EXHIBIT 2.1

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                           PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

                                  By and Among

                       CONSTELLATION HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                       and

                           CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES

                                   As Seller,

                                       and

                     CONSTELLATION REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC.,

                                  As Guarantor,

                                       and

                        SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST,

                                    As Buyer,

                                   Dated as of

                                 August 26, 2002


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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.   PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SENIOR LIVING ASSETS.............................1

2.   EXCLUDED ASSETS...........................................................4

3.   ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES.................................................6
     (a)  Assumed Liabilities..................................................6
     (b)  Excluded Liabilities.................................................7

4.   FACILITIES AGREEMENTS.....................................................7

5.   DEPOSIT AND PURCHASE PRICE................................................7
     (a)      Deposit..........................................................7
     (b)      Material Asset Defect............................................8
     (c)      Purchase Price...................................................9
     (d)      Closing Date Payments............................................9

6.   CLOSING..................................................................10
     (a)      Closing.........................................................10
     (b)      HUD Facility Closing............................................10
     (c)      Closing Date Deliverables of Seller.............................11
     (d)      Closing Date Deliverables of Buyer..............................12
     (e)      Other Closing Date Deliverables.................................13
     (f)      HUD Facility Deliverables.......................................13
     (g)      Tax Allocations.................................................13
     (h)      Timing..........................................................13

7.   SELLER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES..................................14
     (a)      Organization and Good Standing..................................14
     (b)      Authority.......................................................14
     (c)      Consents........................................................14
     (d)      No Breach.......................................................15
     (e)      Real Property...................................................15
     (f)      Brokers.........................................................17
     (g)      Tangible Assets.................................................17
     (h)      Compliance With Laws............................................18
     (i)      Permits.........................................................18
     (j)      Actions and Proceedings.........................................18
     (k)      Subsidiaries....................................................18
     (l)      Financial Statements............................................19
     (m)      Events Subsequent to Most Recent Balance Sheet..................19
     (n)      Contracts.......................................................19
     (o)      Trademarks......................................................19
     (p)      Assets..........................................................19
     (q)      Employee Benefits...............................................19

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     (r)      Environmental, Health and Safety Matters........................20
     (s)      Undisclosed Liabilities.........................................20
     (t)      Affiliated Transactions.........................................21
     (u)      Deposits and Escrow Accounts....................................21
     (v)      Vacation........................................................21
     (w)      Heartlands Entities.............................................21

8.   LIMITATIONS..............................................................22

9.   BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES...................................22
     (a)      Organization and Good Standing..................................22
     (b)      Authority of Buyer..............................................22
     (c)      Consents........................................................23
     (d)      No Breach.......................................................23
     (e)      Litigation......................................................23
     (f)      Brokers.........................................................23
     (g)      Availability of Funds...........................................23
     (h)      No Knowledge of Misrepresentations or Omissions.................23
     (i)      Inspections; No Other Representations...........................24

10.  COVENANTS................................................................24
     (a)      Covenants of Seller.............................................24
     (b)      Covenants of Buyer..............................................26
     (c)      Mutual Covenants................................................27
     (d)      Covenants of Guarantor..........................................29

11.  EMPLOYEES................................................................29
     (a)      Employees.......................................................29
     (b)      Employment Offers to Employees..................................29
     (c)      Transfer Time, Etc..............................................30
     (d)      Time Off........................................................30
     (e)      COBRA...........................................................30
     (f)      WARN Act........................................................30

12.  HUD FACILITY.............................................................30
     (a)      HUD Facility....................................................30
     (b)      HUD Mortgages...................................................31
     (c)      Assumption of First and Second HUD Loans........................31
     (d)      Consents Required...............................................31
     (e)      TPA Conditions..................................................33
     (f)      HUD Audit Condition.............................................33
     (g)      HUD Facility....................................................34

13.  BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO CLOSE..............................................34
     (a)      Compliance with Agreement.......................................34
     (b)      Representations and Warranties..................................34
     (c)      Litigation......................................................34

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     (d)      Consents; Licensing, Etc........................................34
     (e)      Material Adverse Effect.........................................34
     (f)      NOI Event.......................................................35
     (g)      Real Estate.....................................................35

14.  SELLER'S OBLIGATION TO CLOSE.............................................35
     (a)      Compliance with Agreement.......................................36
     (b)      Representations and Warranties..................................36
     (c)      Litigation......................................................36
     (d)      Consents, Licensing, Etc........................................36
     (e)      Interim Management Agreement....................................36

15.  FURTHER ASSURANCES.......................................................36

16.  INDEMNIFICATION..........................................................36
     (a)      Seller's Indemnification of Buyer...............................36
     (b)      Buyer's Indemnification of Seller...............................37
     (c)      Exclusive Remedy................................................38
     (d)      Procedures Relating to Indemnification Among Buyer and Seller...38
     (e)      Procedures Relating to Indemnification for Third Party Claims...38
     (f)      Losses Net of Insurance and Taxes...............................39
     (g)      Survival; Time Limitation.......................................39
     (h)      Monetary Limitation.............................................40
     (i)      Limitation of Liability.........................................40
     (j)      Mitigation......................................................40
     (k)      Losses..........................................................40

17.  APPORTIONMENTS...........................................................40
     (a)      General.........................................................40
     (b)      Water, Gas or Electric..........................................41
     (c)      Real Property Taxes.............................................41
     (d)      Assessments.....................................................41
     (e)      Insurance.......................................................41
     (f)      Deposits and Escrows............................................41
     (g)      Accrued Vacation................................................41
     (h)      Purchase Price Adjustment.......................................42
     (i)      Survival........................................................43

18.  RECORDS/LITIGATION AND TAX MATTERS.......................................43

19.  TERMINATION RIGHTS.......................................................44

20.  SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE.....................................................45

21.  NOTICES..................................................................45

22.  GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION................................46

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23.  PUBLICITY................................................................46

24.  ENTIRE AGREEMENT.........................................................47

25.  ASSIGNMENT...............................................................47

26.  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.....................................................47

27.  EXPENSES.................................................................48

28.  HEADINGS.................................................................48

29.  COUNTERPARTS.............................................................48

30.  INTERPRETATION...........................................................48

31.  NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION...................................................48

32.  SCHEDULES................................................................49

33.  SEVERABILITY.............................................................49

34.  NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES.............................................49

35.  DEFINITION OF AFFILIATE..................................................49

36.  TIME OF ESSENCE..........................................................49

37.  SNH LIMITATION OF LIABILITY..............................................49

38.  SECTION 338 ELECTIONS AND FORMS..........................................49

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                                    SCHEDULES

               SCHEDULE          DESCRIPTION
                 1(a)            Facilities
                 5(b)(i)         2002 Cap. Ex. Budget
                 5(b)(ii)        Reserved Environmental Matters
                 7(d)            No Breach
                 7(e)            Real Property
                 7(g)            Tangible Assets
                 7(h)            Compliance with Laws
                 7(i)            Permits
                 7(j)            Actions and Proceedings
                 7(k)            Subsidiaries
                 7(l)            Financial Statements
                 7(m)            Events Subsequent to Most Recent Balance Sheet
                 7(n)            Contracts
                 7(o)            Trademarks
                 7(p)            Assets
                 7(q)            Employee Benefits
                 7(r)            Environmental, Health and Safety
                 7(s)            Undisclosed Liabilities
                 7(u)            Deposits and Escrows
                 7(v)            Vacation
               10(a)(i)          Environmental Firms
              10(a)(ii)          Conduct of Business by Seller
              10(c)(vi)          Aged Accounts Receivable
             10(c)(vi)(i)        Buyer's Accounts Receivable Collection
                                 Procedures
                11(a)            Employees

                           EXHIBITS

        Exhibit A                      Interim Management Agreement
        Exhibit B                      Net Operating Income Calculation



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                             INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS



Access Letter.......................24   Heartlands I.........................4
Accounts Payable.....................6   Heartlands II........................4
ADSP................................50   HUD.................................31
Aged Accounts Receivable.............5   HUD Facility........................30
Agreement............................1   HUD Facility Allocable Amount.......10
Allocation..........................13   HUD Facility Fee Amount.............10
Alternative Proposal................26   HUD Inspection......................33
Annualized NOI......................35   HUD Loan Documents..................25
Applicable Period...................35   Indemnification Notice..............38
Assumed Accounts.....................3   Indemnified Party...................38
Assumed Liabilities..................6   Indemnifying Party..................38
Benefit Plans.......................20   Interim Management Agreement........11
Books and Records....................2   Inventory...........................42
Buyer................................1   LCS Property.........................2
Buyer Indemnified Parties...........37   Leave...............................29
CHSI.................................1   Losses..............................40
Claims..............................11   Marks...............................19
Closing.............................10   Material Adverse Effect.............14
Closing Date........................10   Material Asset Defect................8
COBRA...............................30   Material Asset Defect Claim..........9
Code................................20   Most Recent Balance Sheet...........19
Collection Period...................28   No TPA Approval Closing Condition...34
Confidentiality Agreement...........26   Owned Real Property..................1
CSS..................................3   Permitted Encumbrances..............16
Current Accounts Receivable..........3   Person..............................15
Defect Repair Amount.................8   Preliminary Closing Adjustment......42
Delay...............................10   Purchase Price.......................9
Deposit..............................8   Purchased Assets.....................1
Deposit Return Event.................8   Real Property.......................17
Diligence Period.....................8   Remittance Schedule.................29
Diligence Period Liens...............9   Resident Agreements.................16
Due Diligence Investigation..........8   Resident Deposits....................3
Employees...........................29   Schedules...........................49
Environmental Laws..................20   Second HUD Loan.....................31
ERISA...............................20   Second HUD Loan Lender..............32
Excluded Assets......................4   Seller Deposits......................3
Excluded Liabilities.................7   Seller Indemnified Parties..........37
Financial Statements................19   Seller's Final Closing Items........42
First HUD Loan......................31   Seller's knowledge..................14
First HUD Loan Lender...............32   Shares..............................21
GAAP................................42   SNH..................................1
Ground Lease Consent................35   Straddle Returns....................43
Ground Leases........................1   Subsidiary..........................18
Guarantor............................1   Taxes................................7
Heartlands Entities..................4   Tenant...............................3
                                         Third Party Claim...................38

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Threshold...........................40   Transferred Employees...............30
TPA Application.....................31   WARN Obligations....................30
TPA Approval........................31


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                           PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

         This  PURCHASE AND SALE  AGREEMENT  for the purchase and sale of assets
and certain shares of capital stock  ("Agreement"),  is made and entered into as
of August 26, 2002, by and among Constellation Health Services, Inc., a Maryland
corporation ("CHSI"), and the Persons identified as Sellers on Schedule 7(k), on
the one hand (CHSI and such Persons collectively,  "Seller"), and Senior Housing
Properties Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust ("Buyer" or "SNH"), on
the other hand,  and only for  purposes  of Section  10(d),  Constellation  Real
Estate Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Guarantor").

                              W I T N E S S E T H:

         WHEREAS,  upon  and  subject  to  the  terms  and  conditions  of  this
Agreement,  Seller wishes to sell its interest in the assets constituting senior
living properties and facilities at the locations identified on Schedule 1(a) as
further  described  in Sections 1 and 3 (the "Senior  Living  Assets") and Buyer
wishes to  purchase  such  assets  and to assume  certain  liabilities  relating
thereto,  in each case upon the terms and  subject to the  conditions  set forth
herein; and

         WHEREAS,  Guarantor  will  guarantee the payment of CHSI's  obligations
under Section 16(a) and the Deposit return obligations.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises made herein and
for other good and valuable consideration,  the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby expressly acknowledged, and subject to the conditions hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

         1.  PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SENIOR LIVING ASSETS. Subject to the terms
and  conditions  of this  Agreement,  Seller  agrees  to sell,  assign,  convey,
transfer  and deliver to Buyer,  as of the  Closing  Date,  and Buyer  agrees to
purchase and take assignment and delivery from Seller as of the Closing Date, of
all of Seller's  rights,  title and interest in the following assets relating to
the Senior Living Assets (the "Purchased Assets"):

                  (a) Seller's interest in the assisted living and senior living
         facilities listed on Schedule 1(a) attached hereto  (collectively,  the
         "Facilities"), as follows:

                           (i) the real  property  owned by  Seller on which the
                  Facilities  are  situated,  as set forth on  Schedule  1(a)(i)
                  attached   hereto,   including  the   buildings,   structures,
                  improvements and fixtures  located thereon,  together with all
                  easements,  appurtenances, rights and benefits related thereto
                  (the "Owned Real Property");

                           (ii) all of Seller's right, title and interest in the
                  ground  leases set forth on  Schedule  1(a)(ii)  (the  "Ground
                  Leases") pursuant to which Seller holds a leasehold estate in,
                  or is granted the right to use or occupy any land,  buildings,
                  structures,  improvements, fixtures or other interests in real
                  property used in connection  with the Facilities  (the "Ground
                  Leased Real Property"); and

                           (iii) all  buildings,  structures,  improvements  and
                  fixtures  located on any Ground Leased Real Property which are
                  owned by Seller, regardless of whether title to such items are
                  subject to reversion to the landlord or other third party upon
                  the expiration or termination of the Ground Leases  applicable
                  to such Ground Leased Real Property.

                  (b) the equipment,  furniture,  machinery,  computer hardware,
         motor vehicles and other tangible personal property owned by Seller and
         used  exclusively  in the  operation  of the  Senior  Living  Assets as
         currently operated (collectively, the "Tangible Personal Property");

                  (c)  subject  to  Section   10(c)(ii),   all   assignable   or
         transferable  rights and  obligations  of Seller under the  agreements,
         contracts, leases, subleases, licenses and similar instruments relating
         exclusively  to the Senior  Living  Assets as currently  operated  (the
         "Facilities  Agreements"),  excluding  that certain  Goods and Services
         Agreement,  dated  as  of  January  20,  2000,  between  CSS  and  Care
         Purchasing Services, Inc. (the "CSS Agreement");

                  (d)  subject  to  Section   10(c)(ii),   all   assignable   or
         transferable permits or licenses held by Seller from any federal, state
         or  local   regulatory   agencies  which  are  necessary  to  and  used
         exclusively  in  connection  with the  ownership  and  operation of the
         Senior  Living  Assets  as  currently   operated   (collectively,   the
         "Permits");

                  (e) the general operating inventory, maintenance and operating
         supplies;

                  (f) the following owned by Seller and used  exclusively in the
         operation of the Senior Living Assets: (1) trademarks and service marks
         all of which  are set  forth on  Schedule  7(o)  attached  hereto,  (2)
         warranties  and  guaranties,  (3) an electronic  record of all data (in
         ASCII format)  relating to the  operation of the Senior Living  Assets,
         and (4) all goodwill in connection  with the  ownership,  operation and
         maintenance of the Senior Living Assets;

                  (g) all books and records of Seller  relating  exclusively  to
         and  necessary  for the  operation of the Senior Living Assets as it is
         currently operated, including cost and pricing information,  accounting
         records,  supplier  lists and  records,  training  materials,  training
         records,  maintenance and inspection  reports,  equipment lists, repair
         notes and archives,  sales and marketing materials  (collectively,  the
         "Books and  Records"),  excluding  any LCS Property (as defined in that
         certain  Management  Services  Agreement  between  CHSI and  Life  Care
         Service LLC ("LCS"),  dated  November  12,  1999,  as amended (the "LCS
         Agreement"));

                  (h) (i) all funds of, or for the benefit of,  residents of the
         Facilities, if any (the "Resident Funds"); (ii) all deposits, escrow or
         security  accounts  or other funds of, or  established  by, any Seller,
         that are  related  to the  Senior  Living  Assets  (including,  without
         limitation,  all  amounts  in the HUD  Facility's  replacement  reserve
         account  and any other  mortgage  escrow or  funding  reserve  balances
         established   pursuant  to,  or  otherwise  in  connection   with,  the
         regulatory  agreements  with respect to the HUD Facility),  and that in

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         each case will be required to be  maintained by Buyer after the Closing
         Date, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt,  items that fall within
         the scope of clause (iii) below (the "Seller Deposits");  and (iii) all
         deposits,  escrow or security  accounts  and other funds held by Seller
         for  application   against  future  liabilities  of  residents  of  the
         Facilities,  including without limitation,  life care contracts, if any
         (the  "Resident  Deposits" and together with the Resident Funds and the
         Seller Deposits, the "Assumed Accounts");

                  (i) accounts receivable relating to rent and services rendered
         to  residents  from the first  day of the  month  prior to the month in
         which the Closing Date occurs until the Closing Date ("Current Accounts
         Receivable")  and  any  other  accounts  receivable  of the  Facilities
         arising on or after the Closing Date;

                  (j) all assignable or  transferable  rights and obligations of
         Seller under the Resident Agreements;

                  (k) copies of  employee  and  medical  records of  individuals
         employed by Constellation Senior Services, Inc. ("CSS") with respect to
         all  Transferred  Employees from whom Buyer obtains  written consent to
         receive such records; and

                  (l) all other  assignable  or  transferable  assets,  owned or
         leased  by,  or  licensed  to or  used  by  Seller  exclusively  in the
         operation of the Senior Living Assets as currently operated;  provided,
         however,  that the  Purchased  Assets  shall not include  any  Excluded
         Assets.

         From time to time prior to the Closing,  Seller shall  promptly  update
and supplement the description of the Purchased Assets (including the Schedules)
with respect to any matter arising  which,  if existing or occurring at the date
of this Agreement  would have been required to have been set forth in a Schedule
or which is necessary to correct the  information set forth in this Agreement or
in any  Schedule  which  has been  rendered  inaccurate  or which  occurs in the
ordinary  course of business  prior to the Closing  (which shall include any and
all actions or events permitted by Section 10(a)(ii),  whether expressly or with
the  consent of Buyer).  The  delivery of any such  supplement  shall not in any
manner constitute a waiver by Buyer of the requirement that the  representations
of Seller be true and correct on the date of this  Agreement  and on the Closing
Date.

         Seller understands that Buyer is a "real estate investment trust" under
the Code and that Buyer  intends to enter into an  agreement  with a third party
("Tenant") to lease and operate certain of the  Facilities,  it being agreed and
understood that none of the negotiation,  execution,  delivery, or effectiveness
of any  agreement  between  Buyer and  Tenant  shall be a  condition  to Buyer's
obligation to consummate the  transactions  contemplated by this  Agreement.  At
Buyer's expense, Seller shall cooperate in a commercially reasonable manner with
Buyer in connection with the negotiation of such agreement and the  consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

         Seller further  understands  and agrees that Buyer shall have the right
to elect to designate any one or more of the Facilities and Purchased  Assets to
be acquired directly by Tenant and, in such event, at Closing Seller shall sell,
convey,  transfer and deliver such Facility or Facilities,

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Purchased  Assets and Assumed  Liabilities  directly to Tenant.  Any such direct
sale to Tenant  shall be subject to the  following  conditions:  (i) Buyer shall
remain obligated in all respects under this Agreement,  (ii) Tenant shall,  with
respect to such transaction, have the same obligations (including as a result of
any breach of the  representations  and warranties of Tenant  pursuant to clause
(iv) below) as if Tenant were  "Buyer"  hereunder,  and Buyer shall remain fully
liable in respect of such obligations,  as provided below; (iii) such sale shall
not impede or delay the Closing;  and (iv) all applicable closing conditions and
deliverables  in Sections  6, 13 and 14 of this  Agreement  applicable  to Buyer
shall be equally applicable to Tenant and shall be satisfied (including, without
limitation,  that the  representations  and  warranties  of Buyer  contained  in
Section 9 shall, to the extent  applicable,  be true and correct as to Tenant as
of the Closing  Date,  to the same  extent as is  required of Buyer  pursuant to
Section 14(b), and Tenant shall deliver to Seller a certificate signed by a Vice
President of Tenant certifying the truth and correctness of such representations
and warranties).

         In  the  event  Tenant  defaults  in  the  performance  of  any  of its
obligations  under this  Agreement  or breaches  any of the  representations  or
warranties of Tenant,  Buyer shall, on demand, pay or perform such obligation in
accordance with the terms hereof. Seller shall not be required to institute suit
or exhaust its remedies  against Tenant in order to enforce the payment by Buyer
of the obligations of Tenant hereunder.

         The  parties  further   acknowledge  that   notwithstanding  any  other
provision of this  Agreement to the contrary,  Buyer has elected to acquire from
CHSI  all of  the  issued  and  outstanding  capital  stock  of  The  Heartlands
Retirement   Community  -  Ellicott   City  I,  Inc.,  a  Maryland   corporation
("Heartlands  I"), and the Heartlands  Retirement  Community - Ellicott City II,
Inc., a Maryland  corporation  ("Heartlands II").  Notwithstanding  such capital
stock  acquisition,  the  parties  agree  that  the  substantive  understandings
contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 1, 2, 3 and
17 of this Agreement,  shall be applied to such transaction as though the assets
of Heartlands I and Heartlands II (together,  the  "Heartlands  Entities")  were
being purchased.  The parties shall make such adjustments on the Closing Date as
may be necessary to give effect to the parties' intended economic allocations.

