Home for Alice is an assisted living facility (âALFâ) called Avalon.2. Two years ago, she sold her home of forty years to move into Avalon. 1 The author crafted this hypothetical to illustrate the personal impact of involuntary. discharge from an assisted living facility on residents and their families. 2 The United States Congress defines âassisted living facilityâ as. a public facility, proprietary facility, or facility of a private nonprofit.