Alaska Senior Housing & Care

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Division of Health Care Services
Alaska Office Building
350 Main St., Suite 414
PO Box 110660
Juneau, Alaska 99811
(907) 465-3355
(907) 465-2204 fax
www.hss.state.ak.us/dhcs/

State Commission on Aging
health.hss.state.ak.us/dsds

Types of Housing/Care	Search	Definitions
Assisted Living	Assisted Living	Assisted Living Facilities provide meals, personal assistance, and assistance with activities of daily living for senior living in a home-like environment.
Home Health Agencies	Home Care	Both public and private HHCs provide home health care with skilled nursing care and therapeutic services (excluding the treatment of mental illness) in a patient’s home. A Home Health Care agency must provide skilled senior nursing services and at least one of the following additional services: physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy; or home health aide services.
Hospice	Hospice	Hospice care provides physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for dying persons and their families. Services are provided by trained volunteers. Hospice also provides community education regarding loss & bereavement and direct services to bereaved persons.
Nursing Facilities/ Nursing Homes	Nursing	A Nursing Home is a senior facility that provides nursing care and related medical services over a period of 24 hours each day to individuals admitted because of illness, disease, or physical infirmity. Nursing Homes do not provide acute hospital care.

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