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D.C. 20549</font></div>
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Andrew Smith, Esq.</font></div>
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accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221;
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                                  <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Common
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Pursuant
      to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
      registration statement also covers additional shares that may become
      issuable under the above-named plan by reason of certain corporate
      transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split,
      recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
      receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
      registrant&#8217;s outstanding shares of common
stock.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
      offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
      amount of the registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in
      accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) and is based upon the average
      of the high and low prices per share of the registrant&#8217;s Common Stock as
      reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 26,
  2009.</font></div>
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shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), of
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) that may be issued and sold under
the Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan (the
&#8220;Plan&#8221;).</font></div>
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I</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
      documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will
      be sent or given to directors as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160;&#160;Such
      documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) either as part of this registration statement or as
      prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the
      Securities Act.&#160;&#160;These documents and the documents incorporated
      by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
      of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus
      that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities
      Act.</font></div>
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II</font></div>
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filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
      Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
      31, 2008;</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amendment
      No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      fiscal year ended December 31,
2008;</font></div>
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      Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March
      31, 2009;</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
      Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 29,
      2009, March 2, 2009, May 7, 2009, June 2, 2009, June 3, 2009, June 23,
      2009 and June 26, 2009; and</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
      description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
      Form 8-A dated October 11, 2005, filed with the SEC by the Company to
      register such securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of
      updating such description prior to the termination of the offering of the
      Common Stock offered hereby.</font></div>
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furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form
8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
registration statement.</font></div>
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by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this</font></div><br>
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statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.&#160;&#160;Any statements contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement
contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is
incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement.&#160;&#160;Any statement contained in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies
or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or
superseded.</font></div>
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Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by T. Andrew Smith,
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company.&#160;&#160;Mr. Smith is employed by the Company.&#160;&#160;As of June
26, 2009, Mr. Smith beneficially owned 277,577 shares of Common Stock, including
unvested restricted shares of Common Stock.</font></div>
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102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, or the DGCL, allows a
corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors to a corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of a fiduciary duty as a
director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act
in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase or
redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper
personal benefit.</font></div>
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145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the corporation&#8217;s request as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys&#8217; fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies
if (i) such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding or (ii) such person acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including
attorneys&#8217; fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and
reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the
claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no
indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duties to the corporation, unless a court
believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should
apply.</font></div>
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174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully and
negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock
purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was
either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time,
may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered
in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at
the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives
notice of the unlawful acts.</font></div><br>
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Company&#8217;s amended and restated certificate of incorporation states that no
director shall be liable to us or any of our stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as director, except for breaches of the duty of
loyalty, and for acts or omissions in bad faith or involving intentional
misconduct or knowing violation of law. A director is also not exempt from
liability for any transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal
benefit, or for violations of Section 174 of the DGCL. To the maximum extent
permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation authorizes us to indemnify any and all persons whom we have the
power to indemnify under the law.</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Our
amended and restated bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, each person who was or is made a party or
is threatened to be made a party in any legal proceeding by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company or a subsidiary.
However, such indemnification is permitted only if such person acted in good
faith, lawfully and not against our best interests. Indemnification is
authorized on a case-by-case basis by (1) our board of directors by a majority
vote of disinterested directors, (2) a committee of the disinterested directors,
(3) independent legal counsel in a written opinion if (1) and (2) are not
available, or if disinterested directors so direct, or (4) the
stockholders.</font></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Indemnification
of former directors or officers shall be determined by any person authorized to
act on the matter on our behalf. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in
defending against such legal proceedings are payable before the final
disposition of the action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to
repay us if it is later determined that he or she is not entitled to
indemnification.</font></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The
Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of its
directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among other
things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated
bylaws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts
paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification agreements provide for the
advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement
to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such
indemnification under applicable law and our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.</font></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of
the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">We
maintain directors&#8217; and officers&#8217; liability insurance for our officers and
directors.</font></div>
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      8.</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amended
      and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      filed on August 14, 2006).</font></div>
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    <div>
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            </td>
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      and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 20,
      2007).</font></div>
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          <tr valign="top">
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            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Form
      of Certificate for common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
      to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 3) (No.