         Heartlands I is also known as the HUD  Facility,  as defined in Section
12(a).  In the event of a  delayed  closing  with  respect  to the HUD  Facility
pursuant to Section 6(b), for purposes of this Agreement,  all references to the
closing  with  respect  to the HUD  Facility  shall  be  deemed  to refer to the
simultaneous closing with respect to Buyer's purchase of Heartlands II.

         2. EXCLUDED  ASSETS.  The Purchased Assets shall not include any assets
other  than  those  specifically  described  in  Section 1 above,  and,  without
limiting  the  generality  of the  foregoing,  Seller shall retain and not sell,
convey,  transfer or deliver to Buyer,  and Buyer shall not purchase or have any
rights in, the following assets, each of which is specifically excluded from the
Purchased Assets being sold hereunder (collectively, the "Excluded Assets"):

                  (a) cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities
         and short-term investments), other than the Assumed Accounts;

                  (b) tax  refunds  arising  out of all  Taxes  relating  to the
         Purchased  Assets  accruing to or for any period,  or portion  thereof,
         ending prior to the Closing  Date;

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         provided,  that Section 17(c) shall govern the allocation between Buyer
         and Seller of the Tax matters addressed therein;

                  (c) defenses and claims that Seller could assert against third
         parties;

                  (d) proprietary information,  intellectual property (including
         patents, inventions and trade secrets, in each case, whether patentable
         or not, and copyrights) and technology of any affiliate of Seller not a
         party as Seller hereto;

                  (e)  subject  to  Section   10(b)(iii),   all  service  marks,
         trademarks,  trade  names,  trade  dress or other  indicia of origin of
         Seller  and  its  affiliates  in  any of the  following  words,  logos,
         stylized    lettering,    other    designs   and   variants    thereof:
         "Constellation," "CEG" and "Constellation Energy Group;"

                  (f) all  books,  documents,  records  and  files  prepared  in
         connection with or relating in any way to the transactions contemplated
         by this  Agreement,  including  bids  received  from other  parties and
         analyses  relating  in any way to the  Purchased  Assets,  the  Assumed
         Liabilities and the Senior Living Assets;

                  (g) all rights of Seller and its affiliates  under or pursuant
         to  this   Agreement  and  the  other   agreements   and   transactions
         contemplated hereby;

                  (h) the assets,  properties and rights of Seller's  affiliates
         not used  exclusively  in the  operation of the Senior Living Assets as
         currently  operated  and the  exclusion  of which  will not  materially
         impair such  operation of the Senior Living Assets,  including  without
         limitation, a vehicle owned or leased by Seller's affiliate,  Baltimore
         Gas and Electric Company, which is currently used at the HUD Facility;

                  (i) the rights and obligations of Seller under any agreements,
         contracts,  leases,  subleases,  licenses, and similar instruments that
         are not assignable by Seller;

                  (j) any rights under or amounts payable from present or former
         insurance policies covering Seller or the Senior Living Assets;

                  (k) each Benefit Plan and all assets maintained pursuant to or
         in  connection  with such Benefit  Plan,  including  any trusts,  trust
         funds, contracts, agreements or other assets of any kind;

                  (l) the CSS Agreement, the LCS Agreement and LCS Property; and

                  (m)  all  accounts  receivable  relating  to  rent  and  other
         services rendered to residents arising prior to the Closing Date, other
         than Current Accounts Receivable ("Aged Accounts Receivable").

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         3. ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITIES.

                  (a) Assumed  Liabilities.  As of the Closing Date, Buyer shall
assume and be  obligated to pay,  perform and  discharge  each of the  following
liabilities (collectively, the "Assumed Liabilities"):

                  (i) all obligations, responsibilities,  liabilities, costs and
         expenses of whatever kind and nature,  primary or secondary,  direct or
         indirect,  absolute  or  contingent,  whether  based in  common  law or
         statute  or arising  under  written  contract  or  otherwise,  known or
         unknown,  liquidated or  unliquidated,  real or potential,  tangible or
         intangible, whether or not accrued, caused by, arising out of, incurred
         in  connection  with or  relating  in any way to the  ownership  of the
         Purchased  Assets  or the  operation  of the  Senior  Living  Assets as
         follows:

                           (A)   Buyer    shall    assume    all    obligations,
                  responsibilities,  costs and expenses arising out of, incurred
                  in  connection  with,  or  relating  in any way to, any of the
                  following for all periods on or after the Closing Date:

                                    (1)  the   Facilities,   the  Real  Property
                           (excluding existing mortgage  indebtedness of Seller,
                           all of which shall be paid and  discharged in full on
                           or prior to the  Closing  Date,  other than the First
                           HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan),  and the  Tangible
                           Personal Property, including those listed on Schedule
                           7(g);

                                    (2) the  First HUD Loan and the  Second  HUD
                           Loan; provided, that Buyer shall not assume the First
                           HUD Loan and the Second  HUD Loan  until the  closing
                           with respect to the HUD Facility;

                                    (3)  all  of  the   agreements,   contracts,
                           leases, permits or similar instruments, including the
                           Ground  Leases,  Resident  Agreements  and Facilities
                           Agreements, easements, rights-of-way and other rights
                           of access, constituting part of the Purchased Assets;

                                    (4) the Permits;

                                    (5)  all   accounts   payable   and  accrued
                           liabilities   relating  to  goods   and/or   services
                           provided  to  the  Senior  Living  Assets  ("Accounts
                           Payable");

                                    (6) the Transferred Employees;

                                    (7)  the   accrued   vacation   related   to
                           Transferred Employees as set forth in Section 11(d);

                                    (8)   all   claims,   actions,   grievances,
                           arbitrations,   suits,   liabilities,    obligations,
                           proceedings  and  investigations  of,  relating to or
                           arising  out of the  business  or  operations  of the
                           Senior Living  Assets or any

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                           of the  Purchased  Assets to the  extent the same are
                           related to occurrences on and after the Closing Date;
                           and

                                    (9) the Assumed Accounts.

                           (B)   Buyer    shall    assume    all    obligations,
                  responsibilities,  costs and expenses arising out of, incurred
                  in  connection  with,  or  relating  in any way to, any of the
                  items listed in the preceding clauses (1)-(5), (7) and (9) for
                  all periods prior to the Closing Date,  but only to the extent
                  that  any  such  obligations,   responsibilities,   costs  and
                  expenses  shall  have been  credited  to Buyer at  Closing  in
                  accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

                  (b) Excluded  Liabilities.  The liabilities and obligations of
Seller and its  affiliates  transferred to Buyer shall not include the following
(collectively, the "Excluded Liabilities"):

                  (i) any  liability or  obligation  for taxes,  charges,  fees,
         imposts,  duties, levies,  withholdings or other assessments imposed by
         any governmental entity,  including  environmental taxes, excise taxes,
         customs,  duties, utility,  property,  income, sales, use, value added,
         transfer  and  fuel  taxes,  and  any  interest,  fines,  penalties  or
         additions to tax  attributable  to or imposed on or with respect to any
         such assessment,  including all applicable income,  sales, use, excise,
         business,  occupation or other tax, if any, relating in any way to this
         Agreement  or  any  other  service,   supply  or  operating   agreement
         (collectively,  "Taxes")  accruing  to or for any  period,  or  portion
         thereof, ending the day prior to the Closing Date, except to the extent
         provided otherwise in Section 17;

                 (ii) any liability or obligation  for any expenses  incurred in
         connection with the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement other
         than as expressly provided in this Agreement;

                  (iii)  any  liability  or  obligation  arising  under  the LCS
         Agreement;

                  (iv) any  brokerage or finder's  fees payable by Seller or its
         affiliates in connection  with the  transactions  contemplated  by this
         Agreement; and

                  (v) any liability or obligation  accruing prior to the Closing
         Date other than  those that have been  credited  to Buyer at Closing in
         accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

         4. FACILITIES  AGREEMENTS.  Prior to the execution  hereof,  Seller has
delivered to Buyer copies of the Facilities Agreements that cannot be terminated
with prior notice of 30 days or less without payment of a premium or penalty.

         5. DEPOSIT AND PURCHASE PRICE.

              (a)  Deposit.  On the date  hereof,  Buyer shall pay to Seller (or
Seller's  designee)  in  immediately  available  funds,  by wire  transfer to an
account designated in writing by Seller, a deposit against the Purchase Price of
the  Purchased  Assets in an amount equal to Five

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Million  Dollars  ($5,000,000)  (the  "Deposit").   The  Deposit  shall  not  be
refundable  and shall not be returned to Buyer unless (x) a Deposit Return Event
shall have occurred and (y) this Agreement  shall have been  terminated by Buyer
prior to the Closing.  In such event only,  Seller shall  transfer to Buyer,  in
immediately available funds by wire transfer to an account designated in writing
by Buyer, a cash amount equal to the Deposit plus interest thereon from the date
on which the Deposit was received by Seller  through and  including  the date on
which such  payment is made at a rate of five  percent  (5%) per annum.  As used
herein,  the term  "Deposit  Return  Event" means the  occurrence  of any of the
following:

                  (i) between the date hereof and the Closing Date,  there shall
         have occurred any damage,  destruction  or other  casualty  losses with
         respect to the  Facilities,  unless such damage,  destruction  or other
         casualty  losses,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  (a)  have  an
         estimated  cost (as  determined  by Seller in good  faith) to repair or
         replace of less than Eight  Million  Dollars  ($8,000,000),  (b) can be
         substantially  repaired or replaced  within  ninety (90) days after the
         date of such  damage,  destruction  or loss,  and (c)  either  (1) such
         repair or  replacement  has been  completed by Seller to the reasonable
         satisfaction  of Buyer by the  Closing  Date,  or (2) if such repair or
         replacement  has not been  completed by the Closing  Date,  then Seller
         either (x) shall assign to Buyer the unexpended proceeds under Seller's
         insurance policies with respect to such damage, destruction or loss and
         shall credit  against the Purchase  Price the amount of any  deductible
         under such insurance  policies (unless already paid by Seller),  or (y)
         Buyer  shall  receive  a credit  against  the  Purchase  Price  for the
         aggregate amount contemplated by clause (x);

                  (ii)  this   Agreement  is  terminated   pursuant  to  Section
         19(a)(i);

                  (iii)  this  Agreement  is  terminated  by Buyer  pursuant  to
         Section 19(a)(ii); or

                  (iv) this Agreement is terminated by Buyer pursuant to Section
         5(b)(ii)   if  (A)  the  results  of  the  due   diligence,   analyses,
         investigations  and  other  examinations  performed  by or on behalf of
         Buyer solely with respect to title,  survey,  zoning,  engineering  and
         environmental  matters related to the Facilities pursuant to Section 10
         (the  "Due  Diligence   Investigation")  shall  disclose  one  or  more
         conditions  that,  individually  or  in  the  aggregate,  constitute  a
         Material  Asset Defect,  and (B) Seller shall not have agreed to reduce
         the  Purchase  Price  dollar for dollar by the cost to repair or remedy
         any such  Material  Asset  Defect that is in excess of  $500,000  (such
         excess, if any, the "Defect Repair Amount").

The term "Diligence  Period" shall mean the period beginning on the date of this
Agreement and ending on October 10, 2002.

              (b) Material Asset Defect. For purposes hereof, the term "Material
Asset Defect" means:  (A) a physical defect at any Facility,  (B) a violation of
law or breach of any  covenant or  condition of record that (C) a failure of any
Facility to comply with applicable  zoning,  or (D) a title or survey defect, in
the case of clause (A), (C) or (D) other than a Permitted Encumbrance, where the
cost to repair or remedy such disclosed defect,  violation or failure to comply,
individually or

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in the aggregate together with all other such defects, violations or failures to
comply, exceeds $500,000;  provided,  however, that the $500,000 threshold shall
not apply to Diligence  Period Liens.  A Material Asset Defect shall not include
defects or violations  (1) where the cost for repairing or remedying is included
in  Seller's  2002  capital  expenditure  budget,  attached  hereto as  Schedule
5(b)(i), but only to the extent that such defect or violation can be repaired or
remedied  for the amounts  budgeted  therefor in such 2002  capital  expenditure
budget,  (2) that are disclosed in any of the reports or other documents  listed
in Schedule 7(r) other than those matters described in Schedule 5(b)(ii), or (3)
arising from any damage,  destruction or other  casualty loss occurring  between
the date of this  Agreement  and the  Closing  Date,  as to which  the  terms of
Section 5(a)(i) shall control.  The term "Diligence Period Liens" shall mean all
mechanics  liens and other  liens for labor,  materials  or  supplies,  judgment
liens,  mortgages,  deeds of trust and other  financing  liens,  and other liens
(other than Permitted Encumbrances),  in each case of a liquidated sum affecting
the Senior Living  Assets,  and in each case that are discovered by Buyer during
the Diligence Period. As contemplated by this Section 5(b)(i),  Seller shall pay
and  discharge  in full (or agree to reduce  the  Purchase  Price by any  unpaid
amount) all Diligence  Period Liens,  except for any Diligence Period Liens that
Seller is  contesting  in good faith,  as to which Seller shall have  provided a
bond or other commercially reasonable security.

                  (ii) Buyer shall submit a list of any defects,  violations  or
failures to comply which individually or in the aggregate  constitute a Material
Asset  Defect no later than the end of the  Diligence  Period.  All such  claims
shall identify the Material Asset Defect with  particularity,  include copies of
all reports of any Person who  discovered  the Material Asset Defect and include
the costs  (or a  reasonable  estimate  of the  costs) to repair or remedy  such
Material  Asset  Defect,  as  provided  by any Person  making  such  estimate or
identifying  such costs  ("Material  Asset Defect  Claim").  Buyer's  failure to
submit a Material  Asset  Defect  Claim on or prior to the end of the  Diligence
Period shall be deemed a waiver of Buyer's rights  hereunder with respect to any
and all  Material  Asset  Defects.  Seller  shall  provide any  objection to any
Material Asset Defect Claim  (including any objections  with respect to the cost
(or  estimated  cost) to repair or remedy as specified by Buyer) within five (5)
business days after receipt thereof. Buyer and Seller shall promptly and in good
faith attempt to resolve any disputes with respect to any Material  Asset Defect
Claim submitted by Buyer and agree on the cost to repair or remedy such Material
Asset Defect.  In the event such  disputes are not resolved,  and Seller has not
agreed to reduce the Purchase Price by the cost to repair or remedy any Material
Asset Defect in excess of $500,000,  on or prior to the tenth business day after
the expiration of the Diligence Period,  Buyer shall have the right to terminate
this Agreement. Any such termination shall be deemed a Deposit Return Event.

              (c) Purchase Price. In consideration for the Purchased Assets:

                  (i) Subject to the  adjustments  set forth in this  Agreement,
Buyer  shall  pay  to  Seller  (or  Seller's   designee)  in  cash  a  price  of
Seventy-Seven  Million  Two-Hundred  Fifty-Thousand  Dollars  ($77,250,000) (the
"Purchase Price"); and

                  (ii)  Buyer  shall  assume  and agree to pay and  perform  and
otherwise discharge when due the Assumed Liabilities.

              (d) Closing Date Payments.

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              (i) On the Closing  Date:  Buyer shall pay to Seller (or  Seller's
designee),  in  immediately  available  funds  by wire  transfer  to an  account
designated  in  writing  by  Seller,  the  Purchase  Price,  (A)  reduced by the
following  amounts (if any) (1) an amount  equal to the  Deposit,  (2)  interest
thereon  from the date on which the Deposit was  received by Seller  through and
including  the Closing Date at a rate of five  percent  (5%) per annum,  (3) the
Defect  Repair  Amount and  Diligence  Period  Lien  amounts  (to the extent not
otherwise  paid for by Seller or bonded in  accordance  with Section  5(b)(i) or
otherwise adjusted hereunder),  and (4) any amount credited to Buyer pursuant to
Section  17 or any  other  applicable  provision  of  this  Agreement;  and  (B)
increased  by the  following  amounts  (if any) (1)  amounts  payable or paid by
Seller  in  connection  with  securing  title  commitments  (up to $7,500 in the
aggregate), TPA Approval or approval of the First HUD Loan Lender and the Second
HUD Loan Lender,  as applicable;  and (2) any amount credited to Seller pursuant
to Section 17 or any other applicable provision of this Agreement.  In addition,
Seller  and  Buyer  shall  each  pay  fifty   percent  (50%)  of  all  transfer,
recordation,   documentary,  sales,  use,  stamp,  registration,  real  property
transfer  and  other  such  taxes  and  fees  incurred  in  connection  with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

              (ii) It is  understood  and  agreed  that  (i) the  amount  of the
Purchase  Price  allocated  to the HUD  Facility  and  Heartlands  II (the  "HUD
Facility Allocable Amount") shall be Twenty-Five Million,  Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars  ($25,500,000),  which  amount  shall be paid by Buyer to  Seller on the
closing date with respect to the HUD Facility, if Section 6(b)(i) is applicable,
by (a) the  assumption of the First HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan and (b) the
payment  to  Seller  in cash of an  amount  equal to the  excess  of (1) the HUD
Facility Allocable Amount over (2) the sum of the outstanding principal balances
of the First HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan on the Closing Date.  The Purchase
Price shall also be reduced by One Million Three Hundred  Seventy-Five  Thousand
Dollars ($1,375,000) (the "HUD Facility Fee Amount").

         6. CLOSING.

              (a)  Closing.   Subject  to  Section  6(b)  and  to  the  parties'
satisfaction or waiver of the conditions  precedent set forth in Sections 13 and
14, the  closing  and  consummation  of the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement  (the  "Closing")  shall take place on October 25, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.,
Eastern Time,  at the offices of Kirkland & Ellis at 655 15th Street,  NW, Suite
1200,  Washington,  DC 20005, or, if the conditions set forth in Sections 13 and
14 have not been satisfied or waived as of such date, on such later date that is
as soon as possible after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth
in Sections 13 and 14 (such applicable date being the "Closing Date").

              (b) HUD Facility Closing.  Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  in the
event that Seller and Buyer shall have failed to obtain the TPA  Approval by the
Closing Date despite the parties' compliance with their obligations  pursuant to
Section 12, (such condition a "Delay"), the closing date with respect to the HUD
Facility  (but not  with  respect  to any  other of the  Facilities  other  than
Heartlands II) shall be extended until three (3) business days after the earlier
to occur of receipt of the TPA Approval,  or satisfaction of the No TPA Approval
Closing  Condition.  In the event that the closing  date with respect to the HUD
Facility  shall be so  extended,  (A) such Delay shall affect only the timing of
the sale and closing as to the HUD

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Facility,  (B) Buyer,  subject to compliance  with  applicable law, shall on the
date of the Closing with respect to the other Facilities  become the operator of
the HUD Facility pursuant to the terms of an interim management agreement in the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto (the "Interim  Management  Agreement"),  which
Interim  Management  Agreement  shall  transfer the risk of an  occurrence  of a
material  adverse  effect at the HUD  Facility  to Buyer from and after the date
thereof, (C) the HUD Facility Allocable Amount (subject to any adjustments up or
down that are  contemplated  by  Section  5(d)(i)  and  Section 17 that were not
previously  accounted for in connection with the Closing  hereunder with respect
to the other  Facilities),  shall be paid by Buyer to Seller on the closing date
with respect to the HUD Facility,  (D) notwithstanding  anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or in the Interim  Management  Agreement,  (1) there
shall be no adjustment to the Purchase Price in favor of Buyer in respect of any
claims, losses, expenses (including,  without limitation,  reasonable legal fees
and  expenses),   costs,  suits,  actions  proceedings,   damages,   demands  or
liabilities  (collectively,  "Claims") to which the Heartlands  Entities  become
subject, to the extent such Claims arise out of or result from the management or
operation  of the HUD  Facility by Buyer or its designee on or after the Closing
Date, which Claims shall be the  responsibility of Buyer, (2) the Purchase Price
shall be  increased  by the amount of any  Claims  that are paid by Seller on or
prior to the closing with respect to the HUD  Facility,  to the extent that such
Claims  arise out of or  result  from the  management  or  operation  of the HUD
Facility  by Buyer or its  designee on or after the  Closing  Date,  and (3) the
Purchase Price also shall be increased,  by post-closing  payments from Buyer to
Seller in the amount of any Claims (as such Claims arise without  regard to time
limitation)  that are made against Seller (other than the Heartlands  Entities),
to the extent that such Claims  arise out of or result  from the  management  or
operation  of the HUD  Facility by Buyer or its designee on or after the Closing
Date, but are not resolved or otherwise  covered by the foregoing  provisions of
this clause (D),  or are first made after the  closing  with  respect to the HUD
Facility,  and (E) in no event shall  Seller take any action as owner of the HUD
Facility  (including  as owner of the Shares or the  Heartlands  Entities) on or
after the Closing Date,  other than (1) those  consented to by Buyer in its sole
discretion,  (2) those required by law (including,  without limitation,  the HUD
regulatory agreements), or (3) those required or permitted to be taken by Seller
as owner  under,  and in  accordance  with the  terms of this  Agreement  or the
Interim Management  Agreement;  provided,  however, that Seller shall not amend,
modify,  or waive any rights under, or terminate the loan documents  relating to
the First HUD Loan and Second HUD Loan  except as required  by  applicable  law.
Seller shall provide written notice to Buyer of any such Claims and Seller shall
reasonably  cooperate  with Buyer,  at Buyer's  expense,  in contesting any such
Claim.  For the avoidance of doubt, the parties agree that, for all Tax purposes
(including income Tax purposes),  the parties shall consistently account for the
HUD Facility in the following  manner:  (i) the Seller shall remain the owner of
the HUD Facility during the pendency of the Interim  Management  Agreement,  and
(ii) the sale of the HUD  Facility  by the  Seller  shall  not be deemed to have
taken place until the actual  occurrence of the closing date with respect to the
HUD Facility.

