In this chapter,

1. (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. (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. (3) “department” means the Department of Health;
4. (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. (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. (6) “older Alaskan” means a resident of Alaska who is 60 years of age and older;

7. (7) “service program” means the following general categories of services to older Alaskans, including reasonable costs of administration:

   1. (A) nutritional programs;
   2. (B) volunteer programs;
   3. (C) adult day care programs and family respite care services;
   4. (D) health services;
   5. (E) housing services;
   6. (F) legal services and assistance;
   7. (G) home health and homemaker services;
   8. (H) counseling;
   9. (I) information and referral services;
   10. (J) programs which train persons to work with or assist older Alaskans;
   11. (K) transportation services;
   12. (L) educational activities; and
   13. (M) employment services;

8. (8) “sponsor” means the provider of one or more service programs or pilot projects for the benefit of older Alaskans, including

   1. (A) a municipality of the state;
   2. (B) a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the state; and
   3. (C) an educational institution.