Inslee announces plan to welcome visitors back to long-term care facilities

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee today announced a four-phase plan to allow family visitation at long-term care facilities throughout the state. 

At a press conference held this afternoon, Inslee said this is a “big step forward for the state” and described it as a “joyous celebration of families being able to come together again.”
The first phase of the plan will allow a limited number of family members to meet outdoors with their loved ones at long-term care facilities and have remote, window and compassionate-care visits. To move into this phase, a long-term care facility must be in a community with fewer than 75 cases per 100,000 people for two weeks.