              (c) Closing  Date  Deliverables  of Seller.  On the Closing  Date,
Seller shall deliver to Buyer the following:

                  (i)  duly-executed  special  warranty deeds for the Owned Real
         Property,  subject  only  to  the  Permitted  Encumbrances,  in a  form
         reasonably  acceptable to Buyer, and the certificates,  instruments and
         documents described in Section 13(g)(i)-(iv);

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                  (ii) appropriately  executed instruments of sale,  assignment,
         transfer and conveyance  evidencing and effecting the sale and transfer
         to Buyer of the Purchased Assets (it being expressly  understood by the
         parties hereto, however, that such instruments shall not require Seller
         or any other Person to make any additional representations,  warranties
         or covenants, express or implied, not contained in this Agreement);

                  (iii)  instruments of assumption  evidencing and effecting the
         assumption by Buyer of the Assumed Liabilities and such other documents
         as are required by this Agreement;

                  (iv) a  certified  copy of the  resolution(s)  adopted  by the
         Board of Directors or other  governing  body, as applicable,  of Seller
         authorizing  the  transactions   contemplated  by  this  Agreement  and
         authorizing  specified  individuals  to  act on  behalf  of  Seller  in
         connection therewith;

                  (v) an incumbency certificate,  duly executed by an authorized
         officer of Seller attesting to the due appointment and authorization of
         individuals  signing on behalf of Seller this Agreement,  any agreement
         contemplated  hereby  or any  agreement  related  to  the  transactions
         contemplated hereby;

                  (vi) a duly executed copy of the Interim Management Agreement;

                  (vii) current  certificates  of: (A) Seller's good standing in
         the  jurisdiction  of its  incorporation  or formation and (B) Seller's
         qualification  to do business and good standing in Maryland,  Virginia,
         North Carolina and Connecticut (as applicable);

                  (viii)   certificates   for  the  Shares   duly   endorsed  or
         accompanied  by stock powers duly endorsed in blank,  with any required
         transfer stamps affixed thereto;

                  (ix) the books and records of the Heartlands Entities; and

                  (x) evidence of the  resignation of the existing  officers and
         directors of the Heartlands  Entities  effective as of the closing date
         with respect to the HUD Facility.

              (d) Closing Date Deliverables of Buyer. On the Closing Date, Buyer
shall deliver to Seller the following:

                  (i) the applicable payments specified in Section 5(d);

                  (ii)  instruments  of assumption  evidencing and effecting the
         assumption by Buyer of the Assumed Liabilities and such other documents
         as are required by this Agreement;

                  (iii) a  certified  copy of the  resolution(s)  adopted by the
         Board  of  Directors  of  Buyer  or  its  affiliates,  as  appropriate,
         authorizing  the  transactions

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         contemplated by this Agreement and authorizing specified individuals to
         act on behalf of Buyer herewith;

                  (iv) an incumbency certificate, duly executed by an authorized
         officer of Buyer attesting to the due appointment and  authorization of
         individuals  signing on behalf of Buyer this  Agreement,  any agreement
         contemplated  hereby  or any  agreement  related  to  the  transactions
         contemplated hereby;

                  (v) current  certificates of: (A) Buyer's good standing in the
         state of its incorporation or formation and (B) its qualification to do
         business and good standing in Maryland,  Virginia,  North  Carolina and
         Connecticut (as applicable); and

                  (vi) a duly executed copy of the Interim Management Agreement.

              (e) Other Closing Date  Deliverables.  On the Closing Date,  Buyer
and Seller shall each  deliver duly  executed  counterparts  by the  appropriate
parties of an  assignment of Ground  Leases in a form  reasonably  acceptable to
Buyer and the assignment of Resident  Agreements and Facilities  Agreements with
respect to the Purchased Assets.

              (f) HUD Facility Deliverables.  For purposes of avoiding doubt, if
Section  6(b)  is  applicable,  on the  closing  date  with  respect  to the HUD
Facility,  Buyer and Seller  shall  deliver to each other the items set forth in
Sections 6(c)(iv),  (v), (vii),  (viii),  (ix) and (x), (d)(i) and (iii)-(v) and
(e), but only to the extent applicable to the HUD Facility.

              (g) Tax Allocations. Within 180 days after the Closing Date, Buyer
shall prepare and deliver to Seller for its consent  (which consent shall not be
unreasonably  withheld,  delayed  or  conditioned)  a  schedule  allocating  the
Purchase  Price (and any other items or amounts  that are  required  for federal
income tax purposes to be included in the Purchase  Price),  among the Purchased
Assets  under  the  principles  of Code  Section  1060  (such  schedule  and the
allocations it contains,  the  "Allocation").  If Seller raises any objection to
the  Allocation,  Buyer and Seller will  negotiate in good faith to resolve such
objection.  Buyer and Seller  shall  report and file all tax returns  (including
amended tax returns and claims for refund)  consistent  with the  Allocation and
shall take no position  contrary thereto or inconsistent  therewith  (including,
without limitation,  in any audits or examinations by any governmental authority
or any other proceedings). Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in the filing of any
forms  (including Form 8594 under section 1060 of the Code) with respect to such
Allocation, including any amendments to such forms required with respect to such
Allocation, and including any amendments to such forms required pursuant to this
Agreement with respect to any adjustment to the Purchase Price.

              (h)  Timing.   On  the  Closing  Date,  all  of  the  transactions
identified  in this  Section 6 shall  occur  simultaneously,  and none  shall be
deemed completed until all are completed.  Unless otherwise  expressly  provided
for herein, all transfers of assets and liabilities provided for herein, as well
as all other actions related to the Closing, shall be deemed to have occurred at
12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on the Closing Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
Section  6(b) is  applicable,  then  except as  otherwise  specified  in Section
17(h)(v), the foregoing sentences shall not apply to the transactions that occur
on the closing  date with  respect to the

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HUD  Facility,   and  such  transactions   shall  be  deemed  to  have  occurred
simultaneously at 12:01 a.m.,  Eastern Time, on the closing date with respect to
the HUD Facility.

         7. SELLER'S  REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Subject to the exceptions
and  limitations  set forth in this  Section 7 and Section 8 and the matters set
forth on the  Schedules  to this  Agreement,  each  Seller and CHSI  jointly and
severally  represents and warrants to Buyer as of the date of this Agreement and
as of the  Closing  Date  (except  with  respect  to those  representations  and
warranties that speak as to a particular  date or time,  which shall be true and
correct  as of such  date or time) as set  forth  below.  For  purposes  of this
Agreement,  "knowledge,"  when used in the phrase  "Seller's  knowledge" in this
Agreement  means,  and  shall be  limited  to,  the  actual  knowledge  (without
independent investigation) of the principal executive officer of each Seller and
any individual  acting as an executive  director with respect to a Facility (but
only to the extent the representations and warranties in this Section 7 apply to
such Seller or Facility). Buyer understands and agrees that such individuals are
acting solely as officers or representatives of Seller and not in any individual
capacity,  and  that  such  individuals  shall  have no  liability  to  Buyer in
connection  with the  breach  of any  representations  or  warranties  set forth
herein. Except as otherwise noted, the following  representations and warranties
are  given  as to CHSI  and  each of its  Subsidiaries  that is a party  to this
Agreement.

              (a)  Organization  and Good  Standing.  Seller is duly  organized,
validly  existing  and in good  standing  under  the  laws of the  state  of its
incorporation  or formation  and has all  requisite  power and authority to own,
lease and  operate  its  properties  and to carry out its  business as now being
conducted.  Seller is duly qualified in each jurisdiction in which the ownership
of property or the conduct of its business requires such  qualification,  except
where the failure to do so would not,  individually or in the aggregate,  have a
Material Adverse Effect.

              As used in this  Agreement,  the term  "Material  Adverse  Effect"
means  any  material  adverse  effect  on  the  business,  assets,  liabilities,
financial condition or results of operations of the Senior Living Assets,  taken
as a whole,  except for any change or effect resulting from (i) the execution or
delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions  contemplated
hereby  or  (ii)  changes  in  economic,  regulatory,  or  political  conditions
generally.

              (b)  Authority.  Seller has the  corporate  power and authority to
enter into this Agreement and the transactions  contemplated hereby and to carry
out its obligations hereunder.  The execution,  delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the transactions  contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by
all necessary action and no other action on the part of the Seller's  directors,
shareholders,  partners,  managers or members is required in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby. This Agreement constitutes a valid and binding agreement of
Seller enforceable  against Seller in accordance with its terms,  except as such
enforceability  is  limited  by  general  principles  of equity  and  applicable
provisions of  bankruptcy,  insolvency,  moratorium,  reorganization  or similar
laws.

              (c)  Consents.  Other than with  respect to (i) the TPA  Approval,
(ii) the consents  required in connection with the Ground Leases, if applicable,
and the Facilities Agreements, (iii) the notice required to prepay the First HUD
Loan,  if  applicable,  (iv) the

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approval  of the  First HUD Loan  Lender  and the  Second  HUD Loan  Lender,  if
applicable,  (v) consents required under financing agreements  applicable to the
Facilities,  the underlying obligations for which will be discharged and paid in
full on or prior to the  Closing  (other  than the First HUD Loan and the Second
HUD Loan) and (vi) such other approvals,  notices and filings as may be required
by any federal,  state or local  regulatory  agency  required to consummate  the
transactions  contemplated hereby, no consent, approval of or by, or filing with
or notice to any other individual, corporation, partnership, association, trust,
limited  liability  company or any other  entity or  organization,  including  a
government or political  subdivision or agency, unit or instrumentality  thereof
(a  "Person")  is  required  with  respect  to  Seller  in  connection  with the
execution,  delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the
transactions  provided  for  hereby,  except  where the  failure to obtain  such
consent  or  approval,   make  such  filing  or  give  such  notice  would  not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

              (d) No Breach.  Subject to  obtaining  the  consents  required  in
connection with the Ground Leases, if applicable,  and the Facilities Agreements
and the other consents  identified in Section 7(c),  and, except as set forth on
Schedule 7(d), the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated hereby and the compliance by Seller with any of
the  provisions  hereof does not and will not (i) conflict with or result in the
breach of any other  organizational  documents  of Seller  and (ii)  violate  or
conflict  with,  or result in a breach of, any  provisions  of, or  constitute a
default  (or an event  which,  with  notice  or  lapse  of time or  both,  would
constitute a default)  under,  or result in  termination  of, or accelerate  the
performance  required  by,  or  result  in the  creation  of any  lien or  other
encumbrance upon the Purchased Assets (other than Permitted  Encumbrances) under
any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any material agreement, instrument
or obligation to which Seller is a party,  or by which the Purchased  Assets are
otherwise bound,  under any applicable order,  injunction,  judgment,  decree or
award,  federal,  state,  local or  foreign  law,  ordinance,  statute,  rule or
regulation, excluding from the foregoing clause (ii), such violations, conflicts
and  breaches  or  defaults,  the  occurrence  of which  would not, in any case,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

              (e) Real  Property.  Schedule  1(a)(i)  sets forth the address and
description  of each Owned Real  Property.  With respect to each parcel of Owned
Real Property:

                            (A) Seller has good and marketable fee simple title,
              free and clear of all liens and encumbrances,  except for (1) real
              estate taxes,  assessments and other governmental  levies, fees or
              charges imposed with respect to such Owned Real Property which are
              not due and  payable  as of the  Closing  Date or which  are being
              contested  in good faith and are listed in Schedule  7(e)(i);  (2)
              mechanics liens and similar liens for labor, materials or supplies
              provided with respect to such Owned Real Property  incurred in the
              ordinary  course of  business  for  amounts  which are not due and
              payable and which  would not,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
              have a Material  Adverse Effect and which,  to the extent provided
              in Section 5(b)(i), will be satisfied in full or bonded against on
              the Closing Date;  (3) zoning,  building  codes and other land use
              laws  regulating  the use or occupancy of such Owned Real Property
              or the  activities  conducted  thereon  which are  imposed  by any
              governmental  authority having  jurisdiction  over such Owned Real
              Property which are not violated by the current use or occupancy of
              such Owned Real

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              Property or the operation of the Senior Living Assets as currently
              conducted   thereon;   (4)   easements,   covenants,   conditions,
              restrictions  and other similar matters of record  affecting title
              to such Owned Real Property  which would not constitute a Material
              Adverse  Effect;  (5) admissions and resident  agreements  entered
              into by Seller or any of its Subsidiaries  with current  residents
              of the Facilities (the "Resident Agreements");  (6) the Facilities
              Agreements  and (7) the  First  HUD Loan and the  Second  HUD Loan
              (collectively, the "Permitted Encumbrances");

                            (B) except  for the  Facilities  Agreements  and the
              Resident  Agreements and except as set forth on Schedule 7(e)(ii),
              neither Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries has leased or otherwise
              granted to any  Person the right to use or occupy  such Owned Real
              Property or any portion thereof; and

                            (C) except as set forth on Schedule 7(e)(ii),  there
              are no  outstanding  options,  rights of first  offer or rights of
              first  refusal to purchase such Owned Real Property or any portion
              thereof or interest therein.

                  (ii)  Schedule  1(a)(ii) sets forth the address of each Ground
Leased  Real  Property,  and a true  and  complete  list of all  Ground  Leases,
(including all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties and other agreements
with respect  thereto).  For each such Ground Leased Real  Property,  Seller has
delivered  or made  available  to Buyer a true and  complete  copy of each  such
Ground Lease. Except as set forth on Schedule 1(a)(ii),  with respect to each of
the Ground Leases:

                            (A)  such  Ground  Lease  is  a  valid  and  binding
              agreement and is in full force and effect;

                            (B)  except  for those  Ground  Leases for which the
              consent of the ground landlord  thereunder will be obtained by the
              Closing Date, the transaction  contemplated by this Agreement does
              not require  the consent of any other party to such Ground  Lease,
              will not result in a breach of or default under such Ground Lease,
              and will not  otherwise  cause such Ground  Lease to cease to be a
              valid  and  binding  agreement  or in full  force  and  effect  on
              identical terms following the Closing;

                            (C) Seller's  possession and quiet  enjoyment of the
              Ground Leased Real  Property  pursuant to the terms of such Ground
              Lease has not been disturbed and, to Seller's knowledge, there are
              no disputes with respect to such Ground Lease;

                            (D) neither Seller nor, to Seller's  knowledge,  any
              other party to a Ground  Lease is in breach or default  under such
              Ground Lease, and, to Seller's knowledge, no event has occurred or
              circumstance  exists  which,  with the  delivery  of  notice,  the
              passage  of  time or  both,  would  constitute  such a  breach  or
              default,  or permit the termination,  modification or acceleration
              of rent under such Ground Lease;

                            (E) no security deposit or portion thereof deposited
              with respect to such Ground Lease has been applied in respect of a
              breach or  default  under  such  Ground  Lease  which has not been
              redeposited in full;

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                            (F)  Seller  does not  owe,  nor will not owe in the
              future, any brokerage commissions or finder's fees with respect to
              such  Ground  Lease and Seller has no  outstanding  obligation  to
              construct any improvements under such Ground Lease;

                            (G) the other party to such  Ground  Lease is not an
              affiliate  of, and otherwise  does not have any economic  interest
              in, Seller;

                            (H) except as set forth on Schedule 7(e)(ii), Seller
              has not  subleased,  licensed or otherwise  granted any Person the
              right to use or occupy  such Ground  Leased  Real  Property or any
              portion thereof,  except pursuant to the Facilities Agreements and
              Resident Agreements; and

                            (I) except as set forth on Schedule 7(e)(ii), Seller
              has not  granted any  options,  rights of first offer or rights of
              first  refusal to purchase such Ground Leased Real Property or any
              portion thereof or interest therein.

                  (iii) The Owned Real Property  identified on Schedule  1(a)(i)
and  the  Ground   Leased  Real  Property   identified   on  Schedule   1(a)(ii)
(collectively,  the "Real  Property")  comprise all of the real property used in
the operation of the Senior Living Assets as currently  operated,  and Seller is
not a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property or interest
therein.

                  (iv) Except as set forth on Schedule 7(e)(iv),  Seller has not
received written notice of any  condemnation,  expropriation or other proceeding
in eminent domain,  affecting any parcel of Real Property or any portion thereof
or interest therein.

                  (v)  Seller  has not  received  written  notice  that the Real
Property is not in material  compliance  with all applicable  building,  zoning,
subdivision,  health and safety and other land use laws, including The Americans
with  Disabilities  Act of 1990,  as  amended,  and all  insurance  requirements
affecting the Real Property.

                  (vi) To Seller's  knowledge,  the current use and occupancy of
the Real  Property and the  operation of the Senior  Living  Assets as currently
conducted  thereon  does not  violate  in any  material  respect  any  easement,
covenant,  condition,  restriction  or similar  provision in any  instrument  of
record affecting such Real Property.

              (f)  Brokers.  Seller  has not  retained  any  broker or finder or
incurred any  liability  or  obligation  for any  brokerage  fees,  commissions,
finder's  fees or similar  compensation  with  respect to this  Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby for which Buyer will be responsible.

              (g) Tangible Assets.  Seller has, and as of the Closing Buyer will
have,  good and  marketable  title  to,  or a valid  and  enforceable  leasehold
interest  (to  Seller's  knowledge  under which there exists no default) in, the
tangible  assets included in the Purchased  Assets,  free and clear of all liens
and  encumbrances,  except for (i)  Permitted  Encumbrances,  (ii) liens arising
under original  purchase price  conditional sales contracts and equipment leases
with third  parties  entered  into in the  ordinary  course of business  and are
listed in Schedule 7(g) and (iii) defects in

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title,  or in the validity of any leasehold  interest,  if any, that (as to this
clause (iii) only) would not, individually or in the aggregate,  have a Material
Adverse Effect.

              (h)  Compliance  With Laws.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7(h),
the operation of the Senior  Living  Assets has been  conducted in compliance in
all material respects with all applicable laws,  governmental  regulations,  the
regulatory  agreements  currently  applicable  to the HUD  Facility,  orders and
decrees,  including,   without  limitation,   those  relating  to  construction,
occupancy, zoning, adequacy of parking,  environmental protection,  occupational
health and safety and fire safety  applicable  thereto,  except for  violations,
non-compliance or other matters, if any, which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

              (i)  Permits.  Except  as  set  forth  on  Schedule  7(i),  Seller
possesses all Permits  (including  all  healthcare  licenses)  necessary for the
operation of the Senior  Living  Assets as currently  operated,  except for such
Permits as to which the  failure to possess  would not,  individually  or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

              (j) Actions and Proceedings.  Except as set forth on Schedule 7(j)
and such matters as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect, there is no action, suit,  arbitration or regulatory  proceeding
or claim pending, or, to Seller's knowledge, threatened against Seller involving
or affecting the Purchased Assets,  the Senior Living Assets,  this Agreement or
the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and, other than Permitted  Encumbrances,
there are no decrees,  injunctions,  liens,  orders or  judgments of or with any
court or governmental  department or agency outstanding against Seller or any of
its  Subsidiaries  relating to or affecting  the  Purchased  Assets,  the Senior
Living Assets, this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

              (k) Subsidiaries.  Schedule 7(k) sets forth for each Subsidiary of
CHSI  that  holds  title  to any of the  Purchased  Assets,  including,  without
limitation,   the  Heartlands  Entities,   (i)  its  name  and  jurisdiction  of
incorporation  or  formation,  (ii) the number of shares of  authorized  capital
stock of each class of its capital  stock or other  equity  interest,  (iii) the
number of issued and  outstanding  shares of each class of its capital  stock or
other equity interest, the names of the holders thereof and the number of shares
held by each  such  holder  and (iv)  its  directors  and  officers.  Each  such
Subsidiary is duly organized,  validly existing,  and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation. Each such Subsidiary
is duly authorized to conduct business and is in good standing under the laws of
each jurisdiction where such qualification is required, except where the lack of
such qualification would not, individually or in the aggregate,  have a Material
Adverse  Effect.  Each such  Subsidiary has full power and authority to carry on
the  businesses in which it is engaged and to own and use the  properties  owned
and used by it.

