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NEWTON, Mass.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) today announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the announcement of its fourth quarter 2011 financial results.

Five Star plans to issue a press release containing its fourth quarter 2011 financial results before the NYSE opens on Thursday, February 16, 2012. Later that morning, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, Bruce Mackey, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Paul Hoagland, Chief Financial Officer, will host a conference call to discuss the fourth quarter 2011 financial results. Following the companyas remarks, there will be a short question and answer period.

The conference call telephone number is (877) 260-8898. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (612) 332-0718. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time, Thursday, February 23, 2012. To hear the replay, dial (320) 365-3844. The replay pass code is 227509.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the companyas web site, which is located at www.fivestarseniorliving.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the companyas web site about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the companyas web site for about one week after the call.

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is a senior living and healthcare services company which owns, leases and manages senior living communities, including primarily private pay independent and assisted living communities located throughout the U.S. Five Star also operates five institutional pharmacies and two rehabilitation hospitals. Five Star is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.