Seniors resist help at home
Toronto Star -  September 3, 2010
The biggest resistance is usually around "simple things," says Lori Paton, owner of the Oakville/Burlington Nurse Next Door in-home care service. That can be elderly parents who want to get themselves to doctors' appointments as they have for decades, or eat meals when they like because they often just aren't hungry. Read More

jamieflinchbaugh.com - August 20, 2010

Entrepreneurs and small business owners are all in search of a big return on their investment. How best to maximize my ROI? Many investing are looking for the big-R, the giant market. Read More.

Turn your workers into company scouts
Globe and Mail -  July 21, 2010
For Vancouver-based home-care company, Nurse Next Door, employee referrals have been the top recruiting method for years, co-founder John DeHart says. Read More

Raise your hand if you hate performance reviews
Global and Mail -  July 21, 2010
Mr. DeHart and his partner, Ken Sim, use a scorecard system for their weekly reviews. “It is a lot of work,” he says of their approach. “But we follow it because of how effective it is.” Read More

B.C. Elderly Care on the Rise
BC Business -  July 7, 2010
While workplaces long ago adapted to employees’ child care needs, few are prepared for the coming tsunami of eldercare demands. Read More

Nurse Next Door on Global News Regina

Global News Regina - May 2010

Global News Reporter Tom Vernon interviews a Nurse Next Door client and franchise owner Rob Van Norman on the importance of having clients stay in their own homes and on their own terms. Watch Video

New Home Care Business in Hamilton

thespec.com - May 7 2010

Nurse Next Door has opened a local franchise dedicated to the Hamilton area. Owned by Joy Baptiste, the franchise will address the health care needs of local seniors by providing a viable alternative to nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Read More

New Home Care Business in Regina

News Talk 980 CJME - May 6 2010

A new business in Regina wants to make home healthcare an enjoyable experience. Nurse Next Door started out in Vancouver, expanding first to Saskatoon and now to Regina. Read More.

Home Care Service Expands

The Leader Post - May 06 210

Nurse Next Door, a Vancouver-based home-care service, has opened its doors in Regina after successfully launching the franchise in Saskatoon last year. Read More.

Opening books opens eyes

National Post - May 3, 2010
Maybe it's West Coast culture, but it appears small business owners in British Columbia are more open-minded about opening their books to employees than anywhere else in Canada. Read more

Lori Paton from Nurse Next Door on Talk 820 in Hamilton

Talk 820 Hamilton - April 2010

Lori Paton discusses the Nurse Next Door Dreams program and the caregiver who was given a dream trip to Prince Edward Island. Listen.

Caring for the Caregiver: Avoiding Burnout

Vernon Morning Star - April 3, 2010
As our population continues to age, more and more individuals are thrust into caregiving roles. Read more

BCBusiness 2010 Guide to Innovation

BCBusiness Magazine  - April 02 2010
Enter the “lean thinking” philosophy of Ken Lum and John DeHart, co-founders of private home health-care services provider Nurse Next Door. Read More.

Press Personal Support Workers and Home-Care Workers

Job Postings Magazine  - April 2010
As the Boomers make their way towards their final protest song, traditional ideas of care for the elderly are being left behind. Read More.

Companies Find Cheap Ways to Boost Employee Morale

ABCNews.com - March 24 2010
And at Nurse Next Door, a private home care provider based in Vancouver, British Columbia, personal development is serious business. Read More

Private home care franchise aims to turn heads

St. Albert Gazette - March 20, 2010

Move over Mary Kay. A new business is operating in St. Albert and it comes with a bright pink car. Read More

Home Sweet Home

Business London Magazine - March 2010
As the aging population continues to swell, an in-home care franchise targets a gap in community care. Read More

Stay-at-Home Service

Victoria Times Colonist - March 6, 2010

Not every senior wants to pack up and move into a retirement home. Many people feel no compulsion to sell family homes and part with possessions in order to move into senior communities. Read more

2010 Manulife Walk For Memories

Snap Oakville - March, 2010
The Manulife Walk For Memories is the largest fundraising event for the Alzheimer Societies in Ontario. Read more

Call the Nurse Next Door
Etobicoke Guardian -  February 2010
Etobicoke can breath a sigh of relief because the Nurse Next Door has moved in! Read More

Radio Interview with John Dehart

AM 650 Radio - February 2010
Nurse Next Door co-founder John DeHart is interviewed by Gerry O'Day, host of the AM 650 Breakfast Show. Listen here

Nurse Next Door on Rogers Daytime TV in London Ontario

Rogers Daytime TV - January 19 2010
As the aging population continues to swell, an in-home care franchise targets a gap in community care. Watch Video

Growing Sectors in Canadian Franchising

Franchise Canada Magazine - January 2010
Since starting to franchising in 2007, Nurse Next Door has opened 30 locations across Canada and, depending on the caliber of prospects they attract, up to 20 new ones are slated to open in the next year. The majority of new locations are expected to be in Ontario. Read more
 

Nurse Next Door nabs top spot
Reflections on Respect E-Newsletter - January 2009
How a values based culture propelled Nurse Next Door to #1 as BC's Top Employer for 2009. Read more
 

Best Companies to Work for in BC 2009
BCBusiness Magazine - December 2009
At home-care provider Nurse Next Door - B.C.'s top company with more than 100 employees - you'd never know we'd just been through a recession. Read more
 

CHBC News
CHBC - November 23, 2009
Nurse Next Door's Mechal Corbett and Cathy Bilton appear on CHBC News to discuss fall prevention.  View video 
 

Sunday Morning News
Global BC - November 22, 2009
Nurse Next Door's Drew Ratcliffe appears on Global BC's Sunday Morning News to discuss the annual Fall Prevention Week. View video
 

