(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;
Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.65.290
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
municipality: means a political subdivision incorporated under the laws of the state that is a home rule or general law city, a home rule or general law borough, or a unified municipality. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(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 Alaska Stat. § 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.
