MCLEAN, Va., May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ) announced today that Mark Ordan, Sunrise's chief executive officer, will participate in a senior housing panel discussion at Green Street Advisors' 2012 Health Care and Lab Space Conference on Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at 10:25 a.m. Central Time (11:25 a.m. Eastern Time) at the Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago, Illinois.

About Sunrise Senior Living

Sunrise Senior Living, a McLean, Va.-based company, employs approximately 31,600 people. As of March 31, 2012, Sunrise operated 308 communities located in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, with a unit capacity of approximately 30,300 units. Sunrise offers a full range of personalized senior living services, including independent living, assisted living, care for individuals with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss, as well as nursing and rehabilitative services. Sunrise's senior living services are delivered by staff trained to encourage the independence, preserve the dignity, enable freedom of choice and protect the privacy of residents. To learn more about Sunrise, please visit http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com.

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