Business briefly: Carson City’s Smith Team honored as No. 2 top producer

Sandi Smith, Kari Breuer and Kyle Wentz received the award for No. 2 top producing team for Harcourts USA for last year.

The Smith Team, which seeks to make long-term relationship with clients to help them make financial decision with real estate purchases, has been recognized for its communications and personal contact, market updates and efficiency in the sales process.

For more information, go to http://www.smithteamnv.com, or go to 320 N. Carson St., or call 775-841-7373.

No Place Like Home Senior Care honored for excellence

No Place Like Home Senior Care received the Best of Home Care Leader in Excellence Award from Home Care Pulse, a firm in quality assurance for private duty home care.

The Leader in Excellence Award was given to a few home care businesses that consistently ranked among the highest in 18 or more quality metrics assessed by Home Care Pulse. Only one home care provider in Nevada and 42 nationwide received this honor.

To qualify, 10 percent of No Place Like Home Senior Care’s clients and caregivers were interviewed monthly by Home Care Pulse. Over a year, it received high client and caregiver satisfaction ratings in areas such as caregiver training, compassion of caregivers, communication, scheduling, response to problems and overall quality of care.

Using feedback from clients and employees and quality benchmarks from Home Care Pulse, the No Place Like Home Senior Care management team set goals to reach the highest level of excellence possible.

According to Rick Ackerson, No Place Like Home Senior Care founder and executive director, the home care service’s overall client satisfaction rating is 9.34 out of 10 and its overall caregiver satisfaction rating is 9.29 out of 10.

No Place Like Home Senior Care provides a wide range of in-home services so that seniors may remain independent in their own homes. It operates with certified caregivers, hospice specialists and dementia certified caregivers for only a few hours to 24/7 live-in care.

For more information, go to www.NvNoPlaceLikeHome.com, or call 775-392-2000.

Rep. Amodei honored for supporting manufacturing

The National Association of Manufacturers awarded Representative Mark Amodei the NAM Award for Manufacturing Legislative Excellence at an event hosted by NAM member company Click Bond, Inc. in Carson City.

“Congressman Amodei is a powerful advocate for Nevada manufacturing — a sector that is increasingly important to the growth and diversification of Nevada’s economy,” said Click Bond President Collie Hutter. “These votes represent a spectrum of issues impacting manufacturers, and we are thankful for Mark’s perfect score of 100 percent.”

Key Votes included in the voting record are selected by small, medium and large manufacturing executives who serve on the NAM’s Key Vote Advisory Committee.

“More and more manufacturers are discovering what NAM members such as Click Bond have known for decades, Nevada is a prime place to build and grow manufacturing businesses,” said Rep. Amodei. “When manufacturing is strong, it addresses many of the issues with which the federal and state governments struggle, from jobless benefits to healthcare to housing to the deficit. I will continue to do all I can to promote pro-growth policies that unleash our nation’s entrepreneurs and workforce to do what they do best — manufacture world-class products.”

For more information, go to http://www.nam.org/Get-Involved/Voting-Record-and-Award-for-Manufacturing-Excellence/Landing.aspx.