Exhibit 99.1

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2012 Results

Newton, MA (August 1, 2012).  Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (NYSE: FVE) today announced its financial results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2012.

Second Quarter 2012 Financial Highlights:

·                  Total revenues for the second quarter of 2012 increased 11.9% to $349.1 million from $311.9 million for the same period in the previous year.

·                  Income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2012 was $4.9 million compared to $6.0 million for the same period in the previous year.

·                  Income per share from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2012 was $0.10 per basic and diluted share, compared to $0.16 per basic and diluted share, for the same period in the previous year.  Income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2012 included a gain on settlement of our litigation with Sunrise Senior Living, Inc., or Sunrise, of $1.9 million (net of taxes), or $0.04 per basic and diluted share.  Income from continuing operations for the second quarter of 2011 included acquisition costs of $1.2 million, or $0.03 per basic and diluted share.

·                  Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, for the second quarter of 2012 was $16.8 million compared to $11.6 million for the same period in the previous year.  EBITDA for the second quarter of 2012 included a gain on settlement of our litigation with Sunrise that increased EBITDA by $3.4 million, and EBITDA for the second quarter of 2011 included acquisition costs that decreased EBITDA by $1.2 million.  EBITDA excluding these and certain other items was $13.4 million and $12.7 million in the second quarters of 2012 and 2011, respectively. A reconciliation of income from continuing operations determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, to EBITDA and EBITDA excluding certain items for the quarters ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 appears later in this press release.

·                  As of June 30, 2012, we had $23.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, $37.5 million outstanding under our $150.0 million revolving credit facility (secured, principally by real estate), no amounts outstanding under our $35.0 million revolving credit facility (secured, principally by accounts receivable), $46.9 million of mortgage notes outstanding (including $8.7 million in current liabilities) and $24.9 million of convertible senior notes outstanding.  At the end of the second quarter, we also had $337.8 million of net property and equipment, including 31 owned senior living communities with 2,954 living units.

Second Quarter 2012 Operating Highlights:

·                  Senior living occupancy at our owned and leased senior living communities for the second quarter of 2012 was 85.6% compared to 85.2% for the same period in the previous year.

·                  Senior living average daily rate, or ADR, at our owned and leased senior living communities for the second quarter of 2012 decreased by 2.0% to $147.89 from $150.93 for the same period in the previous year.  This decrease resulted from lower rates at certain acquired communities.

·                  The percentage of senior living revenues derived from residents’ private resources for the second quarter of 2012 at our owned and leased senior living communities increased to 74.2% from 72.0% for the same period in the previous year.

·                  For those owned and leased senior living communities that we operated continuously since April 1, 2011, or comparable communities, occupancy was unchanged at 85.2% for the second quarters of 2012 and 2011.

·                  The ADR at comparable communities for the second quarter of 2012 increased by 0.3% to $152.05 from $151.55 for the same period in the previous year.

Year to Date Financial Highlights:

·                  Total revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2012 increased 12.2% to $695.2 million from $619.5 million for the same period in the previous year.

·                  Income from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $5.7 million compared to $11.9 million for the same period in the previous year.

·                  Income per share from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $0.12 per basic and diluted share, compared to $0.33 and $0.32 per share, basic and diluted, respectively, for the same period in the previous year.  Income from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2012 included a gain on settlement of our litigation with Sunrise which was $1.9 million, or $0.04 per basic and diluted share, after taking into account income taxes.  Income from continuing operations for the six months ended June 30, 2011 included acquisition costs of $1.3 million, or $0.04 per basic and diluted share.

·                  EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2012 was $25.7 million compared to $22.4 million for the same period in the previous year. EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2012 included a gain on settlement of our litigation with Sunrise that increased EBITDA by $3.4 million and EBITDA for the six months ended June 30, 2011 included acquisition costs that decreased EBITDA by $1.3 million.  EBITDA excluding these and certain other items was $22.3 million and $23.5 million in the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. A reconciliation of income from continuing operations determined in accordance with GAAP to EBITDA and EBITDA excluding certain items for the six months ended June 30, 2012 and 2011 appears later in this press release.

