Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (Sunrise) is a provider of senior living services in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany. The Company offers a range of personalized senior living services, including independent living, assisted living, care for individuals with Alzheimer’s and other forms of memory loss, nursing and rehabilitative care. It is also engaged in developing senior living communities for itself, for ventures in which it retains an ownership interests and for the third parties. During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company operated 435 communities, including 391 communities in the United States, 15 communities in Canada, 20 communities in the United Kingdom and nine communities in Germany, with a total resident capacity of approximately 54,340. Of the 435 communities, 47 were wholly owned, 15 were under operating leases, 10 were consolidated as a variable interest entity, 203 were owned in unconsolidated ventures and 160 were owned by third parties.