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                                  UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

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                                 CURRENT REPORT

     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                                December 5, 2001
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                Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)

                         ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.
             (exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


             NEVADA                     1-13498                   93-1148702
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(State or other jurisdiction of  Commission File Number      (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                           Identification Number)

          11835 NE Glenn Widing Drive, Bldg E, Portland, OR 97220-9057
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               (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (503) 252-6233
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              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

                                 Not Applicable
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         (Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)



ITEM 3. BANKRUPTCY OR RECEIVERSHIP

               On October 1, 2001, Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (the
"Company"), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Carriage House Assisted Living,
Inc. ("Carriage House", and together with the Company, the "Debtors") each filed
a voluntary petition under chapter 11 of title 11 of the United States Code (the
"Bankruptcy Code") in the United States District Court for the District of
Delaware in Wilmington (the "Court"), case nos. 01-10674 and 01-10670,
respectively, which are being jointly administered (the "Cases"). On December 5,
2001, the Court entered an order approving the first amended joint plan of
reorganization, subject to certain minor modifications (the "Plan"). Upon
satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Plan, the Company and its
subsidiaries will emerge from the proceedings under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Code (which is expected to be January 1, 2002, subject to satisfaction or waiver
of all conditions to the effective date (the "Effective Date")). The
Distribution Record Date is December 20, 2001. The confirmation order is filed
as an exhibit to this Form. The principal provisions of the Plan are as follows:

        -       On or about the Effective Date of the Plan, up to $40.25 million
                aggregate principal amount of seven-year secured notes (the "New
                Senior Secured Notes"), bearing interest at 10% per annum,
                payable semi-annually in arrears, and up to $15.25 million
                aggregate principal amount of ten-year secured notes (the "New
                Junior Secured Notes" and collectively with the New Senior
                Secured Notes, the "New Notes"), bearing interest payable in
                additional New Junior Secured Notes for three years at 8% per
                annum and thereafter payable in cash at 12% per annum payable
                semi-annually in arrears, and (c) 96% of new common stock, par
                value $0.01 (the "New Common Stock") of the reorganized Company
                will be issued to the Company's Allowed Class 4 Claims.

        -       As of the date of this filing, there were 17,120,745 shares of
                common stock ("Old Common Stock") issued by the Company. The
                Company's Old Common Stock will be canceled and holders will be
                entitled to receive 4% of the New Common Stock of the
                reorganized Company. Upon implementation of the Plan, the
                Company will issue up to 6,500,000 shares of New Common Stock
                (subject to the Reserve discussed below) to its holders of Old
                Common Stock and Allowed Class 4 Claims in accordance with the
                Plan provisions.

        -       The new Board of Directors of the reorganized Company will
                consist of seven members as follows: Leonard Tannenbaum, Andre
                Dimitriadis, W. Andrew Adams, Matthew Patrick, Mark Holliday,
                Richard Ladd and the Chief Executive Officer of the Company as
                of the Effective Date. The Board of Directors of the Company as
                of the Effective Date will select the Board of Directors and
                senior management of Carriage House.

        -       The Company will hold back from the initial issuance of New
                Common Stock and New Notes on the Effective Date a percentage of
                the New Common Stock and the New Notes (the "Reserve") to be
                issued to holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims


