[naviga:h3]Sarver care home earns bronze award[/naviga:h3]

Quality Life Services — Sarver’s Personal Care Home recently was among 520 long-term and post-acute care providers in 50 states and the District of Columbia that received a 2018 Bronze — Commitment to Quality Award.

The award is presented by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living’s National Quality Award Program.

The award program has three levels: bronze, silver and gold. Providers begin the quality improvement process at the bronze level, where they develop an organizational profile with mission statements and key strengths and challenges, according to the release. Bronze applicants must also demonstrate their ability to implement a performance improvement system.

“We are so proud of Quality Life Services — Sarver’s Personal Care Home on their achievement of 2018 Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award. Their commitment to pursuing and providing quality care to our residents is admirable,” said Travis Crotallo, director of marketing of Quality Life Services.

[naviga:h3]Amazon threat may be costly to keep[/naviga:h3]

SEATTLE — Despite Amazon’s threat to scale back in Seattle after the city enacted a head tax, it could be costly for the giant retailer to retreat from its hometown.

The company, which has more than 45,000 employees in Seattle, has amassed an equally gargantuan real-estate footprint during a decadelong office-space shopping spree.

Based on average office rents in the downtown Seattle area, Amazon’s office rent bill is likely north of $200 million a year — far more than its estimated $12.5 million bill under the head tax. It would be a herculean task to empty a big chunk of that space and find new tenants, real-estate industry sources say.

In the month since Amazon first said it would consider slowing its growth in Seattle, the company has posted ads for more than 1,200 jobs based in the city, a pace similar to hiring in recent years.