      333-127372) filed on November 7,
2005).</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stockholders
      Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, by and among Brookdale Senior
      Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Brookdale Acquisition LLC,
      Fortress</font></div>
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Trust II and Health Partners (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2006).</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amendment
      No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2006, by and among
      Brookdale Senior Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Registered
      Investment Trust, Fortress Brookdale Investment Fund LLC, FRIT Holdings
      LLC, and FIT Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
      Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
      2006).</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Opinion
      of T. Andrew Smith, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
      Secretary of Brookdale Senior Living
Inc.</font></div>
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            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consent
      of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</font></div>
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    <div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">23.2</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consent
      of T. Andrew Smith (included in Exhibit
5.1).</font></div>
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    <div>
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              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;
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            </td>
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      of Attorney (included on the signature pages
  hereto).</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
            <td style="WIDTH: 36pt">
              <div><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">&#160;
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">99.1</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Summary
      of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Director Stock Purchase
    Plan.</font></div>
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          </tr>
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    </div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%">
          <tr>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="7%">
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undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 36pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(i) To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#8220;Calculation of Registration Fee&#8221; table in the effective
registration statement;</font></div>
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include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.</font></div>
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for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></div><br>
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remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.</font></div>
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    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the <font>Securities Act of</font> 1933, each filing of the
registrant&#8217;s annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan&#8217;s annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.</font></div>
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as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
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to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of
Tennessee, on this 30<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 70%; VERTICAL-ALIGN: super">th</font> day of
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directors of Brookdale Senior Living Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.E. Sheriff and T. Andrew Smith and each of them,
severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, to
sign in any and all capacities this registration statement and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this
registration statement and any and all applications and other documents relating
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power and
authority to perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever which any
such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or
done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as
each of the undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby
ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney or
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following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.</font></div>
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              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amended
      and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      filed on August 14, 2006).</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      3.1 to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 20,
      2007).</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Form
      of Certificate for common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
      to the Company&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 3) (No.
      333-127372) filed on November 7,
2005).</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Stockholders
      Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, by and among Brookdale Senior
      Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Brookdale Acquisition LLC,
      Fortress Investment Trust II and Health Partners (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
      on March 31, 2006).</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
    <div>
      <table align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" id="hangingindent" width="100%">
          <tr valign="top">
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              <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">4.5</font></div>
            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Amendment
      No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2006, by and among
      Brookdale Senior Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Registered
      Investment Trust, Fortress Brookdale Investment Fund LLC, FRIT Holdings
      LLC, and FIT Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
      Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
      2006).</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Opinion
      of T. Andrew Smith, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
      Secretary of Brookdale Senior Living
Inc.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Consent
      of Ernst &amp; Young LLP.</font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
      </table>
    </div>
    <div style="TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; DISPLAY: block"><br></div>
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            <td>
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      of T. Andrew Smith (included in Exhibit
5.1).</font></div>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Powers
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages
  hereto).</font></div>
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          </tr>
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            </td>
            <td>
              <div align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Summary
      of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Director Stock Purchase
    Plan.</font></div>
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form_s-8.htm
As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2009.
Registration
No. 333-_______
............................................................................................................................................................................
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
............................................................................................................................
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
............................................................................................................................
BROOKDALE
SENIOR LIVING INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
20-3068069
(State
      or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
      or organization)
(I.R.S.
      Employer
Identification
      No.)
111
      Westwood Place, Suite 200
Brentwood,
      Tennessee
37027
(Address
      of principal executive offices)
(Zip
      Code)
BROOKDALE
SENIOR LIVING INC. DIRECTOR STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full
title of the plan)
T.
Andrew Smith, Esq.
Executive
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
111
Westwood Place, Suite 200
Brentwood,
Tennessee  37027
(Name and
address of agent for service)
(615)
221-2250
(Telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act.
