Alaska Administrative Code › Title 7 - Health and Social Services › Part 5 - Services for Behavioral Health Recipients, Seniors, and Persons with a Disability › Chapter 74 - Alaska Pioneers' Homes › 7 AAC 74.990 - Definitions

Current through May 31, 2024
(a) In this chapter,
(1) "activities of daily living" has the
				meaning given in
				AS
				47.33.990;
(2) "ancillary charges" means monthly charges
				for the cost of supplies, medication, equipment, and services beyond those
				covered by the appropriate rate set in
				7 AAC 74.025, furnished to a resident or
				recipient;
(3) "assisted living
				plan" means the assisted living plan prepared under
				AS
				47.33.220 and
				47.33.230;
(4) "commissioner" means the commissioner of
				the Department of Health and Social Services;
(5) "day services" means services described
				in 7 AAC 74.010(c) (6);
(6) "department" means the Department of
				Health and Social Services;
(7)
				"'dependent" means a minor child under the age of 18 or an adult with a
				physician-certified mental or physical impairment or developmental disability
				that prevents the adult from performing self-care;
(8) "director" means the director of the
				division of Alaska pioneer homes;
(9) "financially able" means that an
				applicant, resident, or recipient has
(A)
				enough monthly income or resources, after excluding the items listed in
				7 AAC 74.045(c), to pay the appropriate
				monthly or daily rate under
				7 AAC 74.025 and ancillary charges; and
(B) income of at least $300 a month left for
				personal use after paying the appropriate monthly or daily rate and ancillary
				charges;
(10)
				"health-related services" means services described in
				AS
				47.33.020(c) -
				(i);
(11) "income" means earned and unearned
				income, including wages, net earnings from self-employment, other remuneration
				for services, royalties, tax refunds, annuities, pensions, prizes and awards,
				support payments, and alimony payments;
(12) "income and resources" means income and
				resources of an individual and of the individual's spouse, including income and
				resources that the individual or spouse is entitled to but does not receive
				because of action
(A) by the individual or
				spouse;
(B) by a person, including
				a court or administrative body, with legal authority to act in place of or on
				behalf of the individual or spouse; or
(C) by a person, including a court or
				administrative body, acting at the direction or upon the request of the
				individual or spouse;
(13) "level I services" means services
				described in
				7 AAC 74.010(c) (1);
(14) "level II services" means services
				described in
				7 AAC 74.010(c) (2);
(15) "level III services" means services
				described in
				7 AAC 74.010(c) (3);
(16) "rate" means the monthly charge for a
				designated level of service, or the daily charge for day services or respite
				services, as established in
				7 AAC 74.025;
(17) "recipient" means a person receiving day
				services or respite services;
(18)
				"resident" means a resident of a pioneers' home;
(19) "resources" means assets consisting of
				real and personal property;
(20)
				"respite services" means services described in
				7 AAC 74.010(c) (7);
(21) "behavior management" means
				non-pharmacological staffing assistance to structure the environment, increase
				safety, and decrease triggers of maladaptive behavior for a person who can no
				longer regulate their own behavior due to the dementia-disease process, but
				excludes complex behaviors;
(22)
				"complex behaviors" means those behaviors exhibited by a resident of this state
				that is 60 years of age or older with a primary diagnosis of dementia and
				related disorders, with the level of severity described in this paragraph; the
				dementia must significantly affect the person's orientation to time and place,
				and the person's ability to start or finish activities of daily livings; the
				person must have difficulty articulating their basic needs and must display
				behavior that includes neglect of self or harm to self or others that is not
				purposeful or planned, but is reactive to the environment and caused by the
				dementia disease process;
(23)
				"level IV services" means services described in
				7 AAC 74.010(c)(4);
(24) "level V services" means services
				described in
				7 AAC 74.010(c)(5);
(25) "maximum community spouse monthly
				maintenance allowance" has the meaning given in
				7 AAC 100.560(a);
(26) "nursing services" means nursing duties
				under 12 AAC 44.970 that require the
				exercise of professional nursing knowledge or judgment, or complex nursing
				skills that must not be delegated.