Archives

2022

• December 2022 - New Rates Effective January 1, 2023

2021

• December 2021 - Adjusted Rates Effective January 1, 2022
• December 2021 - Alaska Pioneer Homes is Hiring!

2020

• July 2020 - Vacant Advisory Board Seats
• July 2020 - New Reduced Rates
• May 2020 -HB96 “Pioneers' & Veterans' Homes Rates” becomes law
• February 2020 - American Heart Month
• January 2020 - Happy Anniversary Alaska!

2019

• November 2019 - Veteran's Day Thank You!
• September 2019 - AVPH Receive a Gifts of Wheels
• August 2019 - Rate Increase

2018

• September 2018 - Farewell to former Division Director, Amanda Lofgren

2014

• May 2014 - Pioneer Home teams honored with Governor's awards

Anchorage Pioneer Home

• Anchorage Pioneer Home celebrates Father's Day, June 2019
• Happy Birthday Jean! Anchorage Pioneer Home resident, Jean Kaufman celebrates 100th birthday with Alaskan dignitaries and celebrities, April 2019
• AKPH celebrates Social Workers and Volunteers, April 2019
• AKPH celebrates National Activity Professionals' Week, February 2019
• Record entries for the 4th of July Pie Iron Chef Challenge, July 2018
• Father's Day celebration BBQ and chili cook off, June 2018
• Voter registration just got easier, February 2018
• Visit and presentation from Bird TLC (Treatment and Learning Center). October 2017
• Alaska State Fair Time! August 2017
• Staff appreciation day at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, July 2017
• Anchorage Pioneer Homes starts new apprenticeship program, May 2017
• Staff honored with service awards, July 2016
• The planting begins, June 2016
• Prime for pumpkin time, October 2015
• Serving up pie for the 4th of July! July 2015
• Father's Day chili cook-off at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, June 2015
• Lana Bell, Anchorage Pioneer Home chief pharmacist, February 2015
• Celebrating Christmas and the Pioneer Homes, December 2014
• Green Thumb Competition, August 2014
• A spooktacular Halloween at the Anchorage Pioneer Home, October 2013
• Anchorage Pioneer Home Resident Celebrates 100 Years, May 2012
• Strawberry Delights from the Iron Chef Challenge, May 2012
• Valentine's Day Iron Chef Challenge, February 2012
• Christmas Cookie Iron Chef Challenge, December 2011
• Master Gardeners honored for their service, May 2011
• Anchorage Pioneer Home resident turns 100, May 2011
• The 1st Iron Chef or Skillet competition, May 2011
• Photos of the new sign and awning for the Anchorage Pioneer Home, July 2010
• Ura Harp celebrated her 104th birthday on November 29th, 2007. Click here to see her article and photo on the front page of the Anchorage Daily News.
• Anna Hill

Fairbanks Pioneer Home

• Father-son YouTube channel duo share virtual reality with Fairbanks seniors -December 2016
• ART WALK, sponsored by the Fairbanks Pioneers' Home
• Pioneers' Homes a haven for Alaska's elderly.
• Fairbanks Pioneer Home resident Veteran Robert Ingram recalls the WWII battle in the Aleutian Islands. December 2011
• Alaska Fairbanks Pioneer Homes resident, LeNora Conkle, (100 years old) was presented with an honorarium from the Alaska state legislature. March 2010
• The Fairbanks Pioneer Homes Golden Days activities included the Pioneer's Tea and Dinner July 23rd to 26th, 2009. Click here to see photos.

Juneau Pioneer Home

• Alaska Pioneer Homes start new apprenticeship program - May 2017
• Good job! A big, big thank you! - February 2013
• Natural born caregiver, Edna Leamer - November 2011
• "Night in Paris" at the Juneau Pioneer Home, July 2011
• Epsilon Alpha Sigma hosts fashion show fundraiser - Spring 2011
• The Alaska Pioneer Homes Advisory Board Southeast Tour October 2010
• Alaska Folk Festival 2009
• Senior Prom 2009
• Juneau reunion of the family for whom the city of Juneau was named-July 2009

Ketchikan Pioneer Home

• Ketchikan Pioneer Home employee sucess story, February 2019
• Valentines Day at the Ketchikan Pioneer Home, February 2019
• First Annual Dog Show, June 2012
• Mickey makes a Mother's Day visit - May, 2011
• Newsletters
• Pioneer Celebrates 100 years

Alaska Veterans & Pioneer Home in Palmer

• Secretary of Veterans Affairs visits Alaska July 2019
• Remembering Pearl Harbor, December 7, 2018
• Alaska Veterans and Pioneer Home resident, Jack Straayer exhibits paintings
• The Adventures of June Leibing, July 2012
• The Juried Art Show and Auction held June 10, 2011 benefiting the Alaska Veterans & Pioneers Home was a great success!
• Read the article Once Around The Floor, featured in the Frontiersman 02/26/2011
• Three Pioneer Home elders featured in the KYUR 13 news video about Valentine's Day 2011

Sitka Pioneer Home

• Micro-documentary film project features residents from the Sitka Pioneer Home June 2019
• 4th Annual Iditarod Relay Race at the Sitka Pioneer Home, March 2019
• Pam Samuelson retires! July 2017
• Highland Games brings performers to Sitka Pioneer Home, August 2012
• Governor Sean Parnell with Nurse II Kelly Ferguson during Sitka Alaska Day
• Sitka's New Roof Photo-July 2010
• Juneau artist donates prints to Pioneers' Home - Juneau Empire, July 20, 2009