Sec. 47.65.290. Definitions.

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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;

(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.