OLYMPIA, Wash. — Long-term care facilities heavily impacted by COVID-19 are getting a helping hand.
The Department of Social and Health Services is using $1.3 million in CARES Act funding to provide six “Rapid Response” nursing teams that will be deployed to long-term care facilities facing staffing shortages during the pandemic.
The teams will be located in counties with the highest need based on virus reporting, but can be deployed to facilities throughout the state.
As of now, the hardest-hit counties in Washington are King, Pierce, Snohomish, Clark, Yakima and Spokane.