Other Highlights:

·                  Since May 2012, we have either begun to manage or agreed to manage 12 senior living communities with a combined 2,763 living units for Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH). All of these communities are focused on providing independent and/or assisted living services and generate a large majority of their revenues from residents’ private resources, not from Medicare or Medicaid government funded programs.  In May 2012, we began to manage a senior living community with 59 living units located in South Carolina.  In June 2012, we began to manage a senior living community with 232 living units which is also located in South Carolina for another owner pending SNH’s acquisition (SNH completed the acquisition in July 2012).  In May 2012, we also reached agreement with SNH and Sunrise whereby Sunrise will terminate its leases for 10 senior living communities owned by SNH and we will begin to manage the 10 communities for SNH’s account.  These 10 communities include 2,472 living units and are located in six states.  We currently expect to begin managing these 10 communities before year end 2012 after all appropriate regulatory approvals are obtained.

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·                  In July 2012, we entered into an agreement to sell our pharmacy business to Omnicare, Inc., or Omnicare, for currently expected effective net cash receipts of $39.9 million, before third party transaction costs.  Our pharmacy business includes eight licensed pharmacies operating in 13 states that provide institutional pharmacy services to 247 senior living communities with approximately 12,300 living units.  We currently anticipate the sale of this business will result in a capital gain of approximately $23.5 million.  Completion of this sale is subject to various customary closing conditions, including licensing approvals.  We anticipate this sale will be completed during the second half of 2012.

·                  In May 2012, we agreed to settle our long running litigation with Sunrise, which involved amounts charged by Sunrise to us for certain insurance programs for senior living communities managed by Sunrise for us in the past.  Pursuant to the settlement agreement, Sunrise paid us $4.0 million in cash and we recorded a pre-tax gain of $3.4 million, net of legal fees, during the second quarter of 2012.

·                  In April 2012, we entered into a new $150.0 million secured revolving credit facility with a group of nine banks.  The new facility is in addition to our existing $35.0 million secured revolving credit facility, which has a maturity date of March 18, 2013.  The maturity date of the new facility is April 13, 2015 and includes options which can be exercised by us to extend the facility through April 13, 2017, subject to conditions.  Drawings under the new facility are at LIBOR plus a spread of 250 basis points.  The new facility is secured by 15 senior living communities with 1,549 living units owned by us that have a total appraised value of approximately $230.0 million.  Upon closing of the new credit facility and soon thereafter, we used drawings under the facility to repay $38.0 million under and terminate the bridge loan from SNH as well as to fund the repurchase of $12.4 million of our convertible senior notes outstanding at a price modestly below par value.

Bruce Mackey, President & CEO, made the following statement regarding the second quarter results of operations and recent activities:

“Five Star’s second quarter results generated income from continuing operations of $0.06 per share, after excluding $0.04 per share of gain from the Sunrise litigation settlement, which is $0.04 per share better than income from continuing operations during the first quarter of 2012.  EBITDA also improved over the first quarter of 2012 by over 50% to $13.4 million during the second quarter, after excluding $3.4 million of gain from the Sunrise litigation settlement.  These improvements were largely driven by improved community expense margin management and a sequential improvement in ADR.  Although increasing occupancy continues to be a challenge for the company, we believe our consolidated senior living occupancy is equal to the industry average and our same store senior living occupancy remained essentially unchanged year over year.

Over the last few months we have continued to focus on the private pay independent and assisted living industry.  Since May, we have either begun to manage or agreed to manage 12 additional communities with 2,763 living units.  Also, we recently reached agreement to sell our pharmacy business for expected effective net cash receipts of $39.9 million, which is over twice as much as we have invested in the business.

From a capitalization perspective, the company’s total debt as a percent of total book capital is only 27.6%.  As of June 30, 2012, we had $23.6 million of cash and cash equivalents, owned 12 unencumbered senior living communities with 840 living units and had $145.6 million of availability under our two revolving credit facilities.  Also, during the quarter, we repaid and terminated our bridge loan from SNH and repurchased $12.4 million of our senior convertible notes at a modest discount to par value.”

