About Comfort Keepers

Comfort Keepers® is widely recognized as a leading provider of quality in-home care to seniors and other clients who need help with the activities of daily living. Our goal is to enrich the lives of our clients as we enable them to maintain the highest possible level of independent living in their own home for as long as possible.

The special people who deliver our unique brand of in-home care, who we call Comfort Keepers, are carefully selected, screened and trained to provide professional, compassionate care.  

Now with more than 550 franchised offices in the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore, Comfort Keepers has been named by INC. Magazine as one of the fastest growing franchise systems in the U.S. We were rated a "World Class Franchise" by the Franchise Research Institute in May 2009 and were listed in the "Top 200" list by Franchise Times in Oct 2009.  

About the Owner

At a very early age, I knew that taking care of others is what motivates me.  After rewarding careers as a nurse in the U.S. Navy and the Mayo Foundation, I found myself being a caregiver in a much different capacity - taking care of my Father from 2000 miles away.  As I learned to depend on and trust the caregivers who took care of my Father’s  daily needs, I found myself feeling guilt and frustration.  “I should be there,” I thought.  “I should be the one taking care of him.”

This was the reason I opened my Comfort Keepers® office.  I want to be here to help your loved one remain independent - because you can’t be here.  I want to bring the convenience of assisted living to your loved one in Jacksonville, Florida.  Our services enhance aging in place and are provided in the Jacksonville area including the following communities in Duval and Saint Johns Counties:  Deerwood, Deer Creek, Sweetwater, Baymeadows, Southside, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville Beach, Lakewood, Mandarin, Ponte Vedra, Ponte Vedra Beach, Nocatee, Julington Creek, Fruit Cove, Switzerland, and World Golf Village.

Kathryn R. Murphy  RN, MSN
Certified Senior Advisor
Certified Geriatric Care Manager
Comfort Keepers/Owner