Nurse Next Door

Jan 27, 2012

Rob Van Norman on Global TV Regina

Rob Van Norman, of Nurse Next Door Regina interviewed by Global news. “Understaffed and overworked, is home care a solution to treating our ailing health care system. Whitney Stinson reports. Jan 26″

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Jan 19, 2012

Vancouver’s Canadian-born Chinese in their 30s and 40s make their mark, no small thanks to Milton Wong

Vancouver resident Ken Sim has a life that many would envy. As the cofounder of Nurse Next Door, the self-made entrepreneur oversees a thriving Canadian home-care company with 50 locations. This year, he and his business partner, John DeHart, expect to generate $26 million to $30 million in revenues. Sim, a married father of four, and DeHart have been profiled in magazines and spoken at their alma maters, and are regularly courted by investment bankers who want to turn Nurse Next Door into a public company listed on a stock exchange. Read more…

Jan 16, 2012

Fox Business – John DeHart

John DeHart discusses the aging population and Franchise Expansion into the US. Click Here

Nov 29, 2011

CTV Morning News – Fall Prevention Week

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Oct 01, 2011

Toronto Star- A business born of their parents’ needs

Franchises that supply services to the elderly are increasing rapidly

October 1, 2011
By Henry Stancu

Entrepreneurs John DeHart and Ken Sim put business on hold when the needs of their families – a dying father and an ailing wife pregnant with her first child – came first. Read more…

Sep 09, 2011

Employees find greater purpose

On the surface, it was the perfect organization Read more…

May 30, 2011

When Mom Needs a Helping Hand

“The doctors said, ‘We won’t send her home unless you put 24-hour care in place. She won’t be safe.’” Read more…

Mar 15, 2011

Sandwich generation balances child, elder care

TORONTO – Within days of learning she was pregnant with her second child, Barb Brzezicki faced the unfolding of an unexpected and harrowing chapter in her family’s life: her mother’s diagnosis with Alzheimer’s disease. Read more…

Jun 15, 2009

No place like home

Walt Heaslip is a pretty happening 92-year-old: He makes his own wine, walks two hours a day and is quite the charmer with the ladies. As a retired police officer, he was even featured in the Toronto Daily Star in 1947 for foiling a counterfeiting plot, and has the article framed on the wall of his Burlington home to this day. Read more…

Nov 15, 2007

Working 9 to 2, what a way to make a living

Long before gaining any formal training or experience in caregiving or nurturing children of her own, Nancy Peirce demonstrated at an early age her capacity to offer her hand to those who needed one – something that was very much a family affair. Read more…

Dec 15, 2011

December 2011 – BC Business Top Employer

Ranked the #3 Place to Work in BC by BCBusiness Magazine

Dec 01, 2011

November 2011 – Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures

Named Canada’s most admired emerging corporate culture by Waterstone Human Capital.

May 14, 2010

May 2010 – Progressive Employers of Canada

Named to the Progressive Employers of Canada list for being a mom-friendly workplace

Apr 14, 2010

April 2010 – Great Place to Work Institute

Named to the 75 Best Employers in Canada by Great Place to Work Institute and the Globe and Mail