              As used in this  Agreement,  the  term  "Subsidiary"  means,  with
respect to any  Person,  any other  Person of which at least a  majority  of the
outstanding  capital stock or other equity  interests having the power to direct
or cause the direction of the  management  and policies of such Person,  whether
through the ownership of voting securities,  by contract or otherwise, are owned
directly or indirectly by the first Person or one or more  Subsidiaries  of such
Person.

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              (l) Financial  Statements.  Attached  hereto as Schedule 7(l), are
the following financial  statements  (collectively the "Financial  Statements"):
(i) unaudited  consolidated  balance sheets as at December 31, 2001 and June 30,
2002,  and  statements of income for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2001 and
for the six (6) months  ended June 30,  2002 (the  balance  sheet as at June 30,
2002,  the "Most Recent  Balance  Sheet") for Seller.  The Financial  Statements
(including  the notes thereto) were prepared in accordance  with U.S.  generally
accepted  accounting  principles  consistently  applied  throughout  the periods
involved and present  fairly the financial  condition of Seller as of such dates
and the results of  operations of Seller for such  periods;  provided,  however,
that the  financial  statements  as of and for the six (6) months ended June 30,
2002 lack  footnotes  and other  presentation  items and are  subject  to normal
year-end adjustments and other usual and customary adjustments.

              (m) Events Subsequent to Most Recent Balance Sheet.  Except as set
forth on Schedule 7(m),  since the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet,  there
has not  occurred  any  event,  change,  effect,  fact,  circumstance  or  other
occurrence which has had, or which could be reasonably expected to, individually
or in the aggregate,  have a Material Adverse Effect; the business of Seller has
been conducted only in the ordinary course  consistent  with past practice;  and
Seller  has not  entered  into any  material  transaction  or  entered  into any
agreement outside the ordinary course of business.

              (n) Contracts.  Schedule 7(n) lists all  Facilities  Agreements to
which Seller is a party that cannot be  terminated  with prior notice of 30 days
or less without payment of a premium or penalty. Seller has delivered to Buyer a
correct  and  complete  copy of all such  Facilities  Agreements  (as amended to
date).

              (i) Each  agreement  set  forth on  Schedule  7(n) is a valid  and
binding agreement of the Seller party thereto,  and is in full force and effect,
and neither  Seller nor, to Seller's  knowledge,  any other party  thereto is in
default or breach in any respect under the terms of any such  agreement,  except
for any such failures and defaults or breaches that would not,  individually  or
in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

              (o) Trademarks. Schedule 7(o) identifies each trademark or service
mark  registration  (collectively,  "Marks")  which have been  issued to Seller.
Seller has the valid legal right to use each of the Marks.  Seller has  received
no notice of any claims that have been asserted  against Seller (and to Seller's
knowledge,  there are no claims  reasonably likely to be asserted) by any Person
challenging Seller's use of any of the Marks.

              (p)  Assets.  Except for (i) assets  disposed  of in the  ordinary
course of business subsequent to the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet, (ii)
Excluded  Assets and (iii)  assets set forth on  Schedule  7(p),  the  Purchased
Assets include all material assets, other than Permits and Facilities Agreements
that are  non-transferable,  which are reasonably required to operate the Senior
Living Assets immediately following the Closing Date substantially in the manner
in which the Senior Living Assets are currently operated, except for such assets
the failure of which to include  would not,  individually  or in the  aggregate,
have a Material Adverse Effect.

              (q) Employee Benefits.  Schedule 7(q) lists each "employee benefit
plan" (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974,

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as amended  ("ERISA")) and each other material  employee benefit plan, policy or
arrangement  sponsored by CSS for the benefit of employees  associated  with the
Senior Living Assets (each item listed on Schedule  7(q), a "Benefit  Plan" and,
collectively, the "Benefit Plans").

                  (i)  To  Seller's  knowledge,   each  Benefit  Plan  has  been
maintained,  funded and  administered in material  compliance with its terms and
the requirements of applicable law.

                  (ii)  Each   Benefit   Plan  that  is  intended  to  meet  the
requirements of a "qualified  plan" under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986,  as amended (the  "Code") has  received a favorable  determination
letter  from the  Internal  Revenue  Service  to the  effect  that it meets  the
requirements of Section 401(a) of the Code.

                  (iii) Neither Seller nor any other entity that is treated as a
single  employer  with  Seller for  purposes  of Section 414 of the Code has any
liability  under  Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA that could become a liability
of Buyer.

                  (iv) To  Seller's  knowledge,  no  action,  suit,  proceeding,
hearing or  investigation  with respect to the Benefit Plans (other than routine
claims for benefits) is pending or threatened.

                  (v) Neither  Seller nor any of the Facilities or Senior Living
Assets  is a party  to, or  otherwise  subject  to,  any  collective  bargaining
agreement or other labor agreement with any union or labor organization.

              (r) Environmental,  Health and Safety Matters. Except as set forth
on Schedule 7(r) and except for those matters that, which have not had, or which
could not be reasonably  expected to have,  individually or in the aggregate,  a
Material  Adverse  Effect  on the  operation  of the  Senior  Living  Assets  as
currently operated,  taken as a whole, to Seller's  knowledge,  (i) Seller is in
compliance with applicable laws enacted and in effect on or prior to the Closing
Date  relating to pollution or  protection  of the  environment  ("Environmental
Laws"), (ii) Seller has obtained,  and is in compliance in all material respects
with, all Permits required under  Environmental  Laws to conduct its business as
presently  conducted,  (iii) Seller has not  received any written  communication
from a  governmental  entity that alleges that Seller is not in compliance  with
any Environmental Law or has liability under Environmental Laws, in each case in
connection  with the  operation of the Senior  Living Assets and (iv) Seller has
not entered into or is subject to any court decree or is subject to any judgment
relating  to  compliance  with any  Environmental  Law or  liability  under  any
Environmental Law.

              (s) Undisclosed Liabilities. Except as set forth on Schedule 7(s),
Seller  has  no  liability  (whether  known  or  unknown,  whether  asserted  or
unasserted,  whether  absolute  or  contingent,  whether  accrued or  unaccrued,
whether liquidated or unliquidated,  and whether due or to become due, including
any  liability  for  Taxes),  except for (i)  liabilities  set forth on the Most
Recent Balance Sheet or notes thereto,  (ii) liabilities which have arisen after
the date of the Most Recent  Balance  Sheet in the  ordinary  course of business
consistent  with past  practice and (iii)  liabilities  incurred in the ordinary
course of business and  consistent  with past practice which are

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not  required by  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  to be  disclosed,
reflected or reserved against on a balance sheet.

              (t) Affiliated Transactions.  No affiliate of CHSI (other than any
Seller) has been involved in any material  business  arrangement or relationship
involving or related to the  operation of the Senior  Living  Assets  within the
past twelve (12) months.

              (u) Deposits and Escrow Accounts. Schedule 7(u) will contain as of
the  Closing  Date a true,  correct  and  complete  listing  of all the  Assumed
Accounts.  There are no  deficiencies  in any of the Resident  Funds or Resident
Deposits,  and all accountings with respect to the Assumed Accounts  required by
applicable law have at all times been properly prepared and filed.

              (v)  Vacation.  Schedule  7(v) is a  true,  correct  and  complete
listing of Seller's  liabilities for accrued vacation  benefits  relating to the
Transferred  Employees.  Seller  does not  accrue  for any  other  paid time off
benefits.

              (w) Heartlands  Entities.  (i) All of the equity  interests of the
Heartlands  Entities  are owned by CHSI,  of record and  beneficially,  free and
clear  of all  liens,  mortgages,  pledges,  security  interests,  encumbrances,
purchase  options,  calls or rights or  charges  of any  kind,  and are  validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                  (ii) The  authorized  capital  stock of each of the  Heartland
Entities  consists of 5,000 shares of common stock,  no par value,  all of which
are issued and outstanding (the "Shares"). None of the outstanding capital stock
of the  Heartland  Entities has been issued in violation of any federal or state
securities  laws or any preemptive  right or rights to subscribe for or purchase
its  capital  stock or other  securities.  There is no  indebtedness  issued and
outstanding  having general voting rights or debt convertible into capital stock
or other securities of the Heartlands Entities having such rights. Except as set
forth above and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,  (a) there is no
capital stock or other securities of the Heartlands Entities authorized,  issued
or outstanding;  (b) there are no securities  outstanding  which are convertible
into or exercisable or exchangeable  for common stock or other securities of the
Heartlands  Entities,  and  (c)  there  are  no  outstanding  options,   rights,
contracts,  warrants,  subscriptions,  conversion  rights or other agreements or
commitments of any character  pursuant to which either of the Heartland Entities
may be required to purchase,  redeem,  issue or sell any of its capital stock or
other securities of either of the Heartlands Entities.

                  (iii) Neither of the Heartland Entities has any Subsidiaries.

                  (iv) (A) The books of account of the  Heartlands  Entities are
complete  and  correct in all  material  respects  and have been  maintained  in
accordance with sound business  practices;  (B) each of the Heartlands  Entities
has made and kept books,  records and  accounts  which,  in  reasonable  detail,
accurately  and fairly  reflect its  transactions  and the  dispositions  of its
assets and to permit  preparation  of financial  statements in  accordance  with
GAAP;  (C) the stock ledger of each of the  Heartlands  Entities is complete and
correct;  (D)  the  minute  books  of each of the  Heartlands  Entities  contain
accurate and complete records in all material  respects of all meetings held of,
and  corporate  action  taken by, the  stockholders  and the Boards of Directors

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thereof;  and (E) no meeting of any such  stockholders or Board of Directors has
been held for which minutes have not been prepared and are not contained in such
minute books. At the Closing,  the books and records of the Heartlands  Entities
shall be delivered to Buyer.

                  (v) Neither of the Heartlands Entities has any employees.

                  (vi)  Each of  Heartlands  I and  Heartlands  II has  filed or
caused  to be  filed  with  the  appropriate  taxing  authorities  all  returns,
statements, forms and reports for Taxes that are required by law to be filed by,
or with  respect to,  Heartlands I or  Heartlands  II, as the case may be, on or
prior to the Closing Date  (taking  into  account any  extension of time to file
granted to or on behalf of Heartlands I or  Heartlands  II, as the case may be).
As of the time of filing,  such Tax returns were (or will be) true,  correct and
complete, and correctly reflected (or will reflect) in all material respects the
facts regarding the income, business, assets, operations,  activities and status
of Heartlands I and Heartlands II and any other information required to be shown
thereon.  No claim has been made by a  governmental  authority in a jurisdiction
where  Heartlands I or  Heartlands II does not file Tax returns that any of them
are or may be subject to taxation by the jurisdiction.

         8.  LIMITATIONS.  EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY  PROVIDED IN SECTION 7, NO SELLER
MAKES ANY  REPRESENTATIONS  OR  WARRANTIES  OF ANY KIND OR  NATURE,  EXPRESS  OR
IMPLIED,  AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF, THE SENIOR LIVING ASSETS,
THE  PURCHASED  ASSETS  OR  THE  ASSUMED  LIABILITIES  OR ANY  PORTION  THEREOF,
INCLUDING THE FACILITIES OR ANY OTHER ASSET TRANSFERRED TO BUYER PURSUANT TO THE
TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT,  AND SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED  WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE OR  ORDINARY  PURPOSE OR ANY  REPRESENTATION  OR  WARRANTY  AS TO VALUE.
EXCEPT AS  EXPRESSLY  PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  7, THE  PURCHASED  ASSETS ARE BEING
TRANSFERRED "AS IS, WHERE IS" AND "WITH ALL FAULTS."

         9. BUYER'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Buyer hereby represents and
warrants to Seller as of the date of this  Agreement  and as of the Closing Date
(except with respect to those  representations and warranties that speak as to a
particular date or time,  which need only be true and correct as of such date or
time, and except with respect to the  representations  and warranties in Section
9(g) , which  shall,  if Section 6(b) is  applicable, be deemed to be made on an
ongoing basis from the Closing Date through the date of the closing with respect
to the HUD Facility), as set forth below:

              (a)  Organization  and  Good  Standing.   SNH  is  a  real  estate
investment trust duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Maryland.

              (b) Authority of Buyer. Buyer has the power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and to carry out
its  obligations  hereunder.  The  execution,  delivery and  performance of this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and
executed by Buyer and this Agreement  constitutes a valid

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and binding agreement of Buyer enforceable  against Buyer in accordance with its
terms,  except as such enforceability is limited by general principles of equity
and applicable provisions of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,  reorganization
or similar laws.

              (c)  Consents.  Other than with  respect to (i) the TPA  Approval,
(ii) the consents  required in connection with the Ground Leases, if applicable,
and the Facilities Agreements, (iii) the notice required to prepay the First HUD
Loan,  if  applicable,  (iv) the  approval  of the First HUD Loan Lender and the
Second HUD Loan Lender,  if applicable,  (v) consents  required under  financing
agreements  applicable to the Facilities,  the underlying  obligations for which
will be discharged  and paid in full on or prior to the Closing  (other than the
First HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan) and (vi) such other  approvals,  notices
and filings as may be required by any federal,  state or local regulatory agency
to permit Buyer to consummate the transactions  contemplated  hereby and operate
the Senior Living Assets as currently operated,  no consent,  approval of or by,
or filing with or notice to any other  Persons is required with respect to Buyer
in connection  with the execution,  delivery or performance of this Agreement or
the consummation of the transactions provided for hereby.

              (d) No Breach.  The execution  and delivery of this  Agreement and
the consummation of the  transactions  provided for hereby and the compliance by
Buyer with any of the  provisions  hereof does not and will not:  (i) violate or
conflict  with,  or result in a breach of, any  provisions  of, or  constitute a
default  (or an event  which,  with  notice  or  lapse  of time or  both,  would
constitute a default)  under,  or result in  termination  of, or accelerate  the
performance  required  by any of the  terms,  conditions  or  provisions  of the
Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws or other organizational documents of Buyer
or under any material  agreement,  instrument  or obligation to which Buyer is a
party or (ii) violate any order, injunction, judgment, decree or award, federal,
state,  local or foreign law,  ordinance,  statute,  rule or regulation to which
Buyer is subject or by which Buyer or its properties may be bound.

              (e)  Litigation.   No  action,  suit,  arbitration  or  regulatory
proceeding is pending or, to Buyer's  knowledge,  threatened seeking to restrain
or  prohibit  this  Agreement,  or  any  agreement,  instrument  or  transaction
contemplated  hereby, or to obtain damages, a discovery order or other relief in
connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

              (f)  Brokers.  Buyer  has not  retained  any  broker  or finder or
incurred any  liability  or  obligation  for any  brokerage  fees,  commissions,
finders'  fees or similar  compensation  with  respect to this  Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby.

              (g)  Availability of Funds.  Buyer has cash available to enable it
to consummate the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,  to operate the
Senior  Living  Assets  for the  reasonably  foreseeable  future and to meet the
financial  obligations  of  the  Facilities  as  such  are  presently  known  or
reasonably anticipated.

              (h) No Knowledge of Misrepresentations or Omissions.  Buyer has no
knowledge that any representation or warranty of Seller in this Agreement or any
agreement  contemplated  hereby is not true and correct in all material respects
and Buyer has no  knowledge  of any  material  errors in, or material  omissions
from, the Schedules to this Agreement or the schedules,  exhibits or attachments
to any agreement contemplated hereby.

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              (i) Inspections;  No Other  Representations.  Buyer is an informed
and sophisticated purchaser experienced in the evaluation and purchase of assets
such as the Senior Living Assets as contemplated hereunder. Buyer has undertaken
such  investigation  and has been provided with and has evaluated such documents
and information as it has deemed  necessary to enable it to make an informed and
intelligent decision with respect to the execution,  delivery and performance of
this Agreement. Buyer acknowledges that Seller has given Buyer access to the key
employees,  documents and Facilities related to the Senior Living Assets.  Buyer
will undertake prior to the Closing such further  investigation and request such
additional  documents  and  information  as it deems  necessary.  Buyer  agrees,
subject to the express terms hereof,  to accept the Purchased  Assets and assume
the Assumed  Liabilities  in the condition they are in on the Closing Date based
upon its own inspection,  examination and determination  with respect thereto as
to all matters and without reliance upon any express or implied  representations
or warranties of any nature made by or on behalf of or imputed to Seller, except
as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing,  except as expressly set forth in this Agreement,  Buyer acknowledges
that  Seller  makes  no  representation  or  warranty  with  respect  to (a) any
projections,  estimates or budgets  delivered  to or made  available to Buyer of
future revenues, future results of operations (or any component thereof), future
cash flows or future  financial  condition  (or any  component  thereof)  of the
Senior Living Assets or Purchased  Assets or the future  business and operations
thereof or (b) the Confidential  Information  Memorandum of Seller,  dated April
2002,  or any other  information  or  documents  made  available to Buyer or its
counsel,  accountants  or advisors  with respect to the Senior  Living Assets or
Purchased Assets or the businesses or operations thereof.

         10. COVENANTS.

              (a) Covenants of Seller. Seller covenants and agrees as follows:

                  (i) Access and  Information.  Subject  to the  obligations  of
Buyer and its  Representatives  in  Section  10(b) (i) of this  Agreement,  upon
reasonable notice,  Seller shall grant, or cause to be granted to, Buyer and its
counsel,  accountants,  consultants,  financing  sources  and  other  authorized
representatives,  during the period  between the date of this  Agreement and the
Closing Date access during normal business hours to the Purchased Assets and the
books and records and other information relating to the operations of the Senior
Living Assets. Seller acknowledges that it shall provide access to Buyer and its
Representatives  to enable  Buyer to carry out the Due  Diligence  Investigation
pursuant to the terms of that certain  Letter  Agreement,  dated as of August 9,
2002, by and between Buyer and Seller,  as  supplemented  by that certain Letter
Agreement,  dated as of  August  14,  2002,  by and  between  Buyer  and  Seller
(collectively,  the "Access Letter"), the terms of which are incorporated herein
by reference.  For purposes hereof, any request for access pursuant to the terms
of the Access  Letter shall be deemed given by Seller as of the end of the third
business day  following  Seller's  receipt of such  request,  unless  Seller has
objected prior to such time. From the date of this Agreement through the Closing
Date, Seller shall use commercially  reasonable efforts to furnish,  or cause to
be  furnished  to,  Buyer  and its  Representatives  all  data  and  information
concerning  the  Purchased  Assets and the operation of the Senior Living Assets
which may  reasonably  be  requested  by Buyer  and  shall use all  commercially
reasonable  efforts  to make  available,  or  cause to be made  available,  such
personnel of Seller as may  reasonably be requested  for the  furnishing of such
data.  From the date of this  Agreement  through  the  Closing  Date,  except as
otherwise

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specified or permitted in the Access  Letter or except as otherwise  approved in
advance by Seller,  Buyer shall not contact or  communicate  with any employees,
customers of or suppliers to the Senior Living  Assets  without  Seller's  prior
written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

                  (ii) Conduct of Business. Except as provided on Schedule 10(a)
(ii) , or as expressly  required or  contemplated by the terms of this Agreement
or unless Seller obtains Buyer's prior written approval, until the Closing Date,
Seller  shall:  operate  the  Senior  Living  Assets in the  ordinary  course of
business consistent with past practice; use commercially  reasonable efforts to:
preserve   intact   current   business   operation  and  maintain   satisfactory
relationships  with employees,  suppliers,  customers and others having business
relationships with the Senior Living Assets; use commercially reasonable efforts
to maintain the Purchased Assets in reasonably good operating condition,  normal
wear and tear  excepted;  keep its  books of  account  records  and files in the
ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;  maintain its current
replacement  cost  insurance  coverage with respect to the Senior Living Assets;
and shall not (A) enter into,  or amend,  modify or waive any rights  under,  or
terminate  (or allow  the  termination  of) any  material  contract  (including,
without  limitation,  the Ground Leases (except as otherwise provided in Section
12 hereof),  the loan documents or regulatory  agreements for the First HUD Loan
or the  loan  documents  or  regulatory  agreements  for  the  Second  HUD  Loan
(collectively,  the  "HUD  Loan  Documents")  or that  certain  Assisted  Living
Services  Agreement,  dated December 10, 1998,  between Church Home of Hartford,
Inc.  and The  Hearthaven  Retirement  Community-Seabury,  LLC,  (B) dispose of,
encumber,  sell or otherwise transfer any of the assets  constituting  Purchased
Assets  (including,  without  limitation,  any of  the  Facilities)  except  for
inventory and supplies in the ordinary  course of business  consistent with past
practice,  (C) commence any capital projects or make any commitments for capital
expenditures  relating to the Senior Living Assets other than those provided for
in Seller's 2002 capital  expenditure  budget (and then only in an amount not to
exceed  110% of the  amount  budgeted  therefor),  and  other  than any  capital
expenditure  not exceeding  $10,000 and paid for by Seller or credited to Buyer,
(D)  perform  any  repair or  replacement  required  as a result of any  damage,
destruction or other casualty without  obtaining  Buyer's consent,  (E) agree to
the settlement of any material claim or litigation,  (F) incur any  indebtedness
for  borrowed  money  or  guaranty  the  obligations  of  any  Person,  (G)  pay
liabilities  other than in the ordinary course of business  consistent with past
practice,  (H) delay or  postpone  the  payment  of  accounts  payable  or other
liabilities  other than in the ordinary course of business  consistent with past
practice,  (I) enter into or modify,  amend or terminate any material Facilities
Agreement or waive any material rights under any material Facilities  Agreement,
or (J) except  for any bonus  approved  prior to the date  hereof or made in the
ordinary  course  of  business  or  merit   increases  and  competitive   salary
adjustments  made in the ordinary  course of  business,  granting or agreeing to
grant  any  bonus,   merit  increase  or  salary  adjustment  to  any  Employee.
Notwithstanding  the foregoing,  Seller may cause any CHSI  Subsidiary that is a
Seller to merge with or  consolidate  into any other CHSI  Subsidiary  that is a
Seller  without  Buyer's prior consent and without being deemed to have violated
this Section 10(a) (ii).

