Next Loop Co.

The after-hours back office for owner-run care businesses in California

Call‑offs answered at 2am, without you working down the list.

When someone calls off at 2am, the call goes to Dawn on The 2am Line, not to you. She works your list by your rules. If nobody can take the shift, she tells your on‑call person that night, not at 6am. You wake up to the answer.

Every call‑off costs you something: time calling round, overtime, or a shift you work yourself. Add up yours.

Get my 2am score

Free, about two minutes. Built by Neill Papa, LVN, 10 years in long‑term care.

Try it: it’s 6am and the phone rings.

Dawn’s settings:
Who’s calling?
They speak:

Call-off line

  1. Pick who’s calling. Dawn answers, takes the details, and goes to work on the schedule.

Tuesday at Sunrise Home Care

  1. Maria S.Mr. Chen, 2 to 6pm
  2. Rosa M.Mr. Okafor, 8am to 12pm
  3. Luis R.Mrs. Alvarez, 8am to 12pm
  4. Grace T.Mrs. Lee, 9am to 1pm

In development. A made-up agency and made-up people, voiced with AI. “Fill on its own” is set up with you, to your rules.

It’s 2am, and the 8am shift has nobody.

The call‑off lands on your phone, and someone has to find cover before the shift starts.

  • You don’t know who’s on PTO.
  • You don’t know who already worked five days this week.
  • So the shift goes to the person who always says yes. That one gets tired first.

Messages · Tuesday

  1. MariaSo sorry. My son has a fever, I can’t do Mrs. Alvarez at 8.
  2. You, to 14 staffAnyone free 8 to 12 tomorrow? Mrs. Alvarez, San Mateo.
  3. No replies.
  4. LuisI can do it. That’s my sixth day this week though.
  5. YouThank you. I owe you one.
Example, not a real agency.
Get my 2am scoreTwo minutes. No notes needed.

Everything in The 2am Line.

Seven pieces, from the call‑off to the answer on your phone.

  1. 1Your call‑off report, firstYour last two weeks, filled in together on a 30‑minute call. You keep it.Working now
  2. 2The line, answered by DawnOne number, any hour. She takes the call‑off or reads back their schedule, and puts them through to a person if they ask. No health details.Working now
  3. 3The ranked cover listRight role, current certifications, rested, under their hours. Overtime only with your OK.Working now
  4. 4Your rules for each fillApprove each one, or let Dawn fill on her own. If you don’t answer in time, she goes ahead within your rules.Built with you
  5. 5Offers in small wavesThe top few get the text first. The first yes gets the shift.Built with you
  6. 6The close‑the‑loop messageEveryone offered hears how it turned out.Built with you
  7. 7Your morning summaryWho called off, who’s covering, how long it took.Built with you
Working now
Runs today on a demo agency with made‑up people.
Built with you
Finished with your agency during your pilot, when your offer texts switch on for the pilot.

Included: the hiring side, already built.

Call‑offs are one end of staffing. The other end is getting new staff in and keeping their paperwork current. These two are built and running today, and they come with The 2am Line.

Applicants Every applicant hears back in a minute. “She applied Tuesday night. By Wednesday she’d taken another job.” Example, not a real applicant. The application buzzes your phone. The applicant gets a thank‑you in your name straight away, with your number. Still at New a day later? Your phone reminds you, once. Then one tap to call or text.

79.2%caregiver turnover in home care in 2024 (Activated Insights). How fast you answer is the part you control.

Built. Included with The 2am Line
Paperwork Paperwork that chases itself. “Someone’s TB test expired and nobody noticed.” Example, not a real person. Each staff member’s documents and the date each one runs out, in your app. Thirty days before, seven days before and on the day, they get a reminder and you get one list. Only dates are ever emailed; the documents stay in the app. Built. Included with The 2am Line

Also in the founding pilot

The two films are sketches of how each one works, with made‑up people, not recordings of a real agency.

The promise

Live within 14 days of getting your roster, or your first paid month is free.

Get my 2am scoreFree, and yours to keep.

What call‑offs cost you now.

Type your own numbers into the boxes below. The total adds up as you go.

