Form: SC 13G

Statement of Beneficial Ownership by Certain Investors

April 20, 1999

EXHIBIT 1

Published on April 20, 1999



EXHIBIT 1


JOINT FILING AGREEMENT

This will confirm the agreement by and among all the undersigned that the
Schedule 13D, and any amendments thereto with respect to the beneficial
ownership by the undersigned of shares of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. is
being filed on behalf of each of the undersigned. This Agreement may be executed
in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Date: April 16, 1999

LTC HEALTHCARE INC.,
a Nevada corporation


/s/ James J. Pieczynski
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James J. Pieczynski,
President and Chief Financial Officer



LTC PROPERTIES, INC.,
a Maryland corporation


/s/ James J. Pieczynski
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James J. Pieczynski,
President and Chief Financial Officer


/s/ Andre C. Dimitriadis
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ANDRE C. DIMITRIADIS


/s/ James J. Pieczynski
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JAMES J. PIECZYNSKI

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