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                because the total amount of, and the identities of the holders
                of, the Allowed Class 4 Claims will not be known until after the
                Effective Date, either because certain Allowed Class 4 Claims
                will be Disputed Claims (as defined in the Plan) or because
                those Claims will not have been made by their holders prior to
                the Effective Date. The initial distribution with respect to
                Allowed Class 4 Claims will be made only to the holders of
                Allowed Class 4 Claims that have been allowed prior to December
                14, 2001 (the "Cutoff Date"). Once the total amount of the
                Allowed Class 4 Claims has been determined, the shares of New
                Common Stock and the New Notes held in the Reserve will be
                distributed pro rata among the holders of the Allowed Class 4
                Claims (the date of this distribution, the "Subsequent
                Distribution Date"). If the Reserve is insufficient to cover
                Allowed Class 4 Claims allowed after the Cutoff Date, the
                Company and its subsidiaries will have no further liability with
                respect to those Class 4 Claims and the holders of those Claims
                will receive proportionately lower distributions of shares of
                New Common Stock and New Notes than the holders of Allowed Class
                4 Claims allowed prior to the Cutoff Date. If the Reserve
                exceeds the distributions necessary to cover Allowed Class 4
                Claims allowed after the Cutoff Date, the additional securities
                remaining in the Reserve will be distributed among all holders
                of Allowed Class 4 Claims so as to ensure that each holder of an
                Allowed Class 4 Claim receives, in the aggregate, its pro rata
                share of the New Common Stock and the New Notes. In this case,
                the holders of Allowed Class 4 Claims allowed prior to the
                Cutoff Date will receive distributions of securities both on the
                Effective Date and on the Subsequent Distribution Date.

               The Company and Carriage House entered into a
debtor-in-possession facility with Heller Healthcare Finance, Inc.("Heller") in
an approximate principal amount of up to $4.4 million (the "DIP Facility") to
supplement the Company and Carriage House's cash position in order to ensure
that all on-going working capital needs were met. Concurrent with the closing of
the DIP Facility, certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company entered into
an amendment of their existing facility with Heller, which is guaranteed by the
Company (the "Existing Facility") to, among other things, extend the maturity of
the Existing Facility to be coterminous with the DIP Facility. Pursuant to the
Plan, the DIP Facility will be refinanced through an amendment of the Existing
Facility in connection with the exit from bankruptcy (the "Exit Facility"). The
principal amount of the Exit Facility will not exceed $44.0 million and will
mature 36 months from the date on which the Company exits from bankruptcy.
Principal will be payable monthly in a monthly amount of $50,000 for the first
year, $65,000 for the second year and $80,000 for the last year of the exit
facility term. Interest will be calculated at 4.5% over three month LIBOR,
floating monthly (not to be less than 8%), and payable monthly in arrears. The
Company will remain liable for the entire amount of the Exit Facility as a
guarantor.

               As of November 30, 2001 the assets and liabilities of the
Company on a historical cost basis were $352.1 million and $306.9 million,
respectively. On or near the Effective Date of the Plan, the Company will adopt
the provisions of "fresh start accounting", which require the Company to restate
all assets and liabilities to their fair values based upon the provisions of the
Plan and certain valuation studies currently underway.


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ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS

(a) and (b)      None.

(c)

        Exhibit 2.1     Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order
                        Confirming the Joint Plan of Reorganization dated
                        December 5, 2001 (filed herewith).

        Exhibit 2.2     Amended Joint Disclosure Statement of the Debtors
                        Pursuant to Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code dated
                        October 30, 2001 (filed herewith).

        Exhibit 2.3     Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors
                        dated October 30, 2001 (filed herewith).

        Exhibit 99.1    Press Release of the Company dated December 6, 2001


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                                   SIGNATURES

               Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       ASSISTED LIVING CONCEPTS, INC.



                                       By: /s/ SANDRA CAMPBELL
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                                          Name:    Sandra Campbell
                                          Title:   Secretary

Date: December 19, 2001


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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX




         EXHIBIT NO.                   DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION
                     
        Exhibit 2.1     Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Order
                        Confirming the Joint Plan of Reorganization dated
                        December 5, 2001 (filed herewith).

        Exhibit 2.2     Amended Joint Disclosure Statement of the Debtors
                        Pursuant to Section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code dated
                        October 30, 2001 (filed herewith).

        Exhibit 2.3     Amended Joint Plan of Reorganization of the Debtors
                        dated October 30, 2001 (filed herewith).

        Exhibit 99.1    Press Release of the Company dated December 6, 2001