Large
      accelerated filer
T
Accelerated
      filer
£
Non-accelerated
      filer
£
(Do not
      check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller
      reporting company
£
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of securities
to
      be
registered
Amount
to
      be
registered
      (1)
Proposed
maximum
offering
price
      per
share
      (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering
price
      (2)
Amount
      of
registration
fee
Common
      Stock, par value $0.01 per share
100,000
      shares
$9.34
$934,000
$53
(1)
Pursuant
      to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
      registration statement also covers additional shares that may become
      issuable under the above-named plan by reason of certain corporate
      transactions or events, including any stock dividend, stock split,
      recapitalization or any other similar transaction effected without the
      receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of the
      registrant's outstanding shares of common
stock.
(2)
The
      offering price is estimated solely for the purpose of determining the
      amount of the registration fee. Such estimate has been calculated in
      accordance with Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) and is based upon the average
      of the high and low prices per share of the registrant's Common Stock as
      reported on the New York Stock Exchange on June 26,
  2009.
EXPLANATORY
NOTE
This registration statement registers
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), of
Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (the "Company") that may be issued and sold under
the Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Director Stock Purchase Plan (the
"Plan").
PART
I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item
      1.
Plan
      Information.*
Item
      2.
Registrant
      Information and Employee Plan Annual
  Information.*
*
The
      documents containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will
      be sent or given to directors as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) of the
      Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  Such
      documents need not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
      (the "SEC") either as part of this registration statement or as
      prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the
      Securities Act.  These documents and the documents incorporated
      by reference in this registration statement pursuant to Item 3 of Part II
      of this registration statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus
      that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities
      Act.
PART
II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item
      3.
Incorporation
      of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously
filed with the SEC are hereby incorporated by reference in this registration
statement:
(a)
The
      Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
      31, 2008;
(b)
Amendment
      No. 1 on Form 10-K/A to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
      fiscal year ended December 31,
2008;
(c)
The
      Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March
      31, 2009;
(d)
The
      Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 29,
      2009, March 2, 2009, May 7, 2009, June 2, 2009, June 3, 2009, June 23,
      2009 and June 26, 2009; and
(e)
The
      description of the Common Stock contained in the Registration Statement on
      Form 8-A dated October 11, 2005, filed with the SEC by the Company to
      register such securities under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
      amended, including all amendments and reports filed for the purpose of
      updating such description prior to the termination of the offering of the
      Common Stock offered hereby.
Information
furnished under Items 2.02 and 7.01 of the Company's Current Reports on Form
8-K, including the related exhibits, is not incorporated by reference in this
registration statement.
All reports and other documents filed
by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange
Act after the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
to this
II-1
registration
statement that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or
that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein and to be a part hereof from the date of filing
of such documents.  Any statements contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to
be modified or superseded for purposes hereof to the extent that a statement
contained herein, or in any other subsequently filed document that also is
incorporated or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, modifies or
supersedes such statement.  Any statement contained in this
registration statement shall be deemed to be modified or superseded to the
extent that a statement contained in a subsequently filed document that is or is
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement modifies
or supersedes such prior statement. Any statement so modified or superseded
shall not be deemed to constitute a part hereof except as so modified or
superseded.
Item
      4.
Description
      of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item
      5.
Interests
      of Named Experts and Counsel.
The legality of the shares of Common
Stock offered hereby has been passed upon for the Company by T. Andrew Smith,
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the
Company.  Mr. Smith is employed by the Company.  As of June
26, 2009, Mr. Smith beneficially owned 277,577 shares of Common Stock, including
unvested restricted shares of Common Stock.
Item
      6.
Indemnification
      of Directors and Officers.
Section
102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended, or the DGCL, allows a
corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors to a corporation or
its stockholders for monetary damages for a breach of a fiduciary duty as a
director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act
in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a law,
authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase or
redemption in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper
personal benefit.