                  (iii) Maintenance of Real Property.  Seller shall maintain the
Real Property,  including all of the  improvements,  in  substantially  the same
condition as of the date of this Agreement, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and
shall not,  in any  material  respect,  demolish  or remove any of the  existing
improvements,  or erect new  improvements  on the Real  Property  or

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any portion  thereof,  without the prior  written  consent of Buyer,  except for
capital expenditures permitted pursuant to Section 10(a) (ii) .

                  (iv) Ground Leases.  Seller shall not amend,  modify,  extend,
renew or terminate  any Ground  Leases,  and shall not enter into any new lease,
sublease,  license  or  other  agreement  for the use or  occupancy  of any real
property.

                  (v)  Exclusivity.  Neither  Seller nor any of its directors or
officers,  representatives,  consultants,  investment  bankers or lawyers  shall
solicit,  initiate,  encourage or facilitate  the making of any inquiries or the
making of any  Alternative  Proposal or participate in any way in discussions or
negotiations  with,  or furnish or disclose any  non-public  information  to any
person, other than Buyer, in connection with an Alternative Proposal.

                  As used in this  Section  10(a) (v) ,  "Alternative  Proposal"
means (x) any  proposal  or offer  from any  person  relating  to any  direct or
indirect  acquisition  or purchase of any  substantial  portion of the assets of
Seller or of any class of the  equity  securities  of  Seller,  (y) any  merger,
consolidation,  business  combination,  sale of  substantially  all the  assets,
recapitalization,  liquidation, dissolution or similar transaction effecting the
transfer  of Seller or (z) any other  transaction  that  relates to Seller,  the
consummation  of  which  could  reasonably  be  expected  to  interfere  with or
materially delay the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

              (b) Covenants of Buyer. Buyer covenants and agrees as follows:

                  (i)  Confidentiality.  Buyer acknowledges that all information
provided or made  available to it or any of its  Representatives  (as defined in
that  certain  Confidentiality  Agreement,  dated April 30,  2002,  between REIT
Management and Research,  Inc. and its  Affiliates,  including Five Star Quality
Care,  Inc. and Buyer, on the one hand, and First Union  Securities,  Inc. d/b/a
Wachovia  Securities,  on  behalf of Seller  (the  "Confidentiality  Agreement")
concerning the Senior Living Assets (including,  without limitation,  the books,
records  and other  information  contemplated  by Section  10(a) (i) or provided
pursuant  to the terms of the  Access  Letter)  is  subject  to the terms of the
Access Letter and the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which
are hereby incorporated herein by reference.  Effective upon, and only upon, the
Closing,   the  Confidentiality   Agreement  shall  terminate  with  respect  to
information provided to any of Buyer and its Representatives that relates solely
to the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and the Transferred  Employees;
provided that Buyer  acknowledges that any and all information  provided or made
available to it and its  Representatives  relating to Seller and its  affiliates
that does not relate solely to the Purchased Assets, the Assumed  Liabilities or
the  Transferred  Employees  shall remain subject to the terms and conditions of
the Confidentiality Agreement on and after the Closing Date.

                  (ii) Notification.  From the date hereof through and including
the Closing Date, Buyer shall promptly notify Seller if Buyer obtains  knowledge
that any representation or warranty of Seller in this Agreement or any agreement
contemplated hereby or information set forth in the Schedules hereto is not true
and correct in all  material  respects,  or if Buyer  obtains  knowledge  of any
material errors in, or omissions from, the Schedules to this Agreement.

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                  (iii)  Removal  of  Seller  Marks.  Within  thirty  (30)  days
following  the Closing  Date,  Buyer shall,  at its sole cost and  expense,  (A)
remove,  obliterate,  cover or replace, as appropriate,  all signs,  billboards,
advertisements or other media containing any service marks,  trade names,  trade
dress or other  indicia  of origin of Seller or any of its  affiliates  and Life
Care  Services LLC in any of the following  words,  logos,  stylized  lettering,
other  designs and  variants  thereof:  "Constellation,"  "CEG,"  "Constellation
Energy  Group," "Life Care  Services" and "LCS" located on or appurtenant to any
of the Purchased Assets related to the Senior Living Assets; and (B) destroy all
items and materials, including stationery,  letterhead,  invoices, operating and
procedural   manuals,   sales  and  marketing  materials  and  purchase  orders,
containing the above described marks.

                  (iv)  Tenant.  In no event  shall the  Tenant  referred  to in
Section 1 Reference source not found. hereof be a Person that has been, or whose
stockholders,  principals,  partners or affiliates have been, debarred, issued a
limited denial  participation or denied approval for any HUD-insured  project or
who would prohibit or unreasonably delay TPA Approval or violate or unreasonably
delay applicable licensure  requirements or approvals for any of the Facilities.
Such Person shall be  experienced  in the  management  and operation of assisted
living and independent living communities of a size and in a location similar to
the  Facilities and shall be capable of providing care similar to the quality of
care currently available at the Facilities.

              (c)  Mutual  Covenants.  Buyer and  Seller  covenant  and agree as
follows:

                  (i)  State  Regulatory  Approvals,  Notices  and  Filings.  In
addition to the actions required by Section 12, Buyer and Seller shall each file
or cause  to be filed  such  other  notices  and  filings  required  to be filed
pursuant to applicable law, in each case in order to consummate the transactions
contemplated  hereby and to permit Buyer to operate the Senior  Living Assets as
currently operated, including the approvals set forth in Section 12 (which shall
be governed by the  provisions  of Section  12).  Except as  otherwise  provided
herein,  Buyer and Seller shall bear the costs and expenses of their  respective
filings.  Buyer and Seller shall use their  respective  commercially  reasonable
best efforts to make all such filings promptly (and in any event within fourteen
(14)  days)  following  the date  hereof to obtain  any  approvals  and make any
notices and filings as may be required by any federal, state or local regulatory
agency to permit Buyer to consummate the  transactions  contemplated  hereby and
operate the Senior  Living  Assets as  currently  operated,  in each case at the
earliest  possible  date,  to respond  promptly to any requests  for  additional
information  and  documentary  materials made by any agency or department and to
make  any  further  filings  that  may be  necessary,  proper  or  advisable  in
connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby at each
of their  respective  cost and expense  (including the institution or defense of
legal  proceedings).  Each of Buyer, on the one hand, and Seller,  on the other,
shall consult with the other prior to any  meetings,  by telephone or in person,
with the staff of the applicable governmental authorities, and each of Buyer and
Seller  shall  have  the  right  to have a  representative  present  at any such
meeting.

                  (ii)  Assignments.  With respect to any Facilities  Agreement,
Ground  Lease or Permit  which (1) is  material to the  operation  of the Senior
Living Assets as currently  operated by Seller (including,  without  limitation,
the Ground Leases) (2) is able to be assigned to Buyer and requires  consent for
the  assignment  thereof  to  Buyer,  Seller  shall  take  such  actions  as

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are commercially reasonable and necessary,  and Buyer shall cooperate fully with
Seller in all reasonable  respects,  to effect assignment thereof to Buyer as of
the Closing Date. It is understood that such actions by Seller shall not include
any requirement of Seller to expend monies,  commence any litigation or offer or
grant any  accommodation  (financial or  otherwise)  to any third party.  In the
event that Seller is unable to obtain the requisite  approval for  assignment of
any such Facilities Agreement or Permit, then at the written request of Buyer on
or before the  Closing  Date  (except  where such  action  would be  unlawful or
prohibited by such Facilities Agreement or Permit),  Seller shall (x) retain any
such Facilities  Agreement or Permit and enter into an arrangement with Buyer to
provide  Buyer  with  the  benefits  of such  Facilities  Agreement  or  Permit,
provided,  however,  that Buyer shall perform  Seller's  obligations  thereunder
arising  on or after the  Closing  Date (and  indemnify  Seller  against  Losses
suffered in connection  therewith) until such Facilities  Agreement or Permit is
assigned to Buyer or expires at the earliest  opportunity in accordance with its
terms, and (y) take all commercially  reasonable  actions required to accomplish
the  assignment  to Buyer of such  Facilities  Agreement  or  Permit  as soon as
practicable after the Closing Date.

                  (iii) Other  Governmental  Approvals.  Buyer and Seller  shall
cooperate  with each other and take all  reasonable  steps and make all  filings
necessary to obtain  authorization for the sale of the Senior Living Assets from
all other applicable governmental authorities.

                  (iv)  Audit.  As soon as  practicable  after the date  hereof,
Buyer and Seller shall enter into a side letter  reasonably  satisfactory to the
parties covering the terms under which Buyer or Tenant shall conduct an audit of
the financial  results of the  Facilities (as a group) for fiscal 2001, the stub
period  ending  September 30, 2002 and any other  periods  required  pursuant to
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,  for the purpose of
Buyer or Tenant  complying with the requirements of a Form 8-K to be filed under
the  Securities  and  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as  amended.  Such  audit will not
commence  until  after the  Closing  Date,  and Buyer  shall pay all of Seller's
external and internal costs associated with any assistance  provided to Buyer or
Tenant in connection with such audit.

                  (v) Other Actions.  Buyer and Seller shall otherwise use their
respective  commercially  reasonable  efforts to cause the  satisfaction  of all
conditions  precedent in this Section 10 and Sections 12, 13 and 14 and to cause
the Closing to occur as soon as  reasonably  practicable  after the date of this
Agreement.

                  (vi)  Receivables.  Prior to the execution of this  Agreement,
Seller shall have  delivered to Buyer an aging  statement with respect to all of
its accounts  receivable as of the most recent  practicable date.  Subsequent to
the  Closing,  Buyer  shall  have the right and  authority  to  collect  Current
Accounts Receivable and, as provided in this Section 10(c) (vi) , shall have the
obligation  to  collect,  for the  account of and on behalf of Seller,  the Aged
Accounts  Receivable.  Buyer  shall have the right and  authority  to endorse in
Seller's name any checks received on account of any Current Accounts Receivable.
Seller shall transfer and deliver to Buyer any amount that Seller may receive on
or after the Closing Date in respect of any of the Current Accounts  Receivable.
From and after the Closing Date and until sixty (60) days after the Closing Date
(the "Collection  Period"),  Buyer shall use commercially  reasonable efforts to
collect on behalf (and for the account) of Seller all Aged Accounts  Receivable,
which are

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identified  in Schedule  10(c) (vi) (which  shall be provided at the Closing and
may be updated,  if necessary,  within five days after the  Closing),  utilizing
collection  efforts and  processes  consistent  with those  utilized by Buyer in
collecting its accounts receivable,  which are identified in Schedule 10(c) (vi)
(i), and Buyer shall remit to Seller  within five (5) days after the end of each
month, all amounts collected with respect to the Aged Accounts Receivable,  less
Buyer's  out-of-pocket  expenses  incurred  in  collecting  such  Aged  Accounts
Receivable.  Any such payment shall be accompanied  by a schedule  setting forth
the Aged Accounts Receivable by Facility, the party responsible for payment, the
amount  of  the  Aged  Accounts   Receivable,   the  amount  collected  and  any
out-of-pocket  expenses  incurred  by Buyer in  collecting  such  Aged  Accounts
Receivable (the "Remittance Schedule"). Any payment received by Buyer during the
Collection  Period from any account  debtor owing on any accounts  receivable of
the  Facilities  shall first be applied in reduction  of the oldest  outstanding
balance due from such account  debtor  including the Aged  Accounts  Receivable.
Sixty (60) days after the  Closing  Date,  Buyer  shall  provide  Seller  with a
schedule  setting  forth all Aged  Accounts  Receivable  not  collected by Buyer
(which schedule shall provide  information  similar to that set forth in Buyer's
monthly Remittance Schedules),  and Seller shall thereafter be free to institute
litigation  or other  collection  procedures  with respect to the Aged  Accounts
Receivable as Seller shall determine in its sole discretion. Consistent with the
terms of Section 18, and at Seller's expense, Buyer shall transfer all documents
related to, and provide  such  assistance  as Seller may  reasonably  request in
collecting, such Aged Accounts Receivable.  During the Collection Period, Seller
may not initiate  litigation or other collection  procedures with respect to the
Aged Accounts Receivable;  provided, however, that Seller may continue to pursue
any pending litigation with respect to the Aged Accounts  Receivable  instituted
prior to the Collection Period.

              (d) Covenants of Guarantor.  The Guarantor  hereby  absolutely and
unconditionally  guarantees  the  prompt,  complete  and  full  payment  of  all
obligations  of Seller under Section 5(a) and Section  16(a) of this  Agreement,
including,  without limitation,  Seller's obligation to refund the Deposit, with
interest thereon,  to Buyer as provided therein. In the event Seller defaults in
the performance of any of its obligations under Section 5(a) or 16(a), Guarantor
shall,  on demand,  pay or perform such  obligation in accordance with the terms
hereof.  Buyer shall not be required to  institute  suit or exhaust its remedies
against  Seller in order to enforce the payment by Guarantor of the  obligations
of Seller hereunder.

         11. EMPLOYEES.

              (a) Employees.  Schedule 11(a) attached  hereto contains a list of
all  employees of CSS directly  employed in the  operations of the Senior Living
Assets  (collectively,  the "Employees"),  including employees who are receiving
short-term  disability benefits or are on family and medical,  medical/long-term
disability,  administrative,  or military  leave or any other type of leave that
entitles the Employee to  reinstatement  upon  completion of the leave under the
applicable  leave  policies  of CSS  (collectively,  "Leave").  Seller  shall be
entitled to update  Schedule  11(a) as necessary at any time prior to Closing to
reflect any and all employment changes.

              (b)  Employment  Offers  to  Employees.  As soon as is  reasonably
practicable after the date of this Agreement,  Buyer shall offer employment with
Buyer,  effective as of the Closing Date, to all or substantially  all Employees
(including,  without limitation, each Employee

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who is on Leave as of the Closing Date, commencing at such time as such Employee
is ready to return to work,  provided,  that such Employee is ready to return to
work within one hundred  twenty (120) days of the Closing  Date).  All Employees
who accept  employment  with Buyer  pursuant  to the  offers  described  in this
Section 11(b) are referred to herein as "Transferred Employees." Buyer will give
each active  Employee  and each  Employee who is on Leave no less than seven (7)
days in which to accept or reject Buyer's employment offer.

              (c) Transfer Time,  Etc. All  Transferred  Employees  shall become
employees  of Buyer as of 12:01 a.m.,  Eastern  Time,  on the  Closing  Date and
except as otherwise  provided  herein,  at such time,  Buyer shall assume and be
responsible  for payment of all  salaries  and  benefits and all other costs and
liabilities arising from such Transferred Employees employment by Buyer from and
after the Closing Date relating to the  Transferred  Employees  except that with
regard to an  Employee  on Leave  such  obligation  shall not  attach  until the
Employee on Leave commences  employment with Buyer.  Seller shall be responsible
for, and shall pay, any and all severance  payments  payable to any  Transferred
Employee  arising as a  consequence  of the  transactions  contemplated  by this
Agreement.

              (d) Time  Off.  On the  Closing  Date,  Seller  shall pay Buyer an
amount equal to Seller's  liabilities for accrued vacation  benefits relating to
the Transferred Employees.

              (e)  COBRA.  On and  after  the  Closing  Date,  Buyer  will  make
available  health  continuation  coverage  as  required  under the  Consolidated
Omnibus Budget  Reconciliation  Act of 1985, as codified at Section 4980B of the
Code and Part 6 of  Subtitle  B of Title I of ERISA  and any  similar  state law
("COBRA"), for all Transferred Employees and other "qualified beneficiaries" (as
such term is  defined  in  Section  4980B(g)(1)  of the Code) who  experience  a
qualifying  event (within the meaning of COBRA) and therefore become entitled to
COBRA coverage on and after the Closing Date and to all  individuals  associated
with the Senior  Living  Assets who are  receiving or entitled to receive  COBRA
coverage on account of a qualifying event occurring prior to the Closing Date to
the extent that such  entitlement  extends to any period after the Closing Date.
The  premiums  for such  COBRA  coverage  shall be paid by the  insured,  unless
otherwise determined by Buyer, in its sole discretion.

              (f) WARN Act. To the extent that any obligations  under the Worker
Adjustment and Retraining  Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. Section 2101 et. seq., or
under any similar provision of any federal,  state,  regional,  foreign or local
law,  rule or regulation  (collectively,  "WARN  Obligations")  might arise as a
consequence of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement,  Buyer shall be
responsible for, and shall indemnify the Seller Indemnified  Parties against any
Losses caused by, arising from,  incurred in connection  with or relating in any
way to,  any WARN  Obligations  arising  as a result  of any  employment  losses
occurring on or after the Closing Date.

         12. HUD FACILITY.

              (a) HUD  Facility.  Buyer and  Seller  acknowledge  and agree that
Seller is the tenant under a Ground Lease with respect to the Facility  commonly
known as Ellicott City Phase I  (containing  159  independent  living units) and
Ellicott City Phase II (containing 70 assisted living units) (together, the "HUD
Facility")).

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              (b) HUD Mortgages. Buyer and Seller acknowledge and agree that (i)
the HUD  Facility  is  currently  subject  to a  mortgage  loan in the  original
principal   amount  of  Ten  Million  Six  Hundred  Seventy   Thousand   Dollars
($10,670,000) (the "First HUD Loan"),  which loan is secured by a first mortgage
lien on the HUD  Facility,  and (ii) at the Closing or, if Section 6(b) applies,
the closing with respect to the HUD  Facility,  Buyer shall  receive a credit in
the amount of 1% of the outstanding principal amount of the First HUD Loan as of
the Closing Date;  provided that such credit shall not apply to the closing with
respect to the HUD Facility if no prepayment penalty applies at such time. Buyer
acknowledges  that the HUD Facility is also currently subject to a mortgage loan
in the original  principal  amount of Six Million Six Hundred  Thousand  Dollars
($6,600,000.00)  (the  "Second  HUD  Loan"),  which  loan is secured by a second
mortgage  lien on the HUD  Facility  and  which  loan  was  insured  by the U.S.
Department  of  Housing  and  Urban  Development   ("HUD").   Buyer  and  Seller
acknowledge  and agree that if Seller prepays the Second HUD Loan on or prior to
the Closing or, if Section  6(b)  applies,  the closing  with respect to the HUD
Facility, in either case pursuant to the No TPA Approval Closing Condition,  the
Purchase Price shall be increased by the full amount of any required  prepayment
premiums  and all other costs and expenses  related to  obtaining  such right to
prepayment of the Second HUD Loan.

              (c) Assumption of First and Second HUD Loans.  Consistent with the
terms of Section 3, Buyer  hereby  agrees to assume all of  Seller's  rights and
obligations  under and in connection  with the First HUD Loan and the Second HUD
Loan.

