To the people we serve, family members, service providers: 

As we write to update you on SAILS Washington’s continued response to COVID-19, we hope this letter finds you are all safe at home and you are accessing strength and support within your families and from your friends and neighbors. 

We continue to emphasize universal precautions in our homes. We instruct our staff to stay home if they are not feeling well and we continue health screening protocols upon staff arrival to their shift. 

Staff are committed to performing infection control strategies such as frequent hand washing, additional cleaning and sanitizing, and enforcing strict 6ft physical  to mitigate the spread of the virus. Personal protective equipment continues to be a priority for staff and your loved ones. If we should need to access the community, we are wearing face coverings and practicing physical distancing. 

We are also developing guidance related to methods by which community access and visits might resume in the future. We are optimistic about our ability to accomplish this in a safe manner and look forward to sharing more information with you about these plans. 

We appreciate your continued patience and respectful support of our policies as we respond to this pandemic. We acknowledge this has been a challenge of an unprecedented nature and we are grateful for your understanding. 

Respectfully,

Team SAILS Washington