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Alaska Senior Housing & Care
Search for Alaska Housing and Care
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
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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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