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assisted living al significant growing congregate care option vulnerable older adults designed reduce use nursing homes nhs however work excess mortality congregate care covid19 pandemic primarily focused nhs us studies examining al objective study assess excess mortality among al nh residents without dementia significant cognitive impairment alberta canada first 2 years covid19 pandemic relative 3 years populationbased retrospective cohort study residents lived al nh facility operated contracted provincial health care system provide publicly funded care alberta january 1 2017 december 31 2021 used administrative health care data including resident assessment instrument home care raihc al minimum data set 20 raimds 20 nhs records linked data residents vital statistics covid19 testing emergency room registrations hospital stays outcome excess deaths covid19 ie number deaths beyond expected based prepandemic data estimated using overdispersed poisson generalized linear models overall risk excess mortality adjusted incidence rate ratio 95 confidence interval higher als nhs 120 114126 vs 110 107113 weekly peaks excess deaths coincided covid19 pandemic waves higher among diagnosed dementia significant cognitive impairment al nhs finding excess mortality within al nh facilities lead greater focus infection prevention control measures across forms congregate housing vulnerable older adults specific needs residents dementia particular addressed