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; (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.