November 2012
| Business World Magazine | 41
N
urse Next Door is a home health care company
and franchise that provides in-home care for cli-
ents – mostly seniors – who need everything from
companionship to end-of-life care. Their goals go beyond sim-
ply providing care – they want to do whatever it takes to make
their clients healthy and happy. By finding the perfect match
of caregiver and client, providing 24/7 access and service, and
managing all the details, that is exactly what Nurse Next Door
accomplishes.
In today’s market, that goal is an important one. One of
the biggest sociological developments of the last century is the
“
silver tsunami,” the wave of baby boomers who are reaching re-
tirement age. Nurse Next Door is well positioned to meet that
generation’s needs.
The company was first launched out of a Starbucks coffee
shop in 2001. Prior to that, CEO and co-founder John DeHart
was a high-tech entrepreneur and his partner Ken Sim was an
investment banker. DeHart woke up one day and realized the
high-tech industry wasn’t fulfilling his life purpose of wanting