How it’s worked out
  • Hours calling round = call‑offs × minutes each ÷ 60
  • Cost of that time = those hours × the caller’s hourly cost
  • Overtime cost = overtime hours from call‑offs × overtime rate
  • Care home: shifts covered the hard way = shifts you, a manager or a registry covered × hours per shift × what each of those hours costs you
  • Home care agency: billing lost = uncovered visits × hours per visit × your billed rate
  • Total = all three added up. Times 12 for a year.
Get my 2am scoreNot sure of these numbers? The checkup only asks what you already know.
Neill Papa, LVN, smiling in teal scrubs

Who’s building it

I’m Neill. I was the nurse who said yes to every shift.

Someone’s car wouldn’t start. Someone was sick. So I stayed: doubles, 16 hours, sometimes longer. Schedulers found me on the floor, even in a resident’s room, asking for one more shift. I always said yes, until I was worn out.

The schedulers had it worse. They came and went, and whoever had the phone lay awake waiting for the next call‑off.

Then a staff member asked me, “Why would you want AI in healthcare?” My answer was the schedule. A line that never needs sleep can take the 2am call, so your schedulers can rest and your best people stop covering every gap.

The line answers now, and it logs the call‑off. The first teams are next, and I’m building it with them, not for them.

  • Licensed Vocational Nurse (look up my license)
  • 10 years in long‑term care and hospice
  • Two new clients at a time. You talk to the person who builds it.

How the price is set.

  • No price list. A team of 8 and a team of 80 don’t lose the same to a 2am call‑off, so they don’t pay the same.
  • Set from your numbers. On a short call we look at how many call‑offs you get and how long cover takes.
  • One monthly fee, in writing. Before anything starts. Never by the hour. If the numbers don’t work for you, I’ll say so.
Home care agency, founding 3 spots

For owner‑run agencies where you or one scheduler covers call‑offs by phone and text.

  • Setup waived
  • First month free, with approvals on if you want them
  • Your monthly locked while you stay a client
  • Month to month
Senior community, design partner 2 spots

For small communities that want to shape it with me, one community at a time.

  • Setup waived
  • First 30 days free, with approvals on if you want them
  • Month to month, per community
  • In return: a look at how call‑offs work today, and 15 minutes a week with your schedulers

With or without scheduling software. Keep what you have, or use the line’s own light schedule, set up with you on one call.

Founding terms are lower because you’re helping me build it. I ask for honest feedback and, if it works, a testimonial.

Get my 2am scoreThe call after it is 30 minutes of questions, not a demo.

What it won’t do.

It won’t
  • Promise every shift gets covered. Someone on your staff still has to say yes.
  • Replace your scheduler, or make you switch software.
  • Talk to your families. They never hear it. Only your staff do, and only when they call.
  • Touch client or resident health information. Ever.
  • Fill shifts on its own until you decide it should.
It’s for you if
  • You run a home care agency or a small senior community in California, and call‑offs land on you or one scheduler.
  • Cover still happens by phone and group text, at whatever hour the call comes in.
  • You want a say in every fill: approve each one, or set the rules and let Dawn fill.
  • You can give me two weeks of call‑offs, a roster call, and honest feedback.

Want shifts filled with nobody watching? Dawn can do that, within the rules we set together.

What owners ask about call‑offs.

What works today, and what’s still being built?
  • Working now: the phone line logs the call‑off and the ranking finds who can cover, on a demo agency with made‑up people. No agency is using it yet.
  • Built with you: your approval on each fill, the offer texts, the “it’s filled” messages and your summary. Texting is approved by the carriers and working today; the offer texts are set up around your staff during your pilot. See what your staff sign up for.
  • Built and running: applicant replies and document reminders.
Do I need scheduling software?

No. The line works with or without it. If you don’t have any, it brings its own light schedule and roster, set up with you on one call. If you do, you keep it: changes come to you as a message, and connecting the two later is something we scope together. Either way, it doesn’t replace your scheduler.

What do your staff hear when they call?

