Section 47.65.290 - DefinitionsIn 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;(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;(C) adult day care programs and family respite care services;(F) legal services and assistance;(G) home health and homemaker services;(I) information and referral services;(J) programs which train persons to work with or assist older Alaskans;(K) transportation services;(L) educational activities; and(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.Amended by AK 2022 Executive Order 121,sec. 134, eff. 7/1/2022.