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Media Contact
Arif Abdulla
Marketing & PR Manager
Email: arif.abdulla@nursenextdoor.ca
Phone: 1.866.571.9919
* Media inquiries only
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Since its launch in September of 2001, Nurse Next Door has received extensive press coverage across North America. Below is a small collection of recent stories but check out our news archive for even more!
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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
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Franchise Canada talks Nurse Next Door
Franchise Canada - September 2010
With the aging population on the rise, more franchise opportunities are available in the senior and home health care sector than ever before. Read More
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. The Vancouver-based franchisor added three B.C. locations this year. Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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. The 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. schedule is perfect for mothers of young children who want to be around their youngsters when school’s out. Read more
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 |
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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
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Seniors just want to stay home
The Vancouver Sun - November 3, 2007
For John DeHart, our aging population is creating growing demand for Nurse Next Door, the business he co-founded with Ken Sim. Read more
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When It Pays to Swallow Your Pride
Fortune Small Business - October, 2007
When the company stumbles, it delivers customers a "humble pie," a freshly-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
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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
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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 more
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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
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Studio 4 with Fanny Kiefer
Shaw TV - June 27, 2007
John DeHart and Ken Sim, co-founders of Nurse Next Door, speak with Studio 4 host, Fanny Kiefer. View video
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Entrepreneur
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. By coincidence, they each turned to the same business consultant, who brought the two together. The result is Nurse Next Door, an in-home care provider that continues to grow each year. Read more
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