              (d)  Consents  Required.  The  following  actions and consents are
required  in order to permit  Buyer to assume  the First HUD Loan and the Second
HUD Loan:

                  (i) Seller shall submit concurrent applications to HUD on form
         92266,  Application for Transfer of Physical Assets (Modified  Review),
         and supporting  documents (the "TPA Application") on or before the date
         fifteen  (15) days after the date  hereof  duly  executed  by Buyer and
         Seller in order to obtain the  preliminary  approval of HUD for Buyer's
         assumption  of the  First  HUD  Loan  and the  Second  HUD  Loan  ("TPA
         Approval").  Buyer hereby  covenants and agrees that in order to obtain
         the TPA Approval, Buyer will:

                           (A)  pay  the  costs  of the  preparation  of the TPA
                  Application  and HUD TPA fee in the  amount of $5,335  for the
                  First HUD Loan and $3,300 for the Second HUD Loan;

                           (B) prepare such form of  assignments  and  transfers
                  with stock powers (as provided herein) to transfer 100% of the
                  ownership  interest of the owner of the HUD  Facility  for the
                  purpose of complying with the regulations of HUD which require
                  that property financed with certain FHA insured mortgage loans
                  be owned by a  single  purpose  entity;  such  single  purpose
                  entity  shall  comply  with  all HUD  handbook  provisions  or
                  notices  governing  the  regulation of mortgagors on HUD-based
                  properties;

                           (C)  prepare  HUD form 2530  (Previous  Participation
                  Certification)  for each proposed  transferee  and  management
                  agent and each

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                  officer,  director,  stockholder or partner of such transferee
                  as required under the HUD  requirements  for 2530 approval for
                  submission to HUD; Buyer  represents and warrants that neither
                  Buyer nor any  stockholder,  principal or partner or affiliate
                  of  Buyer  has  been  debarred,  issued a  limited  denial  of
                  participation or denied approval for any HUD-insured project;

                           (D) prepare  for  inclusion  in the TPA  Application,
                  balance sheets of the  transferee,  resumes of the transferees
                  and persons affiliated with the proposed transferees including
                  management  entities,  and such  other  information  as may be
                  reasonably  requested for the purpose of obtaining approval of
                  the TPA;

                           (E)  take   all   commercially   reasonable   actions
                  necessary to obtain the TPA Approval and cooperate  reasonably
                  with Seller in obtaining TPA Approval; and

                           (F) diligently pursue TPA Approval.

                  (ii)  Seller  hereby  covenants  that,  in order to obtain TPA
         Approval, Seller will:

                           (A) execute the TPA Application;

                           (B) diligently pursue TPA Approval;

                           (C)  take   all   commercially   reasonable   actions
                  necessary to obtain the TPA Approval and cooperate  reasonably
                  with Buyer in obtaining TPA Approval;

                           (D) permit Buyer to obtain information concerning the
                  HUD  Facility  directly  from HUD and/or from the lender under
                  the First HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan; and

                           (E)  submit  interim  financial  information  and any
                  other documentation required by HUD for final TPA Approval.

                  (iii) The  receipt  of the  executed  TPA  Application  by the
         mortgage  lender under the First HUD Loan (the "First HUD Loan Lender")
         and the mortgage lender under the Second HUD Loan (the "Second HUD Loan
         Lender")  and the  approval  of HUD  under  the  Regulatory  Agreements
         executed in connection  with the First HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan
         are required in connection  with Buyer's  assumption of Seller's rights
         and  obligations  under the First HUD Loan and the  Second HUD Loan and
         the documents executed in connection therewith.  To that end, Buyer and
         Seller hereby covenant and agree:

                           (A)  within  seven  (7) days  after  the date of this
                  Agreement,  to execute  and  deliver  covering  letters to the
                  First  HUD  Loan   Lender  and  the  Second  HUD  Loan  Lender
                  containing the TPA Application and such other matters as Buyer
                  or  Seller   deem   reasonably   appropriate   to  obtain  the
                  countersignature  of the

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                  First HUD Loan  Lender and the  Second HUD Loan  Lender on the
                  TPA Application;

                           (B) within fifteen (15) days after request  therefor,
                  to submit such  additional  information  as the First HUD Loan
                  Lender and the Second HUD Loan  Lender  request in  connection
                  with the  processing  of an  application  for  approval  of an
                  assignment of 100% of the  ownership  interest in the owner of
                  the HUD Facility to Buyer and the TPA Applications,  provided,
                  however, Seller agrees that Buyer, at its expense, may discuss
                  the  scope  and  nature of any such  material  requested  with
                  counsel  for the First HUD Loan Lender and the Second HUD Loan
                  Lender and narrow the scope or nature of the  information in a
                  fashion acceptable to the First HUD Loan Lender and the Second
                  HUD Loan Lender;

                           (C) cooperate reasonably with each other in obtaining
                  HUD's approval to the assignment of the ownership  interest in
                  the owner of the HUD Facility to Buyer;

                           (D)  within  five (5) days  after  request  therefor,
                  Buyer shall pay all fees, costs, and expenses of the First HUD
                  Loan Lender and the Second HUD Loan Lender in  obtaining  such
                  approval of the TPA Application for submission to HUD; and

                           (E)  to   diligently   pursue   approval  of  Buyer's
                  assumption  of all of the  ownership  interest of the owner of
                  the HUD Facility.

              (e) TPA Conditions.  If HUD requires a physical  inspection of the
HUD Facility as a condition  of TPA  Approval,  within a  reasonable  time after
receipt of notice of such requirement (not to exceed fifteen (15) days),  Seller
shall obtain a physical  inspection (the "HUD Inspection") and shall immediately
notify Buyer of the results and any  deficiencies in the HUD Inspection.  If the
HUD  Inspection  reports  that  there  are  physical  needs of the HUD  Facility
requiring  immediate  repair or replacement  and HUD requires that  arrangements
must be made for such repair and replacement as a condition of TPA Approval,  or
if HUD imposes any other special  conditions in connection with the TPA Approval
which  are in no way  related  to or  resulting  from the  identity  of Buyer or
Tenant,  then Seller  shall make such repairs and  replacements  or satisfy such
conditions  prior to Closing in a manner  reasonably  acceptable to both HUD and
Buyer.

              (f) HUD Audit  Condition.  Buyer represents and warrants to Seller
that there are no outstanding HUD audit findings  affecting any properties owned
by Buyer or its affiliates.  Seller  represents and warrants to Buyer that there
are no outstanding HUD audit findings  affecting the HUD Facility or Seller.  If
there are any outstanding unresolved HUD audit investigations  affecting the HUD
Facility or Seller,  then, in addition to other closing  conditions set forth in
this Agreement,  it shall be a condition to Buyer's  obligations  hereunder with
respect to the HUD Facility that Seller shall have obtained written confirmation
from HUD or other evidence  reasonably  satisfactory to Buyer that any HUD audit
has been  closed as to all  findings  such that as of the  closing  for such HUD
Facility,  all such HUD audits  shall be closed and there shall be no  liability
whatsoever under any HUD audit.

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              (g) HUD Facility. Seller represents and warrants to Buyer that the
only Facility that will be subject to HUD financing is the HUD Facility.

         13. BUYER'S OBLIGATION TO CLOSE. Buyer's obligation to close under this
Agreement is subject to the  fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of each
of the  following  conditions;  provided,  however,  that in the event  that the
closing date shall be extended with respect to the HUD Facility  pursuant to the
terms  hereof,  the only  conditions  to the  closing  with  respect  to the HUD
Facility shall be the satisfaction of the conditions  contained in Sections (c),
(d)(i) and (d)(ii).

              (a)  Compliance  with  Agreement.  Seller shall have performed and
complied in all material respects with all covenants,  agreements and conditions
required by this  Agreement to be performed or complied  with by Seller prior to
the Closing Date.

              (b)  Representations  and  Warranties.   The  representations  and
warranties of Seller made in this  Agreement (as amended by Seller in accordance
with  Section 1) shall be true and  correct in all  material  respects as of the
date hereof and on and as of the Closing  Date,  as though made on and as of the
Closing  Date,  except for  representations  and  warranties  that speak as of a
specific  date or time  (which  need only be true and  correct  in all  material
respects as of such date or time).

              (c) Litigation.  There shall not be any judicial restraining order
or injunction,  preliminary or otherwise,  in effect  prohibiting the applicable
Closing of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement.  There shall not be
pending or threatened  any  litigation or proceeding  instituted by any federal,
state  or  foreign  governmental  agency  to  restrain,  prohibit  or  otherwise
interfere with or obtain  substantial  monetary  damages in connection  with the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or operation of
the Senior Living Assets by Buyer.

              (d) Consents; Licensing, Etc.

                  (i)  Approvals,  notices and filings as may be required by any
federal,  state or local  regulatory  agency to permit Buyer to  consummate  the
transactions  contemplated  hereby  and  operate  the  Senior  Living  Assets as
currently operated shall have been obtained.

                  (ii) Either (A) the TPA Approval shall have been obtained,  or
(B) if the TPA  Approval  shall not have been  obtained on or prior to August 1,
2003,  then (x) Seller  shall have given such  notices and taken such actions as
necessary pursuant to Section 901 of the Trust Indenture governing the First HUD
Loan to allow the immediate  prepayment  of the First HUD Loan in full,  and (y)
the Second HUD Loan shall have become  prepayable (the "No TPA Approval  Closing
Condition").

              (e) Material Adverse Effect.  There shall not have occurred at any
time between the first day following the conclusion of the Diligence  Period and
the Closing Date any event, change, fact, circumstance or other occurrence which
has had,  or which  could be  reasonably  expected  to,  individually  or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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              (f) NOI Event.  Annualized NOI for the period beginning January 1,
2002 and ending on the last day of the month  immediately  prior to the month in
which the Closing  occurs shall be no less than the remainder of (i)  Annualized
NOI for the four-month  period ended April 30, 2002,  minus (ii)  $300,000.  The
term  "Annualized  NOI" means an amount equal to (x) the aggregate net operating
income  attributable  to the  Facilities for any period of months (in each case,
the  "Applicable  Period"),  calculated  on a basis  consistent  with the manner
presented to Buyer and as shown on Exhibit B attached hereto,  multiplied by (y)
the  quotient  of 12  divided  by the total  number of months in the  Applicable
Period.  As an  example  only,  if the net  operating  income of Seller  for the
four-month  period ended April 30, 2002 were to be $1,000,000,  then  Annualized
NOI would be $3,000,000 (calculated as $1,000,000 x (12/4)).

              (g) Real Estate.

                  (i)  Seller  shall  have  obtained  and  delivered  to Buyer a
written  consent for the  assignment  of the Ground  Leases from the landlord or
other party whose  consent  thereto is  required  under such Ground  Leases (the
"Ground Lease Consent"),  in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Buyer
and Buyer's  lender,  if such Ground  Leases  shall  remain in effect  after the
Closing.

                  (ii) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12 hereof, Seller
shall have obtained and delivered to Buyer an estoppel  certificate with respect
to each of the Ground  Leases,  dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the
Closing Date,  from the other party to such Ground Lease,  in a form  reasonably
acceptable to Buyer,  and which, in the case of the Ground Lease with respect to
the HUD Facility,  shall include,  without  limitation,  affirmation of tenant's
purchase option contained therein.

                  (iii)  Seller shall have  obtained  and  delivered to Buyer an
estoppel  certificate  with  respect to the ALSA  Agreement,  dated no more than
thirty  (30) days prior to the Closing  Date,  from the other party to such ALSA
Agreement, in a form reasonably acceptable to Buyer.

                  (iv) Seller  shall have  delivered  to Buyer such  non-foreign
affidavits dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance required under
the Treasury Regulations issued pursuant to Section 1445 of the Internal Revenue
Code so that Buyer is exempt from  withholding any portion of the Purchase Price
thereunder.

                  (v) To the extent that Buyer has  identified any lien that (A)
Seller  has,  at any time from the end of the  Diligence  Period to the  Closing
Date,  caused or permitted to be imposed on the Senior  Living Assets and (B) if
in existence  prior to the end of the  Diligence  Period,  and if  discovered by
Buyer  prior  to the end of the  Diligence  Period,  would  have  constituted  a
"Diligence  Period Lien," Seller shall,  on or prior to the Closing Date, pay or
discharge in full such lien (or agree to reduce the Purchase Price by any unpaid
amount), except for any such lien that Seller is contesting in good faith, as to
which  Seller  shall  have  provided  a bond or  other  commercially  reasonable
security.

         14. SELLER'S  OBLIGATION TO CLOSE.  Seller's  obligation to close under
this Agreement is subject to the  fulfillment on or prior to the Closing Date of
each of the following

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conditions;  provided, however, that in the event that the closing date shall be
extended with respect to the HUD Facility pursuant to the terms hereof, the only
conditions  to the  closing  with  respect  to the  HUD  Facility  shall  be the
satisfaction of the conditions contained in Sections 14 (c) and (d).

              (a)  Compliance  with  Agreement.  Buyer shall have  performed and
complied in all material respects with all covenants,  agreements and conditions
required by this  Agreement to be  performed or complied  with by Buyer prior to
Closing Date.

              (b)  Representations  and  Warranties.   The  representations  and
warranties  of Buyer  made in this  Agreement  shall be true and  correct in all
material  respects as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing  Date,  as
though  made on and as of the  Closing  Date,  except  for  representations  and
warranties that speak as of a specific date or time (which need only be true and
correct in all material respects as of such date or time).

              (c) Litigation.  There shall not be any judicial restraining order
or injunction,  preliminary or otherwise,  in effect  prohibiting the applicable
Closing of the transactions  contemplated by this Agreement.  There shall not be
pending or threatened  any  litigation or proceeding  instituted by any federal,
state  or  foreign  governmental  agency  to  restrain,  prohibit  or  otherwise
interfere with or obtain  substantial  monetary  damages in connection  with the
consummation  of  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Agreement,  or  the
operation of the Senior Living Assets by Buyer.

              (d) Consents, Licensing, Etc.

                  (i)  Approvals,  notices and filings as may be required by any
federal,  state or local  regulatory  agency to permit Seller to consummate  the
transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained.

                  (ii) Either (A) the TPA Approval shall have been obtained,  or
(B) the No TPA Approval Closing Condition shall have been satisfied.

              (e)  Interim  Management  Agreement.  If  applicable,  the Interim
Management Agreement shall have been executed and delivered,  as contemplated by
Section 6(b).

         15.  FURTHER  ASSURANCES.  From  time to time,  as and when  reasonably
requested by any party  hereto,  the other party shall  execute and deliver,  or
cause to be executed and delivered, all such documents and instruments and shall
take, or cause to be taken, all such further or other actions,  which documents,
instruments or actions are consistent with, and customary and necessary for, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

         16. INDEMNIFICATION.

              (a) Seller's  Indemnification of Buyer. From and after the Closing
Date, CHSI shall indemnify, defend, save and hold harmless Buyer, its affiliates
and each of  their  respective  directors,  officers,  employees,  shareholders,
members  and  partners  and each of the  successors

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and  assigns  of any of the  foregoing  (collectively,  the  "Buyer  Indemnified
Parties")  from and  against  any and all Losses of any kind  arising  out of or
resulting from:

                  (i) the  ownership or operation of the Senior  Living  Assets,
         Purchased  Assets or the Shares prior to the Closing  Date,  including,
         without  limitation,  liabilities  of the Heartlands  Entities  arising
         prior to the Closing Date (other than Assumed Liabilities); and

                  (ii) (A) Seller's breach of or failure to perform any covenant
         or agreement in this  Agreement  requiring  performance by Seller on or
         after the Closing Date; or (B) Seller's breach of any representation or
         warranty in this Agreement that survives the Closing;

provided,  however,  that (1) no Buyer  Indemnified  Party  shall have any claim
under  clause  (ii)(B)  above for any  breach of a  representation  or  warranty
contained in this Agreement or the other agreements contemplated hereby if Buyer
had actual  knowledge  of such  breach at the time of the  Closing and failed to
notify Seller of such breach in accordance  with Section  10(b)(ii);  (2) Seller
shall not have any liability  whatsoever to the extent that a Buyer  Indemnified
Party had  otherwise  been  compensated  for such matter as an adjustment to the
Purchase Price pursuant to the terms of this Agreement  (other than this Section
16(a));  or (3) Seller shall have no liability  whatsoever  for or in respect of
any condition or defect that was discovered by Buyer during the Diligence Period
where  the  cost to  remedy  or  repair  was not  subject  to a  Purchase  Price
adjustment because of the terms of Sections 5(a) or (b).

         (b) Buyer's  Indemnification  of Seller.  Except as otherwise  provided
herein and  subject to the  provisions  of this  Section 16 , from and after the
Closing Date, Buyer shall indemnify,  defend, save and hold harmless Seller, its
affiliates  and  each  of  their  respective  directors,   officers,  employees,
shareholders, members and partners and each of the successors and assigns of any
of the foregoing  (collectively,  the "Seller  Indemnified  Parties"),  from and
against any and all Losses of any kind arising out of or resulting from:

                  (i) the  ownership or operation of the Senior  Living  Assets,
         Purchased  Assets or the  Shares,  whether  by Tenant or Buyer,  on and
         after the Closing Date, including,  without limitation,  liabilities of
         the Heartlands Entities (including the Assumed  Liabilities) arising on
         or after the Closing Date; and

                  (ii) (A) Buyer's  breach of or failure to perform any covenant
         or agreement in this  Agreement  requiring  performance  by Buyer on or
         after the Closing Date or (B) Buyer's breach of any  representation  or
         warranty in this Agreement which survives the Closing.

provided,  however,  that no Seller Indemnified Party shall have any claim under
clause (ii)(B) above for any breach of a representation or warranty contained in
this Agreement or the other agreements  contemplated hereby if Seller had actual
knowledge of such breach at the time of the Closing; and, provided further, that
Buyer  shall  not have any  liability  whatsoever  to the  extent  that a Seller
Indemnified  Party  had  otherwise  been  compensated  for  such  matter  as  an
adjustment to the Purchase Price pursuant to the terms of this Agreement  (other
than this Section 16(b)).

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         (c)  Exclusive  Remedy.  Except  for an action  commenced  pursuant  to
Section 20, any claim or cause of action based on, arising out of or relating in
any way to any of the transactions  contemplated under this Agreement (including
all  Schedules  attached  hereto) must be brought by either party in  accordance
with the  provisions  and  limitations  of this  Section 16,  whether such claim
arises out of any contract,  tort or  otherwise,  except for claims or causes of
action  based on fraud.  Except as  otherwise  provided in this  Agreement,  the
parties hereby waive to the fullest extent  permitted under  applicable law, any
and all  rights,  claims and causes of action they may have  against  each other
relating  to the  subject  matter of this  Agreement  and the  other  agreements
contemplated  hereby arising under or based on any federal,  state,  provincial,
local or foreign  statute,  law,  ordinance,  rule or  regulation  or otherwise,
including such rights, claims and causes of action Buyer may have against Seller
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,  Compensation and Liability Act,
42 U.S.C., Section 9601, et seq., breaches of statutory or implied warranties or
otherwise,   nuisance  or  other  tort   actions,   and  common  law  rights  of
contribution.

         (d)  Procedures  Relating  to  Indemnification  Among Buyer and Seller.
Following  the discovery of any facts or  conditions  which could  reasonably be
expected to give rise to a Loss or Losses for which  indemnification is provided
under  this  Agreement,  the party  seeking  indemnification  (the  "Indemnified
Party") shall, as promptly as reasonably  possible  thereafter,  provide written
notice  to the party  from whom  indemnification  is sought  (the  "Indemnifying
Party"),  setting  forth the specific  facts and  circumstances,  in  reasonable
detail,  relating  to such Loss or Losses and the amount of Loss or Losses (or a
reasonable, good-faith estimate thereof if the actual amount is not known or not
capable  of  reasonable  calculation)   ("Indemnification  Notice");   provided,
however,  that  failure to give such  Indemnification  Notice on a timely  basis
shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent the
Indemnifying  Party shall have been  actually  and  materially  prejudiced  as a
result of such failure.

         (e) Procedures Relating to Indemnification for Third Party Claims.

                  (i) In order for an  Indemnified  Party to be  entitled to any
indemnification  provided for under this Agreement in respect of, arising out of
or involving a claim or demand made by any Person  (other than any party to this
Agreement  or its  affiliates)  against the  Indemnified  Party (a "Third  Party
Claim"),  such Indemnified Party must provide an  Indemnification  Notice to the
Indemnifying  Party of the Third Party Claim as promptly as reasonably  possible
after  receipt by such  Indemnified  Party of notice of the Third  Party  Claim.
Thereafter,  the  Indemnified  Party shall  deliver to the  Indemnifying  Party,
within five (5) business days after the  Indemnified  Party's  receipt  thereof,
copies of all notices and documents  (including  court  papers)  received by the
Indemnified  Party relating to the Third Party Claim;  provided,  however,  that
failure to provide an  Indemnification  Notice, or deliver copies of all notices
and documents, in a timely manner shall not affect the indemnification  provided
hereunder except to the extent the  Indemnifying  Party shall have been actually
prejudiced as a result of such failure.