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Conference Call:

On August 1, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, we will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter financial results.  Following management’s presentation, there will be a question and answer period.

The conference call telephone number is (877) 209-9920.  Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (612) 332-1210. 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, August 8, 2012. To hear the replay, dial (320) 365-3844. The replay pass code is 252610.

A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen only mode on the Company’s website at www.fivestarseniorliving.com.  Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the Company’s website about five minutes before the call.  The archived webcast will be available for replay on the Company’s website for about one week after the call. The recording and retransmission in any way of the Company’s second quarter 2012 conference call is strictly prohibited without the prior written consent of the Company.  The Company’s website is not incorporated as part of this press release.

About Five Star Quality Care, Inc.:

Five Star Quality Care, Inc. is a senior living and healthcare services company.  As of June 30, 2012, we operated 247 senior living communities with 27,497 living units located in 30 states, including 31 communities (2,954 living units) that we own and operate, 191 communities (20,805 living units) that we lease and operate, and 25 communities (3,738 living units) that we manage.  These communities include independent living, assisted living and skilled nursing communities.  We also operate two leased rehabilitation hospitals.  We are headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

WARNING REGARDING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS PRESS RELEASE CONTAINS STATEMENTS WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PRIVATE SECURITIES LITIGATION REFORM ACT OF 1995 AND OTHER SECURITIES LAWS.  WHENEVER WE USE WORDS SUCH AS “BELIEVE”, “EXPECT”, “ANTICIPATE”, “INTEND”, “PLAN”, “ESTIMATE”, OR SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS, WE ARE MAKING FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS.  THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS ARE BASED UPON OUR CURRENT INTENT, BELIEFS OR EXPECTATIONS, BUT THEY ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO OCCUR AND MAY NOT OCCUR AS A RESULT OF VARIOUS FACTORS.  FOR EXAMPLE:

·                  CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER OUR CREDIT FACILITIES IS SUBJECT TO OUR SATISFYING CERTAIN FINANCIAL COVENANTS AND MEETING OTHER CUSTOMARY CONDITIONS.

·                  ACTUAL ANNUAL COSTS UNDER OUR CREDIT FACILITIES WILL BE HIGHER THAN LIBOR PLUS A PREMIUM ON DRAWINGS BECAUSE OF OTHER FEES AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACILITIES.

·                  THE AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE BORROWINGS UNDER OUR CREDIT FACILITIES IS SUBJECT TO OUR HAVING QUALIFIED COLLATERAL, WHICH IS PRIMARILY BASED ON THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES SECURING THE $150.0 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY AND THE VALUE OF OUR ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLES AND INVENTORY SECURING THE $35.0 MILLION CREDIT FACILITY.  ACCORDINGLY, THE AVAILABILITY OF BORROWINGS UNDER THESE CREDIT FACILITIES AT ANY TIME MAY BE LESS THAN $150.0 MILLION AND $35.0 MILLION, RESPECTIVELY.

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·                  THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT WE EXPECT TO BEGIN MANAGING THE 10 COMMUNITIES OWNED BY SNH AND CURRENTLY MANAGED BY SUNRISE BEFORE YEAR END 2012 AND AFTER ALL APPROPRIATE REGULATORY APPROVALS ARE OBTAINED.  THE TRANSFER OF OPERATING CONTROL OF EACH OF THE 10 COMMUNITIES IS SUBJECT TO REGULATORY APPROVALS IN THE STATE WHERE EACH COMMUNITY IS LOCATED AS WELL AS CERTAIN APPROVALS FROM THIRD PARTY PAYORS AT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES.  WE CANNOT CONTROL THE RESULTS OR TIMING OF THESE APPROVAL PROCESSES.  ACCORDINGLY, SOME OF THESE APPROVALS MAY BE DELAYED OR NOT OCCUR AND OUR BEGINNING TO MANAGE THESE COMMUNITIES MAY BE DELAYED OR MAY NOT OCCUR.

