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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                                 REVOLVING NOTE

U.S. $1,000,000.00                                  Dated as of: August 19, 2003

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, FOUNTAIN VIEW, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("Parent") and the companies listed on the signature page hereto
(collectively with Parent, each individually a "BORROWER" and collectively,
"BORROWERS"), hereby promise to pay to CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC, as
administrative agent and collateral agent (in such capacities, "AGENT"), for the
benefit of the Lenders party to the Loan Agreement (as hereinafter defined), the
unpaid principal amount of all Advances made by the Lenders to Borrowers under
the Revolving Facility, with interest thereon, and all other Obligations under
the Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among
Borrowers, Agent and Lenders (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the "LOAN AGREEMENT"), all at the times and in the
manner set forth in the Loan Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meanings given them in the Loan Agreement.

         1.       INTEREST AND PAYMENTS.

                  (a)      Borrowers promise to pay interest on the outstanding
principal amount of the Revolving Facility in accordance with the provisions of
the Loan Agreement.

                  (b)      Payments of interest and other Obligations shall be
made, when due, by the application of funds advanced under the Revolving
Facility or otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Loan Agreement.

         2.       MATURITY.

                  Unless earlier due and payable or accelerated under the Loan
Agreement, this Revolving Note shall mature, and the outstanding principal
balance hereunder and other Obligations, together with all other outstanding
amounts due hereunder and under the Loan Agreement, shall become due and payable
in full on the Maturity Date.

         3.       LOAN AGREEMENT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT.

                  (a)      This Revolving Note is referred to in, made pursuant
to, and entitled to the benefits of, the Loan Agreement. The Loan Agreement,
among other things, (i) provides for the making of the Revolving Facility by
Lenders to Borrowers in the Dollar amount first mentioned above, (ii) contains
provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain
stated events upon the terms and conditions therein specified, and (iii)
contains provisions defining an Event of Default and the rights and remedies of
Agent and Lenders upon the occurrence of an Event of Default.

                  (b)      This Revolving Note is a secured note, entitled to
the benefits of and security interests granted in, among other things, the Loan
Agreement and the other Security Documents.

         4.       PREPAYMENTS. This Revolving Note may be prepaid in whole or in
part upon notice to Agent and shall be prepaid in whole under certain
circumstances, in each case as provided or required in the Loan Agreement.

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                  5.       LAWFUL LIMITS. This Revolving Note is expressly
limited so that in no contingency or event whatsoever, whether by reason of
acceleration or otherwise, shall the interest and other charges paid or agreed
to be paid to Agent and each Lender for the use, forbearance or detention of
money hereunder exceed the maximum rate permissible under applicable law which a
court of competent jurisdiction shall, in a final determination, deem applicable
hereto. If, due to any circumstance whatsoever, fulfillment of any provision
hereof, at the time performance of such provision shall be due, shall exceed any
such limit, then, the obligation to be so fulfilled shall be reduced to such
lawful limit, and, if Agent or any Lender shall have received interest or any
other charges of any kind which might be deemed to be interest under applicable
law in excess of the maximum lawful rate, then such excess shall be applied
first to any unpaid fees and charges hereunder, then to unpaid principal balance
owed by Borrowers hereunder, and if the then remaining excess interest is
greater than the previously unpaid principal balance hereunder, Agent and each
Lender shall promptly refund such excess amount to Borrowers and the provisions
hereof shall be deemed amended to provide for such permissible rate.

                  6.       GOVERNING LAW. This Revolving Note shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York
without giving effect to its choice of laws provisions.

                            BORROWERS
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                            FOUNTAIN VIEW, INC.
                            ALEXANDRIA CARE CENTER, INC.
                            ALTA CARE CENTER, LLC
                            ANAHEIM TERRACE CARE CENTER, LLC
                            BAY CREST CARE CENTER, LLC
                            BRIER OAK ON SUNSET, INC.
                            CARSON SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING, LLC
                            ELMCREST CARE CENTER, INC.
                            FOUNTAIN VIEW SUBACUTE AND NURSING CENTER, INC.
                            HALLMARK INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.
                            HALLMARK REHABILITATION GP, LLC
                            HALLMARK REHABILITATION LP
                                 By: Hallmark Rehabilitation GP, LLC,
                                     its general partner
                            HANCOCK PARK REHABILITATION CENTER, INC.
                            HANCOCK PARK SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING, INC.
                            HEMET SENIOR ASSISTED LIVING, LLC

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                            LEASEHOLD RESOURCE GROUP, LLC
                            MONTEBELLO CARE CENTER, LLC
                            RIO HONDO SUBACUTE AND NURSING CENTER, INC.
                            ROYALWOOD CARE CENTER, LLC
                            SHARON CARE CENTER, LLC
                            SKILLED HEALTHCARE, LLC
                            SUMMIT CARE CORPORATION
                            SUMMIT CARE TEXAS MANAGEMENT, LLC
                            SUMMIT CARE PHARMACY, INC.
                            SUMMIT CARE TEXAS, LP
                                 By: Summit Care Texas Management, LLC,
                                     its general partner

                            SYCAMORE PARK CARE CENTER, INC.
                            WOODLAND CARE CENTER, LLC

                            By:    \s\ Roland G. Rapp
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                            Name:  Roland G. Rapp
                            Title: Secretary

                            Address for Notices:
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                            Fountain View, Inc.
                            27442 Portola Parkway, Suite 200
                            Foothill Ranch, California 92610
                            Attention: General Counsel
                            Telephone: (949) 282-5822
                            Facsimile: (949)  282-5820
                            E-Mail:    rrapp@fountainviewinc.net