Details & General Information

There are six Alaska Pioneer Homes with a total of 511 beds, and the homes are located in:

 

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The services we provide our residents

For the last decade the Alaska Pioneer Homes have been licensed as assisted living facilities, offering a high degree of professional services to meet residents’ needs. Typically, residents of the homes are not able to live without some form of daily assistance. They may require nursing and other physical and emotional support services offered in a licensed assisted living facility.

Professional services range from assurance of a safe environment and occasional help with daily life skills, to assistance with health care, personal care and other support services including end of life care. Many residents receive a level of service that qualifies for the Older Alaskan Home and Community-Based Medicaid waiver.

The residents

Occupancy of Pioneer Homes fluctuates, but system-wide as of March 2007 there are 441 residents, of whom 23% are veterans. All residents require a safe home environment, room and board and opportunities for social interaction and recreation. Of the 441 residents, 256 require high levels of professional care available 24-hours a day. Another 133 residents need assistance with basic living skills at some time during the day, and 52 residents are fairly independent, occasionally requiring emergency assistance. There are 2,738 qualified Alaska residents on the waiting list, which means they are over age 65 and intend to enter one of the Pioneer Homes in the future.

Rates and how residents pay them

The rates for the Alaska Pioneer Homes range from $2,240 per month for housing with some assistance in making appointments and other social services to $5,880 for the highest level of care including 24-hour supervision, extensive assistance with activities of daily living, and intermittent health care. About 50 percent of Pioneer Home residents depend on the Medicaid Waiver and/or state-funded payment assistance program to pay for at least part of the monthly rate.

 

For more information contact:

This program is administered in Juneau. You can contact the Alaska Pioneer Home Director by writing to:

David Cote, Acting Director
P.O. Box 110690
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0690

 

By Phone

Phone: (907) 465-4422

 

Or by any of the following:

Phone:  

(907) 465-5737

Fax:  

(907) 465-4108

Email:  

David Cote