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Participants were a cohort of Florida AL residents who were aged 65 years or older, enrolled in Medicare fee-for-service, and resided in 9-digit zip codes corresponding to US assisted living communities with 25 or more beds on September 10, 2017, the day of Hurricane Irma\u2019s landfall. Propensity score matching was used to match evacuated residents to those that sheltered-in-place based on resident and AL characteristics. Data were analyzed from September 2022 to February 2024.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposure<\/jats:title>Whether the AL community evacuated or sheltered-in-place before Hurricane Irma made landfall.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Thirty- and 90-day emergency department visits, hospitalizations, mortality, and nursing home admissions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The study cohort included 25\u202f130 Florida AL residents (mean [SD] age 81 [9] years); 3402 (13.5%) evacuated and 21\u202f728 (86.5%) did not evacuate. The evacuated group had 2223 women (65.3%), and the group that sheltered-in-place had 14\u202f556 women (67.0%). In the evacuated group, 42 residents (1.2%) were Black, 93 (2.7%) were Hispanic, and 3225 (94.8%) were White. In the group that sheltered in place, 490 residents (2.3%) were Black, 707 (3.3%) were Hispanic, and 20\u202f212 (93.0%) were White. After 1:4 propensity score matching, when compared with sheltering-in-place, evacuation was associated with a 16% greater odds of emergency department visits (adjusted odds ratio [AOR], 1.16; 95% CI, 1.01-1.33; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.04) and 51% greater odds of nursing home visits (AOR, 1.51; 95% CI, 1.14-2.00; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.01) within 30 days of Hurricane Irma\u2019s landfall. Hospitalization and mortality did not vary significantly by evacuation status within 30 or 90 days after the landfall date.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>In this cohort study of Florida AL residents, there was an increased risk of nursing home and emergency department visits within 30 days of Hurricane Irma\u2019s landfall among residents from communities that evacuated before the storm when compared with residents from communities that sheltered-in-place. The stress and disruption caused by evacuation may yield poorer immediate health outcomes after a major storm for AL residents. 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