Section
145 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a corporation may indemnify
any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the
person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation, or
is or was serving at the corporation's request as a director, officer, employee
or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, against expenses, including attorneys' fees, judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person in
connection with the action, suit or proceeding. The power to indemnify applies
if (i) such person is successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any
action, suit or proceeding or (ii) such person acted in good faith and in a
manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the corporation, and with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful. The
power to indemnify applies to actions brought by or in the right of the
corporation as well, but only to the extent of defense expenses (including
attorneys' fees but excluding amounts paid in settlement) actually and
reasonably incurred and not to any satisfaction of judgment or settlement of the
claim itself, and with the further limitation that in such actions no
indemnification shall be made in the event of any adjudication of negligence or
misconduct in the performance of his duties to the corporation, unless a court
believes that in light of all the circumstances indemnification should
apply.
Section
174 of the DGCL provides, among other things, that a director who willfully and
negligently approves of an unlawful payment of dividends or an unlawful stock
purchase or redemption may be held liable for such actions. A director who was
either absent when the unlawful actions were approved or dissented at the time,
may avoid liability by causing his or her dissent to such actions to be entered
in the books containing the minutes of the meetings of the board of directors at
the time the action occurred or immediately after the absent director receives
notice of the unlawful acts.
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The
Company's amended and restated certificate of incorporation states that no
director shall be liable to us or any of our stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fiduciary duty as director, except for breaches of the duty of
loyalty, and for acts or omissions in bad faith or involving intentional
misconduct or knowing violation of law. A director is also not exempt from
liability for any transaction from which he or she derived an improper personal
benefit, or for violations of Section 174 of the DGCL. To the maximum extent
permitted under Section 145 of the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation authorizes us to indemnify any and all persons whom we have the
power to indemnify under the law.
Our
amended and restated bylaws provide that the Company will indemnify, to the
fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, each person who was or is made a party or
is threatened to be made a party in any legal proceeding by reason of the fact
that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Company or a subsidiary.
However, such indemnification is permitted only if such person acted in good
faith, lawfully and not against our best interests. Indemnification is
authorized on a case-by-case basis by (1) our board of directors by a majority
vote of disinterested directors, (2) a committee of the disinterested directors,
(3) independent legal counsel in a written opinion if (1) and (2) are not
available, or if disinterested directors so direct, or (4) the
stockholders.
Indemnification
of former directors or officers shall be determined by any person authorized to
act on the matter on our behalf. Expenses incurred by a director or officer in
defending against such legal proceedings are payable before the final
disposition of the action, provided that the director or officer undertakes to
repay us if it is later determined that he or she is not entitled to
indemnification.
The
Company has entered into separate indemnification agreements with certain of its
directors and officers. Each indemnification agreement provides, among other
things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and our
amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated
bylaws against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts
paid in settlement of any claim. The indemnification agreements provide for the
advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement
to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such
indemnification under applicable law and our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.
Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be
permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to
the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that, in the opinion of
the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
We
maintain directors' and officers' liability insurance for our officers and
directors.
Item
      7.
Exemption
      from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item
      8.
Exhibits.
4.1
Amended
      and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      filed on August 14, 2006).
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 20,
      2007).
4.3
Form
      of Certificate for common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
      to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 3) (No.
      333-127372) filed on November 7,
2005).
4.4
Stockholders
      Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, by and among Brookdale Senior
      Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Brookdale Acquisition LLC,
      Fortress
II-3
Investment
Trust II and Health Partners (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 31, 2006).
4.5
Amendment
      No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2006, by and among
      Brookdale Senior Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Registered
      Investment Trust, Fortress Brookdale Investment Fund LLC, FRIT Holdings
      LLC, and FIT Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
      Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
      2006).
5.1
Opinion
      of T. Andrew Smith, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
      Secretary of Brookdale Senior Living
Inc.
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent
      of T. Andrew Smith (included in Exhibit
5.1).
24.1
Powers
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages
  hereto).
99.1
Summary
      of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Director Stock Purchase
    Plan.
