Exhibit (d)(7)



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


For Information Contact:
Dennis Lehman, CFO
(703) 277-7036 


             FORUM GROUP ANNOUNCES $2.50 TENDER OFFER FOR FORUM
                         RETIREMENT PARTNERS UNITS


     Fairfax, Virginia, September 25, 1995 - Forum Group, Inc. (NASDAQ
Small Cap: FOUR) announced today that on Friday, September 22, 1995, it
delivered a letter to the members of the Board of Directors of Forum
Retirement, Inc., the general partner of Forum Retirement Partners, L.P.
(AMEX: FRL), advising them of FGI's decision to commence an offer to
purchase the FRP limited partners' interests not owned by FGI at $2.50 per
unit.  The body of the letter was as follows:

          "We are pleased to advise you that Forum Group, Inc.
          has decided to initiate a tender offer to acquire,
          subject to certain conditions, preferred depositary
          units representing limited partners' interests in Forum
          Retirement Partners, L.P. at $2.50 per unit, net to the
          seller in cash.  The decision was made at a meeting of
          the Executive Committee of FGI's Board of Directors
          earlier this evening.  We expect to make a public
          announcement with respect thereto prior to the
          commencement of trading on Monday, September 25th, and
          will furnish your counsel the formal tender offer
          documentation as soon as reasonably possible.

          Assuming that the tender offer is publicly announced on
          September 25, 1995, it would be required to be formally
          commenced by not later than October 2, 1995.  In the
          event that the tender offer were commenced on that
          date, the expiration date would be October 31, 1995 and
          the Schedule 14D-9 would be required to be filed on
          October 17, 1995.

          We believe that the $2.50 per unit tender offer price
          is fair to unitholders who desire liquidity.  The $2.50
          per unit price represents a 29% premium over the
          closing sales price for units on the AMEX yesterday and
          a 26% premium to the average closing sales price for
          units on the AMEX over the 30 calendar days.  Finally,
          while the tender offer permits unitholders who desire
          liquidity to sell their units at a substantial premium
          to market prices, it will also permit unitholders who
          wish to maintain all or a portion of their investment
          in FRP to do so.  Accordingly, we trust that you will
          decide to support the tender offer.








          We are, of course, available to discuss any aspect of
          our tender offer with you at your convenience."


     Forum Group presently owns approximately 61.7% of the total number of
units outstanding. 

     The tender offer will be made pursuant to an offer to purchase and
related documentation, which are expected to be mailed to unitholders
shortly. 


                                   # # #