                  (ii) If a Third  Party  Claim is made  against an  Indemnified
Party,  the  Indemnifying  Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense
thereof and, if it so chooses and  acknowledges  its obligation to indemnify the
Indemnified Party therefor,  to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected
by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably  satisfactory to the

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Indemnified  Party.  Notwithstanding  any  acknowledgment  made  pursuant to the
immediately  preceding  sentence,  the  Indemnifying  Party shall continue to be
entitled  to  assert  any  limitation  on  its  indemnification   responsibility
contained in Sections 16(g),  16(h),  16(i) and 16(j).  Should the  Indemnifying
Party so elect to assume the defense of a Third Party  Claim,  the  Indemnifying
Party  shall  not  be  liable  to  the  Indemnified  Party  for  legal  expenses
subsequently  incurred by the  Indemnified  Party in connection with the defense
thereof.  If the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense,  the Indemnified Party
shall  have the  right to  participate  in the  defense  thereof  and to  employ
counsel,  at  its  own  expense,  separate  from  the  counsel  employed  by the
Indemnifying  Party, it being understood,  however,  that the Indemnifying Party
shall control such defense.  The Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the fees
and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnified  Party for any period during
which the  Indemnifying  Party  has not  assumed  the  defense  thereof.  If the
Indemnifying  Party  chooses to defend any Third  Party  Claim,  all the parties
hereto shall  cooperate in the defense or prosecution of such Third Party Claim.
Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying  Party's
request) the  provision  to the  Indemnifying  Party of records and  information
which are reasonably relevant to such Third Party Claim, and making officers and
employees  available  on a  mutually  convenient  basis  to  provide  additional
information  and  explanation  of  any  material  provided  hereunder.   If  the
Indemnifying  Party shall have assumed the defense of a Third Party  Claim,  the
Indemnifying  Party shall not admit any  liability  with  respect to, or settle,
compromise  or  discharge,  or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect
to, such Third Party Claim without the Indemnified Party's prior written consent
if such admission,  settlement,  compromise,  discharge, or consent (i) does not
include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff
to such  Indemnified  Party of a release  from all  liability in respect of such
Third Party Claim, or (ii) would result in injunctive or other equitable  relief
being imposed against the Indemnified Party.

         (f) Losses Net of Insurance and Taxes. The amount of any and all Losses
under this Section 16 and elsewhere under this Agreement shall be determined net
of any amounts  recovered by the  Indemnified  Party under  insurance  policies,
indemnities,  or other  reimbursement  arrangements with respect to such Losses.
Each party hereby waives, or agrees to use its commercially  reasonable  efforts
to procure the waiver of, any subrogation  rights that its insurer may have with
respect to any indemnifiable  Losses.  The amount of any and all Losses shall be
reduced by the amount of any net  reduction  in Tax  payable by the  Indemnified
Party in connection with such Losses through and including the Tax year in which
the indemnification payment is made, calculated by assuming that the Indemnified
Party is subject to an income tax rate of 40%. Any indemnity  payment under this
Agreement  shall be  treated  as an  adjustment  to the  Purchase  Price for tax
purposes.

         (g) Survival;  Time Limitation.  The  representations and warranties in
this Agreement shall terminate at the close of business on the first anniversary
of the Closing Date  (except to the extent  otherwise  required  with respect to
Section 9(g).  Any claim by any Buyer  Indemnified  Party for indemnity  arising
under this  Agreement  shall be brought  within  twelve  (12)  months  after the
Closing Date; provided,  however, Buyer shall not be permitted to make any claim
for  Losses  as to which  Buyer  has a right to  reimbursement  under  any title
policies that it obtains. A claim shall be deemed to have been brought only upon
delivery  of a proper  Indemnification  Notice to the other  party at the notice
address  set forth in Section 21 . Any claim  required  to be made  within  such
twelve (12) month period not so timely made shall be forever barred.

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         (h) Monetary Limitation. Buyer shall have no claim under this Agreement
against  Seller or any of its  affiliates  for any  Losses  unless and until the
aggregate  of all such Losses  incurred or  sustained  by the Buyer  Indemnified
Parties  exceeds one percent (1%) of the Purchase  Price (the  "Threshold")  and
then only for the excess over the Threshold.

         (i)  Limitation  of  Liability.   Seller's   aggregate   liability  for
indemnification  pursuant to this  Agreement  shall in no event exceed an amount
equal to twenty percent (20%) of the Purchase Price.

         (j) Mitigation.  Each party hereto shall take all reasonable  steps and
use all commercially reasonable efforts to mitigate any and all Losses.

         (k)  Losses.  As used in this  Agreement,  "Losses"  means  any and all
costs,  claims,  losses,  liabilities,  obligations  (including  corrective  and
remedial obligations), damages and expenses (including reasonable legal fees and
expenses but excluding any liability  relating to  consequential  damages,  lost
profits or punitive damages).

         17. APPORTIONMENTS.

              (a)  General.  The  following  items shall be  apportioned  at the
Closing on an accrual  basis as of the close of business on the day  immediately
preceding  the Closing Date  (except to the extent the same are included  within
Current Accounts Receivable, Inventory or Accounts Payable):

                  (i) Rents and other amounts payable under the Ground Leases;

                  (ii) Debt service and other  amounts  payable  under the First
         HUD Loan and the Second HUD Loan;

                  (iii) Amounts payable under Facilities Agreements;

                  (iv) Amounts payable with respect to the tangible  assets,  as
         listed in Schedule 7(g);

                  (v) Fuel, electric, water and other utility costs;

                  (vi) Municipal assessments and governmental license and permit
         fees;

                  (vii) Real estate and personal  property taxes and assessments
         other  than  special  assessments,  based  on the  rates  and  assessed
         valuation applicable in the fiscal year for which assessed;

                  (viii) Water rates and charges;

                  (ix) Sewer and vault taxes;

                  (x) Any other  prepaid  expenses  related to the Senior Living
         Assets; and

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                  (xi) Any  other  assets,  liabilities  and  items of income or
         expense   normally   apportioned   in  sales  of  property  in  similar
         situations, if not already included within the items described above in
         this Section 17, all  determined in accordance  with GAAP  consistently
         applied.

If any of the  foregoing  cannot be  apportioned  at the Closing  because of the
unavailability  of the amounts which are to be apportioned,  such items shall be
apportioned  on the basis of a good  faith  estimate  by the  parties,  and such
apportionments  shall be reconciled as part of the adjustment process in Section
17(h).

              (b) Water,  Gas or Electric.  If there are water,  gas or electric
meters located at the Facilities, Seller shall obtain readings thereof to a date
not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing  Date and the unfixed  water
rates and charges,  sewer taxes and rents and gas and  electricity  charges,  if
any, based thereon for the intervening time shall be apportioned on the basis of
such last  readings.  If such  readings are not  obtainable by the Closing Date,
then, at the Closing, any water rates and charges, sewer taxes and rents and gas
and electricity charges which are based on such readings shall be prorated based
upon the per diem  charges  obtained by using the most  recent  period for which
such  readings  shall then be available.  Upon the taking of  subsequent  actual
readings,  the apportionment of such charges shall be recalculated and Seller or
Buyer, as the case may be, promptly shall make a payment to the other based upon
such recalculations.  The parties agree to make such final recalculations within
sixty (60) days after the Closing Date.

              (c) Real Property  Taxes. If any refunds of real property taxes or
assessments,  water  rates and  charges or sewer  taxes and rents  shall be made
after the  Closing,  the same shall be held in trust by Seller or Buyer,  as the
case may be, and shall first be applied to the  unreimbursed  costs  incurred in
obtaining the same, then to any required refunds to residents under the Resident
Agreements,  and the  balance,  if any,  shall be paid to Seller (for the period
prior to the  Closing  Date) and to Buyer  (for the period  commencing  with the
Closing Date).

              (d)  Assessments.  If, on the Closing Date,  any of the Facilities
shall be or shall have been  affected  by any special or general  assessment  or
assessments  or real  property  taxes  payable on a lump sum or which are or may
become payable in installments  of which the first  installment is then a charge
or lien and has  become  payable,  Seller  shall  pay or cause to be paid at the
Closing  the unpaid  installments  of such  assessments  (but only to the extent
attributable to periods prior to the Closing Date).

              (e)  Insurance.   No  insurance  policies  of  Seller  are  to  be
transferred to Buyer,  and no  apportionment  of the premiums  therefor shall be
made.

              (f)  Deposits  and  Escrows.  At the  Closing,  (i)  Seller  shall
transfer  to Buyer all of the  Assumed  Accounts,  and (ii)  Buyer  shall pay to
Seller  an  amount  equal  to all  of the  Seller  Deposits.  The  apportionment
provisions of Section 17(a) shall not apply to these Assumed Liabilities.

              (g) Accrued Vacation.  On the Closing Date, Seller shall pay Buyer
an amount equal to Seller's  liabilities  for accrued  vacation  benefits as set
forth on Schedule 7(v) relating to

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the  Transferred  Employees  and, in  connection  therewith,  Buyer shall assume
Seller's  obligation to pay the same.  The  apportionment  provisions of Section
17(a) shall not apply to these Assumed Liabilities.

              (h) Purchase Price Adjustment.

                  (i) At least  three (3)  business  days prior to the  Closing,
Seller  shall in good  faith  determine  an  estimate  of the  Current  Accounts
Receivable, the value of the inventory at the Facilities (the "Inventory"),  and
all Accounts Payable,  in each case as of the Closing Date. Seller shall provide
Buyer with a schedule of the Current Accounts Receivable, Inventory and Accounts
Payable for  purposes of this  Section 17. Such  determination  shall be made in
accordance with generally accepted  accounting  principles ("GAAP)  consistently
applied  using the then  available  information  of Seller and  consistent  with
Seller's past practice (to the extent in accordance with GAAP). Buyer shall have
an  opportunity  to review and approve these items,  which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.

                  (ii) The Purchase Price shall be reduced  dollar-for-dollar by
the amount,  if any,  by which the  Accounts  Payable  exceed the sum of Current
Accounts Receivable plus the Inventory. The Purchase Price shall be increased by
the amount,  if any, by which the sum of Current  Accounts  Receivable  plus the
Inventory exceeds Accounts Payable. The Purchase Price shall be further adjusted
in respect of the  apportionments  pursuant to this Section 17(a),  (b), (c) and
(d)).  The  aggregate  amount of the  adjustments  made pursuant to this Section
17(h) (ii)) shall be the  "Preliminary  Closing  Adjustment." If a net amount is
owed by Seller to Buyer as a result of such apportionments, such amount shall be
credited  against the Purchase Price. If a net amount is owed by Buyer to Seller
as a result of such  apportionments,  such amount shall be added to the Purchase
Price.

                  (iii) As promptly as practicable, but no later than forty-five
(45) days after the Closing Date, Seller will cause to be prepared and delivered
to Buyer a statement  setting forth  Seller's  final  calculation of the Current
Accounts Receivable,  the Inventory, the Accounts Payable (which may include any
Inventory, Current Accounts Receivable or Accounts Payable that should have been
included as of the Closing but were not included in the list that was  delivered
pursuant to Section 17(h) (i) ), as well as any amounts that either could not be
apportioned at the Closing (as  contemplated by Section 17(a) , (b) , (c) or (d)
) or that  were  apportioned  on the basis of  estimates  now  capable  of being
finalized and adjusted (collectively, all such items to constitute the "Seller's
Final  Closing  Items").  The Seller's  Final  Closing  Items shall  reflect the
covered items as at the close of business on the day  immediately  preceding the
Closing Date and shall be derived from the Seller's  financial  statements as of
the day immediately  preceding the Closing Date,  prepared on a basis consistent
with those  used in the  preparation  of the Most  Recent  Balance  Sheet and in
accordance  with  accounting  policies  and  practices  that  were  used  in the
preparation of the Most Recent Balance Sheet.

                  (iv) Any payments  shown to be due to Buyer or Seller when the
difference  between the  Preliminary  Closing  Adjustment and the Seller's Final
Closing  Items is  calculated  shall  be paid by wire  transfer  of  immediately
available  funds no more than ten (10) days  after the  Seller's  Final  Closing
Items have been determined.

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                  (v) HUD Facility  Purchase  Price  Adjustment.  At the closing
with respect to the HUD  Facility (if separate  from the Closing with respect to
the other  Facilities,  as  contemplated  by Section  6(b) ), (a)  Seller  shall
transfer to Buyer,  and Buyer  shall be  entitled to retain,  any amount of cash
held in the HUD Facility  Operating  Account as of the closing date with respect
to the HUD Facility  and (b) Seller and Buyer shall  reconcile  all  adjustments
required  hereunder  with  respect to the HUD  Facility  as if the  closing  had
occurred on and as of the Closing Date,  taking into account payments made by or
on behalf of Buyer and Seller under the Interim Management Agreement.

              (i) Survival.  The provisions of this Section 17 shall survive the
Closing hereunder.

         18. RECORDS/LITIGATION AND TAX MATTERS.

              (a) After the Closing Date,  Buyer shall provide to Seller and its
affiliates (and their counsel, auditors, accountants,  agents, advisors or other
representatives)  reasonable  access to the  Purchased  Assets and  permit  such
Person to remove  Excluded  Assets  and take  copies of any  books,  records  or
accounts  relating to the Senior Living Assets as conducted or operated prior to
the  Closing  Date;  and Buyer  shall not  destroy or dispose of any such books,
records and accounts  without first  offering to surrender to Seller such books,
records and accounts which Buyer may intend to destroy or dispose of.

              (b)  After  the  Closing  Date,  each  party  shall  provide  such
assistance  as the  other  party  may from time to time  reasonably  request  in
connection with the preparation of tax returns  required to be filed,  any audit
or other  examination by any taxing  authority,  any judicial or  administrative
proceeding  relating to liability for taxes,  or any claim for refund in respect
of such taxes or in connection  with any litigation and  proceedings  related to
the Senior Living  Assets,  including  making  available  documents,  witnesses,
employees for interviews,  litigation preparation and testimony.  The requesting
party shall reimburse the assisting party for the  out-of-pocket  costs incurred
by the assisting party.

              (c) The parties  agree that (i) on and prior to the  closing  date
with respect to the HUD Facility,  the  Heartlands  Entities shall remain in the
consolidated  group of Seller for federal income Tax purposes (and, that similar
treatment  shall be accorded the Heartlands  Entities for state and local income
Tax purposes), (ii) Seller shall have sole responsibility, authority and control
over the Tax  returns  filed with  respect to the  Heartlands  Entities  for all
periods  ending on or before the closing date with respect to the HUD  Facility,
and (iii) Seller shall be responsible for all Taxes (including  payment thereof)
relating  to such Tax returns  (except  that Buyer and the  Heartlands  Entities
shall be responsible  for the Taxes of the Heartlands  Entities  attributable to
the day of closing for the HUD  Facility,  and shall  reimburse  Seller for such
Taxes paid by Seller).  Buyer agrees to  reasonably  cooperate in providing  any
records,  information  and documents to Seller to enable Seller to file such Tax
returns.  With respect to Tax returns (if any) filed for the Heartlands Entities
that include both periods  before and after the closing date with respect to the
HUD Facility ("Straddle Returns"),  Buyer shall have sole responsibility to file
such Straddle  Returns,  provided that Seller shall have the right to review and
comment on such Straddle  Returns  prior to their  filing,  that Seller shall be
responsible for all Taxes  (including  payment thereof) on such Straddle Returns
attributable to the

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portion of the taxable  period prior to the closing date with respect to the HUD
Facility and that Buyer and Seller shall  negotiate in good faith to resolve any
disputes with respect to such Straddle Returns. Seller will reasonably cooperate
in providing any records, information, and documents to Buyer to enable Buyer to
file such Straddle  Returns.  In the event that Buyer and Seller fail to resolve
any dispute with respect to any such Straddle Return,  then any disputed aspects
shall be  resolved  before  the last day on which  such  Straddle  Return is due
(taking into account any  extensions) by a "big four"  accounting  firm mutually
agreed  upon by Buyer and Seller  having no  material  relationship  with either
Buyer or Seller.

         19. TERMINATION RIGHTS.

              (a) This  Agreement  may be  terminated  at any time  prior to the
Closing Date as follows and in no other manner:

                  (i) by mutual written consent of Buyer and Seller;

                  (ii) by Buyer,  if any of the  conditions set forth in Section
         13 (other than  Section  13(d) (ii)) shall not have been  fulfilled or
         waived by Buyer on and as of the Closing Date (provided,  however, that
         Buyer  is  not  then  in  material   breach  of  its   representations,
         warranties, contracts or agreements contained in this Agreement);

                  (iii) by Seller, if any of the conditions set forth in Section
         14 (other than  Section  14(d) (ii)) shall not have been  fulfilled  or
         waived by Seller on and as of the Closing Date (provided, however, that
         Seller  is  not  then  in  material  breach  of  its   representations,
         warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this Agreement); or

                  (iv) by Buyer, if a Deposit Return Event occurs.

              (b) In the event of  termination  by Buyer or Seller  pursuant  to
this Section 19, written  notice  thereof shall  forthwith be given to the other
party and the  transactions  contemplated by this Agreement shall be terminated,
without  further action by any party. If the  transactions  contemplated by this
Agreement are terminated as provided herein:

                  (i) Buyer shall return to Seller all  documents and copies and
         other  materials  received from or on behalf of Seller  relating to the
         transactions  contemplated hereby,  whether so obtained before or after
         the execution hereof; and

                  (ii) all  confidential  information  received  by  Buyer  with
         respect to the Purchased Assets, the Assumed Liabilities and the Senior
         Living  Assets  shall be  treated  in  accordance  with the  terms  and
         conditions of the Confidentiality Agreement, which shall remain in full
         force and effect notwithstanding the termination of this Agreement.

              (c)  If  this  Agreement  is  terminated   and  the   transactions
contemplated  hereby  are  abandoned  as  described  in this  Section  19,  this
Agreement  shall become void and of no further force and effect,  except for the
provisions of:

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                  (i) Section  10(b) (i) relating to the  obligation of Buyer to
         keep confidential certain information and data obtained by it;

                  (ii)  Section  23  relating  to  publicity;

                  (iii) Section 27 relating to certain expenses;

                  (iv)  Sections  7(f) and 9(f)  relating to  finder's  fees and
         broker's fees; and

                  (v) this Section 19.

         Nothing in this  Section  19 shall be deemed to release  any party from
any liability  for any breach by such party of the terms and  provisions of this
Agreement or to impair the right of any party to compel specific  performance by
another party of its obligations under this Agreement.

         20. SPECIFIC  PERFORMANCE.  Each party hereto  acknowledges  and agrees
that the  other  party  would be  damaged  irreparably  in the  event any of the
provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific
terms or otherwise are breached.  Accordingly, each party hereto agrees that the
other  party  shall be  entitled  to an  injunction  or  injunctions  to prevent
breaches of the  provisions of this Agreement and to enforce  specifically  this
Agreement and the terms and  provisions  hereof in any action  instituted in any
court of the United States or any state  thereof  having  jurisdiction  over the
parties hereto and the matter (subject to the provisions set forth in Section 22
below), in addition to any other remedy to which they may be entitled, at law or
in equity.

         21. NOTICES.

              (a) All notices or other  communications  required or permitted to
be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or sent by
prepaid telex or telecopy, or sent, postage prepaid, by registered, certified or
express mail, or reputable  overnight  courier service and shall be deemed given
when so delivered by hand, telexed or telecopied with acknowledged  receipt,  or
if mailed,  five (5) days after  mailing  (one (1)  business  day in the case of
express mail or overnight courier service), as follows:

                  If to Buyer:

                           Senior Housing Properties Trust
                           400 Centre Street
                           Newton, Massachusetts 02458
                           Attn: David J. Hegarty
                           Telecopy:  (617) 796-8349

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                  with a copy to:

                           Sullivan & Worcester LLP
                           One Post Office Square
                           Boston, Massachusetts 02109
                           Attn: Nancy S. Grodberg, Esq.
                           Telecopy: (617) 338-2880

                  If to Seller:

                           Constellation Health Services, Inc.
                           39 West Lexington Street, 8th Floor
                           Baltimore, MD  21201
                           Attn:  Steven Kesler
                           Telecopy:  (410) 234-6399

                  with copy to:

                           Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
                           750 East Pratt Street
                           Baltimore, MD  21202
                           Attn:  General Counsel
                           Telecopy:  (410) 783-3609

                  and:

                           Kirkland & Ellis
                           655 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1200
                           Washington, D.C.  20005
                           Attn:  Mark D. Director
                           Telecopy:  (202) 879-5200

              (b) Any party may change the address to which such  communications
are to be directed to it by giving  written notice to the other in the manner in
paragraph (a) above.

