{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-47.65.290","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 47.65.290","heading":"Definitions.","body":"In this chapter,\n(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;\n(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;\n(3) “department” means the Department of Health;\n(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;\n(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;\n(6) “older Alaskan” means a resident of Alaska who is 60 years of age and older;\n(7) “service program” means the following general categories of services to older Alaskans, including reasonable costs of administration:\n(A) nutritional programs;\n(B) volunteer programs;\n(C) adult day care programs and family respite care services;\n(D) health services;\n(E) housing services;\n(F) legal services and assistance;\n(G) home health and homemaker services;\n(H) counseling;\n(I) information and referral services;\n(J) programs which train persons to work with or assist older Alaskans;\n(K) transportation services;\n(L) educational activities; and\n(M) employment services;\n(8) “sponsor” means the provider of one or more service programs or pilot projects for the benefit of older Alaskans, including\n(A) a municipality of the state;\n(B) a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state; and\n(C) an educational institution.","path":["Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions.","Chapter 65. Service Programs for Older Alaskans and Other Adults.","Article 3. General Provisions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#47.65.290","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:19:52Z","sha256":"bf3bfb86af27ffc65f9fac34b28dcdd162093b8e502bbfe27fc3e983028c8772","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-47.65.100","next":"us-ak/as-47.70.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}