Dawn, the line’s automated voice. Your staff are told when they start that the line is automated, so she greets them by name and says the call is recorded. A number she doesn’t recognise hears that she’s automated, and anyone who asks gets a straight answer. She takes the call‑off or reads back their schedule, logs the reason as a category, like sick or family, and never asks for health details. If they want a person, she puts them through to your scheduler or manager, or leaves a message if nobody picks up.

What information does it need?

Your staff’s names, phone numbers, shifts and certifications. Nothing about your clients’ or residents’ health. We load it together on one roster setup call.

What if nobody can take the shift?

The line can’t make anyone say yes. If nobody within your rules can take it, Dawn tells your on‑call person that night, not at 6am: who she asked, what each one said, and who could go at overtime. From there it’s their call, starting from that list instead of a blank group text at 2am.

What if I’m asleep and don’t answer?

The shift doesn’t wait on you. You choose ahead of time: Dawn fills on her own within your rules, or she asks first and goes ahead if you haven’t answered in the time you set. Overtime is the one thing she asks about, and she texts your backup if you don’t answer.

How long before it’s live?

Within 14 days of getting your roster. Live means Dawn answers and logs your staff’s call‑offs on your own roster. Your approval step and the offer texts are built with you during the pilot. If it isn’t live by then, your first paid month is free. You choose how fills happen: approve each one, or let Dawn fill on her own.

What does it cost?

It’s set on the call, from your own numbers: one set monthly fee, in writing, before anything starts, and never by the hour. Founding agencies get setup waived, the first month free, and a monthly that stays locked while they stay.

Can I stop?

Yes. It’s month to month. If you leave, you keep your call‑off report, your call‑off policy and your roster file.

Why not hire a virtual assistant?

A VA at 2am is either asleep or a night shift you pay for and manage. She calls one person at a time, and she doesn’t know your rest‑hour rules, who’s certified for that client, or who’s already at 40 hours. The line texts everyone eligible at once, applies your rules, logs it, and you approve. No sick days, no turnover, nobody new to train.

How is this different from the AI schedulers I’ve heard about?

It isn’t better. It’s for a different owner. The funded ones are built for agencies that already run a full scheduling system, often franchises, and plug into it. If that’s you, they’re the right place to look, and I’ll say so on the call. The 2am Line is for the owner‑run agency or small community with one scheduler and nothing to integrate: a payroll login, a spreadsheet, a group text.

I’ve been burned by software before.

Most owners have: a 45‑minute hold for support, shifts that vanish from the app, a login and a PDF instead of onboarding, a fee that wasn’t on the quote. So: one person answers, by text, and you have his number. We don’t hold your schedule, so there’s nothing of yours to disappear. Your roster is loaded with you on one call. Setup is one written number, the training calls are counted on the quote, and if your scheduler changes the fee to train the next one is already written down.

We’re a senior community, not an agency.

Two design‑partner spots are for communities. Setup is waived, in return for a look at how call‑offs work today and 15 minutes a week with your schedulers. The monthly is per community.

Why start with a checkup?

Because most owners don’t keep notes on call‑offs. You cover the shift and move on. The checkup asks what you already know and gives you your score and the one thing to fix first, in about two minutes. If you want the full picture, we fill in your call‑off report together on a 30‑minute call. That report is the number a pilot gets measured against, and you keep it either way.

Start with two minutes, not two weeks of notes.

  1. Get your 2am score. Nine taps, answered from memory. You get the one thing to fix first right away.
  2. Want it written up? Six questions, then 30 minutes. Answered from memory, about two minutes. On the call we fill in your call‑off report together.
  3. Get your report within two business days of the call. You keep it either way.
Get my 2am scoreAbout two minutes.

Not ready? Take the free call‑off policy template.

Rather talk first? Six questions, then a time.

I’m setting up three founding agencies and two senior communities, so I ask about your nights before we talk. Answer from memory. Nothing to look up.

About how many shifts do you staff in a week?
Roughly how many call-offs last month?
Who answers when someone calls off at 2am?
What have you tried so far? Tick any.
If it fits, when would you want it live?
Next you pick a time for the 30‑minute call. An email with what I’ll ask about first lands within a minute. Or call (650) 613-5455. Dawn answers, and she can book it for you.