Fall River fire at Gabriel House assisted living
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Assisted living centers are rare in Mass, but many families still don’t know what they offer — or what they don’t.
Residents who fled the deadly Gabriel House fire said fire drills were never conducted. The fire chief says there's a good reason for that.
A Massachusetts assisted-living center where nine residents died in a fire was cited for failing to immediately report more than two dozen health and safety incidents.
More than 75 percent of Gabriel House residents are enrolled in Medicaid, state officials have said, and it charges significantly less than a typical assisted living facility does for private-paying patients.