Commissioner Adam Crum | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Archives

Health Alert 011 – Safety Guidelines for Religious Services

By Commissioner Adam Crum | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Apr 7, 2020 Featured, General News, Health

COVID-19 Health Mandate 11: Social Distancing, Item I.5 prohibits private and public gatherings of non-household members, regardless of the number of people involved. This includes, but is not limited to, weddings, faith gatherings, graduations, and funeral events. https://gov.alaska.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/03272020-SOA-COVID-19-Health-Mandate-011.pdf However, the following practices will be allowed for places of worship, including churches, synagogues, mosques, temples […]

Alaska Pioneer Homes Continue to Provide a Home and Community to Alaska’s Elders

By Commissioner Adam Crum | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Aug 30, 2019 Op/Ed and the Editor

Alaska Pioneer Homes have a long history of offering Alaska’s elders caring, engaging places to age in place as their living and health care needs increase. Today, the average resident in a Pioneer Home is 87 years old and lives in one of the six homes for about two years. More elders are coming to […]