·                  THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT WE HAVE ENTERED AN AGREEMENT TO SELL OUR PHARMACY BUSINESS TO OMNICARE FOR CURRENTLY EXPECTED EFFECTIVE NET CASH RECEIPTS OF $39.9 MILLION, BEFORE THIRD PARTY TRANSACTION COSTS, AND WE EXPECT THIS SALE TO CLOSE DURING THE SECOND HALF OF 2012.  THE AGREEMENT FOR, AND TIMING OF, THIS SALE IS SUBJECT TO VARIOUS CLOSING CONDITIONS, INCLUDING OMNICARE’S OBTAINING LICENSING TO OPERATE THE PHARMACY BUSINESS.  SOME OF THESE CONDITIONS MAY NOT BE MET, THE SALE MAY NOT OCCUR OR THE SALE MAY BE DELAYED.  ALSO, AS A RESULT OF ANY FAILURE OF CERTAIN CONDITIONS, THE FINAL SALE PRICE MAY BE REDUCED.  FOR EXAMPLE, THE FINAL SALE PRICE MAY BE REDUCED BY AS MUCH AS $2.45 MILLION IF CERTAIN THIRD PARTY CONSENTS ARE NOT OBTAINED; ANY REDUCTION OF THE SALE PRICE WOULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF OUR EXPECTED CASH PROCEEDS AND GAIN ON THIS SALE.

·                  THIS PRESS RELEASE STATES THAT WE HAD $23.6 MILLION OF CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT JUNE 30, 2012, AND $145.6 MILLION OF AVAILABILITY UNDER OUR CREDIT FACILITIES, WHICH MAY IMPLY THAT WE HAVE ABUNDANT CASH LIQUIDITY.  HOWEVER, OUR OPERATIONS AND BUSINESS REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF WORKING CASH AND REQUIRE US TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT CAPITAL EXPENDITURES TO MAINTAIN OUR COMPETITIVENESS.  ACCORDINGLY, WE MAY NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT CASH LIQUIDITY.

·                  RESIDENTS AND PATIENTS WHO PAY FOR OUR SERVICES WITH THEIR PRIVATE RESOURCES MAY BECOME UNABLE TO AFFORD OUR SERVICES WHICH COULD RESULT IN DECREASED OCCUPANCY AND REVENUES AT OUR SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITIES AND REHABILITATION HOSPITALS AND INCREASED RELIANCE ON GOVERNMENT AND OTHER PAYERS.

FOR THESE REASONS, AMONG OTHERS, INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS IN THIS PRESS RELEASE.

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Supplemental Information, page 1 of 8

FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF INCOME

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET DATA

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

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SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY OPERATING DATA(1)

(dollars in thousands, except average daily rate)

(1)             Excludes data for managed communities and discontinued senior living operations.

(2)             Community expenses consist of senior living wages and benefits and other senior living operating expenses as shown on our condensed consolidated statement of income.

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FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

COMPARABLE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY OPERATING DATA(1)

(dollars in thousands, except average daily rate)

(1)             Excludes data for managed communities and discontinued senior living operations.

(2)             Communities that we have operated continuously since April 1, 2011.

(3)             Communities that we have operated continuously since January 1, 2011.

(4)             Community expenses consist of senior living wages and benefits and other senior living operating expenses as shown on our condensed consolidated statement of income.

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FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY FINANCIAL DATA(1)

(in thousands)

(1)             Excludes data for managed communities and discontinued senior living operations.

COMPARABLE SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITY FINANCIAL DATA(1)

(1)             Excludes data for managed communities and discontinued senior living operations.

(2)             Communities that we have operated continuously since April 1, 2011.

(3)             Communities that we have operated continuously since January 1, 2011.

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OTHER OPERATING DATA(1)

(dollars in thousands, except average daily rate)