun - October 22, 2007
The "Mommy Shift" at Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services stretches from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., giving mothers time to see their children off to school and pick them up afterward. Read more 

Rainy-day survival
The Vancouver Province - October 4, 2007
The bursts of pink and yellow hearts and flowers that adorn Nurse Next Door's fleet of little vehicles are automatic smile-makers, even on rainy days. Read more

Care coming
North Shore News - September 27, 2007
There's a story David Reeve finds very pertinent these days as he passes his tenth month as vice president of operations for Nurse Next Door, one of Western Canada's largest home health-care service providers. Read more

When It Pays to Swallow Your Pride
Fortune Small Business - October, 2007
When the company stumbles, it delivers customers a "humble pie," a fresh-baked apple pie accompanied with a note that reads in part, "We are very humbled by our mistake and sincerely apologize for the poor service." Read more

Tech Check
Entrepreneur Magazine - September, 2007
Managers use RIM BlackBerrys or HP Tablet PCs equipped with Kyocera Passport cellular cards to stay in touch. Canon Pixma iP90 portable printers let them print care plans for both clients and caregivers. Read more

Got a heart, and a good head for numbers?
The Globe and Mail - August 21, 2007
In-home care for seniors is a growing business opportunity for Canadian entrepreneurs looking to not only capitalize on shifting demographics but also make a difference in people's lives, says John DeHart, who with Ken Sim founded Nurse Next Door in 2001. Read room 

House calls are their game
Burnaby Now - August 11, 2007
Nurse Next Door, provides a range of in-home services - from companionship to palliative care - that allow people to stay where they are while getting the attention and assistance they need from trained care workers. Read more

Why no takers?
Kelowna Daily Courier - August 4, 2007
Vancouver-based Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare is baffled that it hasn't had a taker for a franchise in the Okanagan. Read more 

Going Concern
CA Magazine - August, 2007
With its back office in place, Nurse Next Door recently started signing up franchise partners to drive its aggressive expansion plans. Read more

Daily huddle keeps staff aligned
The Vancouver Sun - July 5, 2007
All 25 employees, including the six-year-old firm's founders, wear vests with the corporate name and logo upfront and the slogan MAKING LIVES BETTER printed in large capital letters on the back. Read more

Nurse Next Door: preserving your independence
Kamloops Daily News - June 4, 2007
A third option many seniors are taking advantage of are the services of homecare providers such as Nurse Next Door. Read more

Entrepreneur
The National Post - June 4, 2007
John DeHart and Ken Sim each left Ontario for British Columbia, hoping to make a mark in the growing healthcare business. Read more

Penticton native is 'Mover of the Week'
Business Thompson Okanagan - May, 2007
Talk to John DeHart about Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services and it's his passion for his work that grabs one's attention. Read more 

Local News Kamloops
Business Thompson Okanagan - April 9, 2007
The newest Nurse Next Door franchise, locally owned and operated by Gordie and Tara Simpson, will address the healthcare needs of Kamloops seniors. Read more

Mover of the Week
The National Post - April 23, 2007
The company, which has 1,000 employees and one Vancouver branch servicing most of the lower mainland, took a major step forward three months ago in its plan to become a national in-home health- care provider. Read more

Kamloops welcomes Nurse Next Door
Kamloops This Week - March 28, 2006
Nurse Next Door, B.C.'s largest home health-care company, has launched its first franchise in the province's Interior in order to meet the needs of this rapidly growing group. Read more

Nurse makes home calls
Kamloops Daily News - March 26, 2007
Anyone with an aging parent or grandparent living on their own knows how worrisom it can be just making sure they're OK from day to day. Read more

Pay-as-you-go Home Care
The Vancouver Courier - March 7, 2007
Nurse Next Door, as well as other companies in this industry, provide a full spectrum of care, from providing meals and housekeeping or going on outings - all the way to complete personal care, and end of life, palliative care. Read more 

Home-care crisis looms nationwide
Business Edge - February 9, 2007
Created in 2001 as a result of their personal experience of trying to find the right caregiver for their own family members, John DeHart and Ken Sim are now in expansion mode. Read more

Brain Power - Stay Sharp!
The Vancouver Courier - February 7, 2007
Vancouver's Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services launched it's Cognitive Retention Therapy Program last month and dubbed January "Mind Month." Read more

Fired from job - for caring
The Vancouver Province - January 21, 2007
Kristan Ash, director of client services for Nurse Next Door, said the Vancouver-based company provides scheduled home-care services as well as a concierge service for employees who need occasional help with aging parents. Read more 

Health care provides solution for caregiver stress
Sounding Board - January, 2007
To help working individuals deal with unexpected care needs, Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services offers a concierge service that lets people call in and ask for just a little help. Read more

Nurse Next Door Founders Take Award-winning Idea Across Canada
Vancouver Business Journal - December, 2006
Their personal struggles to find quality caregiving for their loved ones lead them to build Nurse Next Door from an idea at a coffee shop into the largest home. Read more

Nurse Next Door takes award
Western Investor - December, 2006
The pair has grown Nurse Next Door from an idea at a coffee shop to one of the largest home healthcare companies in the province in only five years. Read more

Healthy at home
Penticton Herald - November 1, 2006
A commitment to caring and compassion has turned into an award-winning - not to mention, very successful - business for a former Penticton resident. Read more 

Company opens doors to home care
Penticton Western News - October 29, 2006
Nurse Next Door employs about 1,100 people across the Lower Mainland where it started five years ago. But the company's work staff and history is about to change under an ambitious expansion plan. Read more

Nurse Next Door knocks for opportunity
Kelowna Daily Courier - October 18, 2006
Nurse Next Door, a home health-care company that has 1,100 staff in Vancouver, is coming to Kelowna. Read more 

Nurse Next Door eyeing Kelowna
Kelowna Capital News - October 11, 2006
Operating for only five years, Nurse Next Door has emerged as one of the largest home healthcare companies in B.C. Read more

Nurse Next Door founders win Entrepreneur of the Year award
The Vancouver Sun - October 10, 2006
It took a troubling personal experience with a home health-care provider five years ago to prompt Nurse Next Door co-founder Ken Sim to conclude that homecare for seniors was a great sector in which to start up a business. Read more

Healthy margins
BCBusiness - October, 2006
The company was started by DeHart and his business partner, Ken Sim. They met by chance when both were looking to start something new. Read more

Top 40 Under 40
Business in Vancouver - January 2006
Company founders John DeHart and Ken Sim were introduced by businessman and philanthropist Milton Wong and the pair found they shared common ground. Read more