Item
      9.
Undertakings.
(a)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)           To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To
include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of
1933;
(ii) To
reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date
of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment
thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was
registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum
offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the
Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume
and price represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective
registration statement;
(iii) To
include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not
previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to
such information in the registration statement;
provided,
however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) of this section do not apply
if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in the
registration statement.
(2)           That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration
statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such
securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
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(3)           To
remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the
securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the
offering.
(b)           The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the
Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c)           Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant
pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been
advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is,
therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred
or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter
has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public
policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of
such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Brentwood, State of
Tennessee, on this 30
th
day of
June, 2009.
BROOKDALE
      SENIOR LIVING INC.
By:
/s/
      W.E. Sheriff
Name:
W.E.
      Sheriff
Title:
Chief
      Executive Officer
POWER
OF ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned officers and
directors of Brookdale Senior Living Inc., a Delaware corporation, hereby
constitutes and appoints W.E. Sheriff and T. Andrew Smith and each of them,
severally, as his or her attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, in his or her name and on his or her behalf, to
sign in any and all capacities this registration statement and any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) and exhibits to this
registration statement and any and all applications and other documents relating
thereto, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with full power and
authority to perform and do any and all acts and things whatsoever which any
such attorney or substitute may deem necessary or advisable to be performed or
done in connection with any or all of the above-described matters, as fully as
each of the undersigned could do if personally present and acting, hereby
ratifying and approving all acts of any such attorney or
substitute.
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the
following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
      Wesley R. Edens
Chairman
      of the Board
June
      30, 2009
Wesley
      R. Edens
/s/
      W.E. Sheriff
Chief
      Executive Officer
June
      30, 2009
W.E.
      Sheriff
(Principal
      Executive Officer)
/s/
      Mark W. Ohlendorf
Co-President
      and Chief Financial Officer
June
      30, 2009
Mark
      W. Ohlendorf
(Principal
      Financial and Accounting
Officer)
/s/
      Frank M. Bumstead
Director
June
      30, 2009
Frank
      M. Bumstead
/s/
      Jackie M. Clegg
Director
June
      30, 2009
Jackie
      M. Clegg
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/s/
      Tobia Ippolito
Director
June
      30, 2009
Tobia
      Ippolito
/s/
      Jeffrey R. Leeds
Director
June
      30, 2009
Jeffrey
      R. Leeds
/s/
      Mark J. Schulte
Director
June
      30, 2009
Mark
      J. Schulte
/s/
      James R. Seward
Director
June
      30, 2009
James
      R. Seward
/s/
      Samuel Waxman
Director
June
      30, 2009
Samuel
      Waxman
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EXHIBIT
INDEX
Exhibit
No.
Description
4.1
Amended
      and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
      filed on August 14, 2006).
4.2
Amended
      and Restated Bylaws of the Company (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
      3.1 to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed on December 20,
      2007).
4.3
Form
      of Certificate for common stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1
      to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Amendment No. 3) (No.
      333-127372) filed on November 7,
2005).
4.4
Stockholders
      Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2005, by and among Brookdale Senior
      Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Brookdale Acquisition LLC,
      Fortress Investment Trust II and Health Partners (incorporated by
      reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K filed
      on March 31, 2006).
4.5
Amendment
      No. 1 to Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2006, by and among
      Brookdale Senior Living Inc., FIT-ALT Investor LLC, Fortress Registered
      Investment Trust, Fortress Brookdale Investment Fund LLC, FRIT Holdings
      LLC, and FIT Holdings LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
      Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 14,
      2006).
5.1
Opinion
      of T. Andrew Smith, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and
      Secretary of Brookdale Senior Living
Inc.
23.1
Consent
      of Ernst & Young LLP.
23.2
Consent
      of T. Andrew Smith (included in Exhibit
5.1).
24.1
Powers
      of Attorney (included on the signature pages
  hereto).
99.1
Summary
      of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. Director Stock Purchase
    Plan.
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