Senior care in Alaska
41 providers from the public record, with a page for each of 355 city or towns and 30 counties. Who to call first in any city or town: the Area Agency on Aging, reached through the Eldercare Locator at 1-800-677-1116.
Browse by type of care
Not yet listed for Alaska: state-licensed assisted living and senior centers and Area Agencies on Aging by place. The state licensing agency publishes those lists; we add them state by state. Nursing homes, home health and hospice come from CMS and are complete for every state.
Counties
- Aleutians East 6
- Aleutians West 8
- Anchorage 1
- Bethel 35
- Bristol Bay 3
- Chugach 5
- Copper River 20
- Denali 5
- Dillingham 10
- Fairbanks North Star 17
- Haines 6
- Hoonah-Angoon 9
- Juneau 1
- Kenai Peninsula 37
- Ketchikan Gateway 3
- Kodiak Island 12
- Kusilvak 13
- Lake and Peninsula 18
- Matanuska-Susitna 30
- Nome 17
- North Slope 9
- Northwest Arctic 12
- Petersburg 3
- Prince of Wales-Hyder 16
- Sitka 1
- Skagway 1
- Southeast Fairbanks 17
- Wrangell 1
- Yakutat 1
- Yukon-Koyukuk 38
City or towns with the most care options
- Anchorage
- Gateway
- Palmer
- South Lakes
- Wasilla
- Butte
- Knik River
- Knik-Fairview
- Point MacKenzie
- Hope
- Sunrise
- Buffalo Soapstone
- Farm Loop
- Fishhook
- North Lakes
- Tanaina
- Juneau
- Lazy Mountain
- Meadow Lakes
- Badger
- Big Lake
- Chena Ridge
- College
- Ester
- Fairbanks
- Farmers Loop
- Fox
- Goldstream
- Houston
- Ketchikan
- Saxman
- South Van Horn
- Steele Creek
- Sutton-Alpine
- Willow
- Anchor Point
- Diamond Ridge
- Eielson AFB
- Fritz Creek
- Funny River
Every city or town has a page; find yours through its county above or the search box.
Staying at home
Most older adults in Alaska would rather stay in their own home. The Staying Home pages lay out what makes that possible city or town by city or town: the local aging agency, in-home help, Medicare home health and hospice, home modification programs and technology that keeps family in the loop.