Ever-expanding Nurse Next Door franchise may be coming to a neighbourhood near you
Vancouver Sun - October 29, 2009
When they appeared in this space 27 months ago, Nurse Next Door founders John DeHart and Ken Sim had 25 head-office staff and three franchised locations: Burnaby, Kamloops and New Westminster. Today, 32 operations stretch from Victoria to Halifax. Read more 
 

Family Business Healing Power

South Delta Leader - October 8, 2009

Brian Buckley and his daughter, Lindsey Eldridge, make it their mission to help South Delta seniors. Read more

Mining for old
Vancouver Sun - October 3, 2009
The wildly successful Nurse Next Door is a great example of hitting the demographic target. Nurse Next Door, a private home health care company that start in Vancouver in 2001, now has 27 franchises and a thousand employees across Canada. Fifteen of the franchises are in B.C. Read more

Meet Nurse Next Door
North Oakville Today - September 3, 2009
It's hard on a family when the term 'retirement home' or 'long-term care' start popping up in conversation with a senior. But with Nurse Next Door, seniors' golden years can remain golden. Read more
 

The Future of Health Care
Business in Calgary - September 2009
There is controversy, but that hasn't changed the fact that Nurse Next Door has grown its client base by 25 per cent in the past six months. Or that it's expanded to 25 locations across Canada with more growth planned each month. Read more
 

Franchise to offset health care strains
Penticton Western News - August 6, 2009
Nurse Next Door's Penticton franchise provides a full spectrum of in-home care services ranging from two-hour per week companionship to 24-hour, round-the-clock nursing care. Read more
 

No place like home
Toronto Star - June 15, 2009
The service is 24 hours a day, seven days a week in 30 franchise locations across Canada, with several more coming to the Greater Toronto Area this year. Read more
 

Private sector attracts more nurses
National Post - May 20, 2009
Ken Sim, co-founder of Nurse Next Door agrees: "We're seeing huge demand in health care, specifically in home care." Read more
 

Driving Success With a Smile
Franchise Canada Magazine - May / June 2009
Alyshia Vogt doesn't have far to go every morning to start work as the Victoria franchisee for Nurse Next Door Home Healthcare Services. Read more 
 

Masters of one

PROFIT Magazine - May 2009
Nurse Next Door starts by hiring people who are keen on the "Find a better way" ethos that animates the firm. Read more
 

Aging population generates boom in B.C.'s home health-care sector and need for trusted brands

Business in Vancouver - April 28, 2009
Two years ago, Nurse Next Door had two franchisees. That grew to 12 by February 2008. Today, DeHart has 23 franchises, and he expects that number to double within the year in part because of a new push to expand into Ontario. Read more
 

Recession busters

Kelowna Daily Courier - April 1, 2009
Month-over-month, Nurse Next Door in Kelowna has seen increases in business of 30 per cent. Read more
 

Seniors can win home health care

Vernon Morning Star - March 22, 2009
Nurse Next Door recognizes that many seniors may not be ready or able to pay for private care. We'd like to help by offering 10 hours of complimentary service to a senior in Vernon. Read more
 

Health service arrives on cue

Kelowna Capital News - March 3, 2009
Russell had discovered the creative health care franchise opportunity, Nurse Next Door, simply by chance and asked Tricia if she was interested in change leaning to buying her a new job rather than seeking one. Read more
 

Senior home care companies boom amid tough economic times
CanWest News Service - February 16, 2009
The company, with 23 locations in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia, says it's adding two new locations a month and franchise inquiries have swelled 30 per cent, largely because of people looking for a new venture after losing their jobs. Read more
 

Nursing provider looks to healthy future
Business Edge - February 6, 2009
Ken Sim has a cubicle. That's just one of the differences that you'll find at Vancouver-based home-care franchisor Nurse Next Door. Read more
 

Home care
South Delta Leader - January 8, 2009
That's when fate struck. Berger was driving through town when he spied the colourfully decorated vehicles used by Nurse Next Door, a franchise which offers home-based care that can range from simple companionship to administering medical care from a registered nurse. Read more
 

Interview with Nurse Next Door
CanadaOne.com - January 2009
Unlike many other sectors, the recent economic downturn has had a positive economic impact on Nurse Next Door. Their in-home care offers a lower cost alternative to having a relative move to a private care home. Also with more people looking for work, the company has seen an increase in the number of inquiries from potential franchisees. Read more
 

Best Companies to Work for in BC 2008
BCBusiness Magazine - December 2008
When the managers at Nurse Next Door took a look at their staff and asked themselves, "What do they need most?" they came up with the mommy shift. Read more
 

Canada AM
CTV - November 25, 2008
Nurse Next Door co-founder, John DeHart, appears on CTV's Canada AM to discuss the company's annual fall prevention program. View video
 

Breakfast Television
CityTV Vancouver - November 24, 2008
Nurse Next Door co-founder, John DeHart, appears on Breakfast Television to talk about the company's annual fall prevention program (part 1). View video
 

Breakfast Television
CityTV Vancouver - November 24, 2008
Nurse Next Door co-founder, John DeHart, appears on Breakfast Television to talk about the company's annual fall prevention program (part 2). View video
 

Nurse Next Door
Kelowna Daily Courier - August 23, 2008
Kelowna is getting a Nurse Next Door franchise. Read more
 

Nurse Next Door has slow rollout
National Post - August 22, 2008
John DeHart and Ken Sim, founders of Nurse Next Door, reazlied the growth potential in this business opportunity five years after looking at Canada's greying demographic picture and seeing a void in the market. Read more
 

Nurse Next Door Profile
Shaw TV Calgary - August 15, 2008
Shaw TV profiles the launch of Nurse Next Door Calgary. View video
 

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