Inslee says Washington's long-term care facilities can reopen for indoor visits
Citing increasing vaccination rates, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Thursday that the state’s nursing homes, assisted-living facilities and other long-term care sites can reopen their doors for visits.
Indoor visits are now allowed if a resident or visitor is fully vaccinated, Inslee announced at a briefing in Olympia.
“If your mother is in a facility and she is vaccinated and you are not, you still will be able to visit with her indoors,” Inslee said. “If you are vaccinated and she is not, you will be able to visit with her indoors.”
The announcement was welcome news for the state’s 70,000 residents of 4,000 long-term care facilities, which have been the hardest hit – and locked down the tightest – since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Facilities banned visitors soon after outbreaks were reported in the Seattle area, and residents in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities largely remained confined to their rooms for most of the year.
Read more: https://www.columbian.com/news/2021/mar/19/inslee-says-washingtons-long-term-care-facilities-can-reopen-for-indoor-visits/
(Vancouver Columbian)
