2017 Alaska Statutes
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults
Article 3. General Provisions
Sec. 47.65.290. Definitions.

In this chapter,

(1) "adult day care" means nonresidential care for a group of persons that offers supervision, custodial care, and other appropriate social, indoor and outdoor recreational, physical, medical, or psychological services for persons at risk of institutional placement;

(2) "at risk of institutional placement" means that a person is either already a resident of an adult foster home or is likely to need placement in a 24-hour care residential or nursing facility, not including a mental health hospital;

(3) "department" means the Department of Health and Social Services;

(4) "family respite care" means intermittent and substitute care that provides relief for a family caregiver or adult foster home provider by providing intermittent care in the form of companionship, temporary supervision, and minor personal care to a person who is at risk of institutional placement; the service may be provided either in the home of the client or the caregiver, including in an adult foster care home if that is the client's residence;

(5) "home care services" means homemaker services, chore services, personal care services, home health care services, or similar services in or around the residence of an older Alaskan or of a frail older person or similarly disabled adult, as defined in AS 47.65.100;

(6) "older Alaskan" means a resident of Alaska who is 60 years of age and older;

(7) "service program" means the following general categories of services to older Alaskans, including reasonable costs of administration:

(A) nutritional programs;

(B) volunteer programs;

(C) adult day care programs and family respite care services;

(D) health services;

(E) housing services;

(F) legal services and assistance;

(G) home health and homemaker services;

(H) counseling;

(I) information and referral services;

(J) programs which train persons to work with or assist older Alaskans;

(K) transportation services;

(L) educational activities; and

(M) employment services;

(8) "sponsor" means the provider of one or more service programs or pilot projects for the benefit of older Alaskans, including

(A) a municipality of the state;

(B) a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state; and

(C) an educational institution.