         22. GOVERNING LAW;  SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  This Agreement and the
obligations  of the parties  hereunder  shall be governed by and  construed  and
enforced in accordance  with the substantive and procedural laws of the State of
Maryland,  without  regard to rules on choice of law.  Any action to enforce the
terms hereof may be properly  venued in, and shall be brought in, the federal or
state courts located in the City of Baltimore,  Maryland on an exclusive  basis.
Each party hereto agrees that it shall submit to the jurisdiction of such courts
for purposes of actions to enforce the terms of this Agreement.

         23.  PUBLICITY.  Buyer and  Seller  agree  that,  from the date  hereof
through  and  including  the Closing  Date,  no public  release or  announcement
concerning the transactions  contemplated  hereby shall be issued or made by any
party hereto  without the prior consent of the other party (which  consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld), except (a) as such release or

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announcement  may  be  required  by  law  or the  rules  or  regulations  of any
securities  exchange  or state  regulatory  requirements  (or in the  opinion of
counsel such release or  announcement  is appropriate  or desirable  under or in
light of such laws and regulations),  in which case the party making the release
or announcement  shall allow the other party  reasonable time to comment on such
release or  announcement  in advance of such  issuance and (b) that,  subject to
Buyer's  prior  approval  (not to be  unreasonably  withheld)  of the  form  and
substance  thereof,  Seller  may make  such an  announcement  to its  employees.
Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  Buyer and Seller shall  cooperate to prepare a
joint press  release to be issued on the Closing  Date and,  upon the request of
either  Buyer or Seller,  at the time of the signing of this  Agreement  (except
that in no event shall any such press  release  issued by any party  hereto name
any other party hereto  without such other party's prior approval which will not
be  unreasonably  withheld).  Buyer and  Seller  agree to keep the terms of this
Agreement  confidential,  except to the extent required by applicable law or for
financial reporting purposes and except that the parties may disclose such terms
to their respective counsel, auditors,  accountants,  agents, advisors and other
representatives  as necessary in connection  with the ordinary  conduct of their
respective  businesses  (so long as such Persons are obligated to keep the terms
of  this  Agreement  confidential).  Notwithstanding  anything  to the  contrary
contained herein, either party may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute
discretion to any mention of its name in any public release or announcement.

         24. ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This Agreement,  the attached  Schedules and the
agreements referred to herein or executed simultaneously herewith, set forth the
entire agreement and understanding of the parties in respect to the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby and supersede all prior agreements, arrangements
and undertakings, whether written or oral, relating to the subject matter hereof
(other than the Access  Letter and the  Confidentiality  Agreement,  which shall
continue  in  effect).   Except  as  otherwise  specifically  provided  in  this
Agreement,  no  conditions,  usage of trade,  course of dealing or  performance,
understanding or agreement purporting to modify, vary, explain or supplement the
terms or conditions of this Agreement  will be binding unless  hereafter made in
writing  and  signed  by the  party to be  bound,  and no  modification  will be
effected by the  acknowledgment  or acceptance of documents  containing terms or
conditions at variance with or in addition to those set forth in this Agreement,
except as otherwise specifically agreed to by the parties in writing.

         25. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement and any rights and obligations hereunder
shall  not be  assignable  or  transferable  by Buyer or  Seller  (including  by
operation  of law in  connection  with a  merger  or sale of  stock,  or sale of
substantially  all the assets,  of Buyer or Seller)  without  the prior  written
consent of the other party,  and any purported  assignment  without such consent
shall be void and  without  effect;  provided,  however,  that each of Buyer and
Seller may (a) assign any or all of its rights and interests hereunder to one or
more of its  affiliates  and (b)  designate  one or  more of its  affiliates  to
perform  its  obligations  hereunder;   and,  provided  further,  however,  that
notwithstanding  such  assignment,   each  of  Buyer  and  Seller  shall  remain
responsible for the performance of all of its respective obligations hereunder.

         26.  AMENDMENT AND WAIVER.  This  Agreement  may be amended,  modified,
superseded  or  canceled,  and  any of the  terms,  covenants,  representations,
warranties  or  conditions  hereof may be waived,  only by a written  instrument
executed by the parties hereto,  or, in the case of a waiver, by or on behalf of
the party waiving  compliance.  The failure of any party at any time or times to
require  performance of any provision hereof shall in no manner affect the

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right at a later  time to  enforce  the  same.  No  waiver  by any  party of any
condition,  or of any breach of any term,  covenant,  representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be
or construed as a further or continuing  waiver of any such  condition or breach
or a waiver of any other condition or of any breach of any other term, covenant,
representation or warranty.

         27. EXPENSES.  Whether or not the transactions  contemplated hereby are
consummated,  and except as otherwise  specifically  provided in this Agreement,
all costs and  expenses  incurred  in  connection  with this  Agreement  and the
transactions contemplated hereby, including legal, due diligence, accounting and
investment banking fees and expenses,  shall be paid by the party incurring such
costs or expenses.

         28.  HEADINGS.  The section and  paragraph  headings  contained in this
Agreement are for reference  purposes  only, and shall not in any way affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

         29.  COUNTERPARTS.  This  Agreement  may be  executed  in  one or  more
counterparts  (including by means of telecopied  signature pages),  all of which
shall be considered one and the same agreement,  and shall become effective when
one or more such  counterparts  have  been  signed  by each of the  parties  and
delivered to the other parties.

         30. INTERPRETATION. Unless the context requires otherwise:

                  (a) this  Agreement  includes this Purchase and Sale Agreement
         and any other agreement entered into by Buyer and Seller on the Closing
         Date or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

                  (b) the singular shall include the plural and the plural shall
         include the singular and any gender shall include all other genders all
         as the meaning and the context of the Agreement shall require;

                  (c)  references to Sections and  paragraphs  refer to sections
         and paragraphs, respectively, of this Agreement;

                  (d) references to Schedules are to schedules  attached to this
         Agreement, each of which is hereby incorporated and made a part of this
         Agreement for all purposes as if set forth in full herein;

                  (e)  the  words  "including,"  "include,"  "includes"  and all
         variants thereof mean "including, without limitation;" and

                  (f)  all   references  to  "Dollars"  and  "dollars"  in  this
         Agreement are to United States dollars.

         31.  NO  STRICT  CONSTRUCTION.   Notwithstanding  the  fact  that  this
Agreement  has been drafted or prepared by one of the parties,  Buyer and Seller
confirm that both they and their  respective  counsel have reviewed,  negotiated
and adopted  this  Agreement as the joint  agreement  and  understanding  of the
parties,  and the  language  used in this  Agreement  shall be

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deemed to be the language  chosen by the parties  hereto to express their mutual
intent, and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Person.

         32.  SCHEDULES.  The disclosures in the schedules hereto (including any
disclosures made in amendments  pursuant to Section 1) (the "Schedules")  relate
only to the sections identified in such Schedules.  The inclusion of information
in the  Schedules  hereto  shall  not be  construed  as an  admission  that such
information is material to the Senior Living Assets,  the Purchased Assets,  the
Assumed  Liabilities  or Seller.  Matters  listed on any one  Schedule  shall be
deemed  disclosed  with  reference to all sections of the  Schedules  and all of
Section 7 hereof.

         33. SEVERABILITY.  Whenever possible,  each provision of this Agreement
shall  be  interpreted  in  such  manner  as to be  valid  and  effective  under
applicable law, but if any provision of this Agreement or the application of any
such provision to any Person or circumstance  shall be held invalid,  illegal or
unenforceable  in  any  respect  by a  court  of  competent  jurisdiction,  such
invalidity,  illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision
hereof.

         34. NO THIRD PARTY  BENEFICIARIES.  Except as provided  with respect to
indemnification  as set forth in Section 16 and  except as  otherwise  expressly
stated in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall confer any rights upon
any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective heirs,  successors
and permitted assigns.

         35. DEFINITION OF AFFILIATE. As used herein, the term "affiliate" shall
have the meaning set forth in Rule 405  promulgated  under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended.

         36. TIME OF ESSENCE.  Time shall be of the essence  with respect to the
performance  of each and every  covenant and  obligation,  and the giving of all
notices, under this Agreement.

         37. SNH  LIMITATION OF LIABILITY.  The  Declaration  of Trust of SNH, a
copy of which is duly filed with the Department of  Assessments  and Taxation of
the State of Maryland, provides that the name "SNH" refers to the trustees under
such  Declaration of Trust  collectively  as trustees,  but not  individually or
personally, and that no trustee, officer, shareholder,  employee or agent of SNH
shall  be  held  to any  personal  liability,  jointly  or  severally,  for  any
obligation  of, or claim against,  SNH. All persons  dealing with SNH in any way
shall  look  only  to the  assets  of SNH  for  the  payment  of any  sum or the
performance of any obligation.

         38. SECTION 338 ELECTIONS AND FORMS.

              (a) At Buyer's election, Seller shall cooperate with Buyer to make
(jointly, where applicable),  all available federal and state Section 338(h)(10)
Elections in accordance with applicable Tax laws, and where a Section 338(h)(10)
Election is unavailable  Seller and Buyer shall at Buyer's election jointly make
all available  Section  338(g)  Elections in accordance  with all applicable Tax
laws. Except as otherwise  required by Law, Seller and Buyer agree to report the
transfers under this Agreement  consistent with any Section 338(h)(10) Elections
and Section 338(g) Elections made.

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              (b) Buyer shall be responsible for the initial  preparation of any
Section 338 Forms,  and Seller and Buyer shall  cooperate in the preparation and
filing of any and all Section 338 Forms in accordance  with  applicable Tax laws
and the terms of this  Agreement.  Each of Seller and Buyer  shall  execute  and
deliver to the other such documents or forms as are reasonably  requested by the
other and are  required by any Tax laws  properly  to  complete  the Section 338
Forms,  at least five (5) days prior to the last date such Section 338 Forms may
be filed.

              (c) Seller and Buyer agree that they shall use their best  efforts
to agree,  no later than ten (10) days before the last date on which the Section
338(h)(10)  Election may be filed, on the computation of the Adjusted Grossed Up
Basis and  Aggregate  Deemed Sale Price (as defined  under  applicable  Treasury
Regulations  under  Section  338 of the Code,  and  together  the "ADSP") of the
assets of Heartlands I and  Heartlands II and the  allocation of such ADSP among
such  assets.  If,  ten (10) days  before  the last  date on which  the  Section
338(h)(10) Election may be filed, Seller and Buyer have not reached an agreement
as described  above, any disputed aspects shall be resolved before the last date
on which the Section 338(h)(10) Election may be filed by a "big four" accounting
firm  mutually  agreed upon by Seller and Buyer having no material  relationship
with either Seller or Buyer.

              (d)  Seller  shall be solely  responsible  for the  payment of any
Section 338 Taxes,  notwithstanding  anything in this  Agreement to the contrary
(including, without limitation, Section 18(c)). For purposes of this Section 38,
Buyer shall include, as appropriate, any of Buyer's assigns.

              (e) Additional  Definitions.  For purposes of this Section 38, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:

              ADSP:  shall  have the  meaning  assigned  to such term in Section
38(c).

              Section 338 Forms: means all returns,  documents,  statements, and
other forms that are required to be submitted  to any federal,  state,  or local
governmental  authority in connection  with a Section  338(h)(10)  Election or a
Section  338(g)  Election.  Section 338 Forms shall  include any  "statement  of
section 338  election"  and United  States  Internal  Revenue  Service Form 8023
(together with any schedules or attachments  thereto) that are required pursuant
to Treasury Regulation Sections 1.338-1, 1.338-10, or 1.338(h)(10)-1.

              Section 338 Taxes:  means a Tax that is attributable to, or arises
or results from, a Section  338(h)(10)  Election or a Section  338(g)  Election,
irrespective  of whether such Tax arises in any Taxable  period  before or after
the closing date with respect to the HUD Facility or on whom such Tax is imposed
in the first instance,  and  irrespective of whether such Tax is attributable to
the deemed sale and/or any  distribution in liquidation of assets as a result of
the Section 338(h)(10) Election or the Section 338(g) Election or otherwise.

              Section 338(g)  Election:  means an election  described in Section
338(g) of the Code,  or any  corresponding  election  available  under any other
relevant Tax laws for which a separate election is permissible, for Heartlands I
or  Heartlands  II  in  instances  where  a  Section

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338(h)(10) Election is unavailable, if any, with respect to Seller's sale of the
Shares to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

              Section  338(h)(10)  Election:  means  an  election  described  in
Section  338(h)(10) of the Code, or any corresponding  election  available under
any other relevant Tax laws for which a separate  election is permissible,  with
respect to Seller's sale of the Shares to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.





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         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the parties have duly executed this instrument as
of the day and year first above written.

                                     Seller:

                                     CONSTELLATION HEALTH SERVICES, INC.


                                     By:  /s/ Steven D. Kesler
                                          Name:  Steven D. Kesler
                                          Title:  President

                                     Each of the  other  Sellers
                                     pursuant   to  a  power  of
                                     attorney granted to CHSI:

                                     By:  CONSTELLATION HEALTH SERVICES,
                                             INC.



                                     By: /s/ Steven D. Kesler
                                          Name:  Steven D. Kesler
                                          Title:  President


                                     For  purposes  of  Section 10(d) only:

                                     CONSTELLATION REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC.



                                     By: /s/ Steven D. Kesler
                                          Name:  Steven D. Kesler
                                          Title: President


                                     Buyer:

                                     SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST


                                     By: /s/ David J. Hegarty
                                          Name: David J. Hegarty
                                          Title: President








                        AMENDED AND RESTATED SCHEDULES TO

                           PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

                                  By and Among

                       CONSTELLATION HEALTH SERVICES, INC.

                                       and

                          CERTAIN OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES,

                                   As Seller,

                                       and

                     CONSTELLATION REAL ESTATE GROUP, INC.,

                                  As Guarantor,

                                       and

                        SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST,

                                    As Buyer

                          Dated as of October 25, 2002







                                    SCHEDULES

    SCHEDULE                 DESCRIPTION
      1(a)                   Facilities
     5(b)(i)                 2002 Cap. Ex. Budget
     5(b)(ii)                Reserved Environmental Matters
      7(d)                   No Breach
      7(e)                   Real Property
      7(g)                   Tangible Assets
      7(h)                   Compliance with Laws
      7(i)                   Permits
      7(j)                   Actions and Proceedings
      7(k)                   Subsidiaries
      7(l)                   Financial Statements
      7(m)                   Events Subsequent to Most Recent Balance Sheet
      7(n)                   Contracts
      7(o)                   Trademarks
      7(p)                   Assets
      7(q)                   Employee Benefits
      7(r)                   Environmental, Health and Safety
      7(s)                   Undisclosed Liabilities
      7(u)                   Deposits and Escrows
      7(v)                   Vacation
    10(a)(i)                 Environmental Firms
   10(a)(ii)                 Conduct of Business by Seller
   10(c)(vi)                 Aged Accounts Receivable
  10(c)(vi)(i)               Buyer's Accounts Receivable Collection Procedures
     11(a)                   Employees




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Introduction

Reference  is made to that  certain  Purchase  and Sale  Agreement,  dated as of
August 26, 2002 (the "Agreement"),  by and among Constellation  Health Services,
Inc., a Maryland  corporation and certain of its  Subsidiaries,  on the one hand
(collectively,  "Seller"),  and Senior Housing Properties Trust, a Maryland Real
Estate  Investment Trust  ("Buyer"),  on the other hand and only for purposes of
Section 10(d),  Constellation Real Estate Group,  Inc., a Maryland  corporation.
Capitalized  terms used herein and not otherwise  defined  herein shall have the
meanings given to such terms in the Agreement.

The  following  Schedules  are  qualified in their  entirety by reference to the
specific  provisions of the Agreement,  and are not intended to constitute,  and
shall not be construed as constituting, representations or warranties of Seller,
except as and to the extent provided in the Agreement.  Inclusion of information
herein shall not be construed as an admission that such  information is material
to the Senior Living Assets, the Assumed Liabilities, the Shares and/or Seller.
Matters  reflected in the  following  Schedules are not  necessarily  limited to
matters  required  by  the  Agreement  to be  reflected  in the  Schedules.  The
disclosure  of any  matter  in  the  Schedules  shall  not  be  construed  as an
indication  that such matter is required to be disclosed by the Agreement.  Such
additional  matters  are set forth for  informational  purposes  only and do not
necessarily include other matters of a similar nature.

References to any document are not purported to be complete and are qualified in
their entirety by the referenced document itself.

Matters  disclosed  in any  Schedule  shall be  deemed  to be  disclosed  in all
Schedules in which such matters are required to be disclosed.

Headings have been inserted on the Sections of the Schedules for  convenience of
reference  only and shall to no extent  have the effect of  amending or changing
the express description of the Sections as set forth in the Agreement.

The information contained herein is in all events subject to the Confidentiality
Agreement.

SELLER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND OR NATURE,  EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED,  AT LAW OR IN EQUITY,  WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR  COMPLETENESS OF
THE  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  THESE  SCHEDULES  EXCEPT  AS SET  FORTH  IN THE
AGREEMENT.  NONE OF SELLER OR ANY OTHER  PERSON  SHALL HAVE OR BE SUBJECT TO ANY
LIABILITY  TO BUYER,  OR ANY OTHER PERSON  RESULTING  FROM THE  DISTRIBUTION  TO
BUYER,  OR  BUYER'S  USE OF,  THE  INFORMATION  CONTAINED  IN  THESE  SCHEDULES.
FURTHERMORE,  SELLER  RESERVES  ITS RIGHT TO AMEND THESE  SCHEDULES  AT ANY TIME
PRIOR TO CLOSING.

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                                  Schedule 1(a)

                                   Facilities



1(a)(i): Address & Description of Owned Real Property

1.   HeartFields at Bowie, MD:  7600 Laurel Bowie Road, Bowie, MD  20715

2.   HeartFields at Cary, NC:  1050 Crescent Green Drive, Cary, NC 27511

3.   HeartFields at Easton, MD:  700 Port Street, Easton, MD 21601

4.   HeartFields at Frederick, MD (Dearbought Community): 1820 Latham Drive,
     Frederick, MD  21701

5.   HeartFields at Fredericksburg, VA: 20 HeartFields Lane, Fredericksburg,
     VA  22405

6.   Heartlands at Severna Park, MD: 715 Benfield Road, Severna Park, MD 21146

7.   Aspenwood: 14400 Homecrest Road, Silver Spring, MD 20906

8.   HeartFields at Richmond, VA: 501 North Allen Avenue (Corner of Grace),
     Richmond, VA  23220

9.   HeartHomes at Bay Ridge: 3023 A and 302 B-Arundel on the Bay Road,
     Annapolis, MD  21403

10.  HeartHomes at Linthicum:  804 and 806 Camp Meade Road, Linthicum, MD  21090

11.  HeartHomes at Lutherville: 1414 and 1420 Front Avenue, Lutherville, MD
     21093

12.  HeartHomes at Piney Orchard:  8735 Piney Orchard Parkway, Odenton, MD 21113

13.  HeartHomes at Pasadena, MD: 8016 Ritchie Highway, Pasadena, MD 21122

1(a)(ii): Address and Description of Ground Leased Real Property

1.       Heartlands at Ellicott City

         (a)      Ground lease between Bon Secours Hospital  Baltimore,  Inc. as
                  fee owner, and Heartlands Retirement  Community--Ellicott City
                  I, Inc., for property commonly known as 3004 North Ridge Road,
                  Ellicott City, Howard County, MD 21043

         (b)      Ground lease between Bon Secours Hospital  Baltimore,  Inc. as
                  fee owner, and Heartlands Retirement  Community--Ellicott City
                  II, Inc., for property  commonly known as the 3004 North Ridge
                  Road, Ellicott City, Howard County, MD 21043




2.       HeartHaven at Seabury

         (a)      Ground lease  between  Church Home of Hartford,  Inc.,  as fee
                  owner, and HeartHaven Retirement Community--Seabury,  LLC, for
                  property commonly known as 100 Seabury Drive,  Bloomfield,  CT
                  06002.

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                         OMITTED EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES

The  following  exhibits and Schedules to the Purchase and Sale  Agreement  have
been omitted:

Exhibit Letter                               Exhibit Title

A                                            Interim Management Agreement
B                                            Net Operating Income Calculation

All Schedules, other than Schedule 1(a), have been omitted.

The Registrant agrees to furnish  supplementally a copy of the foregoing omitted
exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.