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(14) “police officer” has the meaning given in AS 18.65.290; (15) “protective services” means services that are intended to prevent or alleviate harm resulting from undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, neglect, or self-neglect and that are provided to a vulnerable adult in need of protection; in this paragraph, “services” includes (A) protective placement; (B) applying for or obtaining public benefits; (C) obtaining health care services and supplies; (D) staying financial transactions; (E) petitioning for a protective order under AS 13.26.401 — 13.26.460; (F) assisting with personal hygiene; (G) obtaining food and clothing; (H) protection from physical and emotional abuse; (I) obtaining representative payee services; and (J) coordinating protective services; (16) “public home care provider” has the meaning given in AS 47.05.017(c); (17) “self-neglect” means an act or omission by a vulnerable adult that results, or could result in the deprivation of essential services necessary to maintain minimal mental, emotional, or physical health and safety; (18) “supportive services” means the range of services delivered by public and private organizations and individuals that assist the elderly and vulnerable adults with their social, health, educational, recreational, transportation, housing, nutritional, financial, legal, or other needs; (19) “unable to consent” means refusal to, or inability to, accept services because (A) the person is an incapacitated person or apparently is an incapacitated person; (B) of coercion by or fear of reprisal from the perpetrator of undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, or neglect; (C) of dependency on the perpetrator of undue influence, abandonment, exploitation, abuse, or neglect for services, care, or support; or (D) of an inability to perceive that refusal to consent results in an imminent and substantial danger of loss, waste, or dissipation of income or assets, eviction, physical or mental harm to self or others, or death; (20) “undue influence” means the use by a person who stands in a position of trust or confidence of the person's role, relationship, or authority to wrongfully exploit the trust, dependency, or fear of a vulnerable adult to gain control over the decision making of the vulnerable adult, including decision making related to finances, property, residence, and health care;