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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.6

                THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER PROMISSORY NOTE

         THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER PROMISSORY NOTE is made this
13th day of June, 2001, by SUNRISE EAST ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
("SEAL"), a Virginia limited partnership, SUNRISE SEAL, L.L.C., a Virginia
limited liability company, SUNRISE HUNTCLIFF ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia limited partnership, SUNRISE STERLING CANYON ASSISTED
LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a California limited partnership, SUNRISE
WESTMINSTER ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company,
SUNRISE PARMA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company,
SUNRISE HAMILTON ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company,
SUNRISE EDINA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Minnesota limited liability company,
SUNRISE WESTON ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership, SUNRISE NORTHSHORE ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Florida
limited partnership, SUNRISE CHESTERFIELD ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Missouri
limited liability company, SUNRISE CLAREMONT ASSISTED LIVING, L.P., a California
limited partnership, SUNRISE TROY ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Michigan limited
liability company, SUNRISE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Virginia
limited liability company, SUNRISE PACIFIC PALISADES ASSISTED LIVING, L.P., a
California limited partnership, SUNRISE WEST HARTFORD ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a
Connecticut limited liability company, SUNRISE TFE ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C., a
Virginia limited liability company, SUNRISE ARLINGTON, MA ASSISTED LIVING,
L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, and SUNRISE MARLBORO ASSISTED
LIVING, L.L.C., a New Jersey limited liability company (collectively, the
"Original Borrowers") and SUNRISE BATON ROUGE ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a
Louisiana limited liability company, SUNRISE BLOOMINGDALE ASSISTED LIVING,
L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company, SUNRISE FARMINGTON HILLS ASSISTED
LIVING, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company, SUNRISE NEW ORLEANS
ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, SUNRISE OAKLAND
ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a California limited partnership, SUNRISE
RIVERSIDE ASSISTED LIVING, L.P., a California limited partnership and SUNRISE
WILTON ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Connecticut limited liability company
(collectively, the "Additional Borrowers", collectively with the Original
Borrowers and any other Additional Borrowers, as hereinafter defined, the
"Borrowers"), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., its successors and assigns, as
administrative agent (the "Administrative Agent") for itself and for certain
additional lenders (collectively with the Administrative Agent, the "Lenders")
who are or shall be from time to time participating in a bank group pursuant to
the Third Amended and Restated Agency Agreement of even date herewith (as
amended, restated or substituted from time to time, the "Agency Agreement").

                                    RECITALS

         A. The Lenders have provided a credit facility (such credit facility,
as modified, increased, extended, restated or substituted, is referred to
hereinafter as the "Original Credit
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Facility" or the "Original Loan") in the maximum principal sum of $400,000,000.
Advances or readvances have been made pursuant to, and secured by, the
provisions of that certain Third Amended and Restated Financing and Security
Agreement dated March 14, 2000 by and between the Administrative Agent and the
Original Borrowers (as amended, restated or substituted from time to time, the
"Original Financing Agreement").

         B. The Original Loan is evidenced by that certain Second Amended,
Restated, Consolidated and Increased Master Promissory Note dated July 29, 1999
payable by the Borrowers to Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders as
amended pursuant to the First Amendment to Second Amended, Restated and
Increased Promissory Note by and among the Original Borrowers and the
Administrative Agent (collectively, the "Original Note").

         C. The Borrowers have requested and the Lenders have agreed to decrease
the Credit Facility Committed Amount from $400,000,000 to $265,000,000 (the
"Credit Facility" or the "Loan"). In connection with such decrease and other
modifications to the Original Credit Facility, the Original Financing Agreement
is being amended and restated pursuant to the Fourth Amended and Restated
Financing and Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, restated or
substituted from time to time the "Financing Agreement").

         D. In connection with the modifications to the Credit Facility, the
Additional Borrowers are to be added as borrowers under the Credit Facility.

         E. The Note, the Deeds of Trust (as defined in the Financing
Agreement), the Financing Agreement, the Security Documents (as defined in the
Financing Agreement), and all other documents evidencing or securing the Loan
are hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Financing Documents."

         F. All capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the
meaning given to such terms in the Financing Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers covenant and agree as
follows:

         1. The above Recitals are incorporated herein by reference.

         2. The Original Note is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

$265,000,000                                                       June __, 2001

         FOR VALUE RECEIVED, SUNRISE EAST ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
Virginia limited partnership, SUNRISE SEAL, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability
company, SUNRISE HUNTCLIFF ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia
limited partnership, SUNRISE STERLING CANYON ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, a California limited partnership, SUNRISE WESTMINSTER ASSISTED
LIVING, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability company, SUNRISE PARMA ASSISTED
LIVING, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, SUNRISE HAMILTON ASSISTED

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LIVING, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, SUNRISE EDINA ASSISTED
LIVING, L.L.C., a Minnesota limited liability company, SUNRISE WESTON ASSISTED
LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited partnership, SUNRISE
NORTHSHORE ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Florida limited partnership,
SUNRISE CHESTERFIELD ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Missouri limited liability
company, SUNRISE CLAREMONT ASSISTED LIVING, L.P., a California limited
partnership, SUNRISE TROY ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability
company, SUNRISE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Virginia limited
liability company, SUNRISE PACIFIC PALISADES ASSISTED LIVING, L.P., a California
limited partnership, SUNRISE WEST HARTFORD ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a
Connecticut limited liability company, SUNRISE TFE ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C., a
Virginia limited liability company, SUNRISE ARLINGTON, MA ASSISTED LIVING,
L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, and SUNRISE MARLBORO ASSISTED
LIVING, L.L.C., a New Jersey limited liability company, and SUNRISE BATON ROUGE
ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability company, SUNRISE
BLOOMINGDALE ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability company,
SUNRISE FARMINGTON HILLS ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability
company, SUNRISE NEW ORLEANS ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited
liability company, SUNRISE OAKLAND ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
California limited partnership, SUNRISE RIVERSIDE ASSISTED LIVING, L.P., a
California limited partnership and SUNRISE WILTON ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C., a
Connecticut limited liability company (collectively, the "Additional Borrowers",
collectively with the Original Borrowers and any other Additional Borrowers, as
hereinafter defined, the "Borrowers") promises to pay to the order of BANK OF
AMERICA, N.A., N.A. its successors and assigns (the "Administrative Agent") as
administrative agent for itself and the other lenders who are or shall be from
time to time participating as lenders (collectively with the Administrative
Agent, the "Lenders") hereunder pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated
Agency Agreement of even date herewith, (as amended, restated or substituted
from time to time, the "Agency Agreement"), the maximum principal sum of TWO
HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($265,000,000) (the "Principal Sum") or such
greater amount as the Lenders may from time commit to lend pursuant hereto and
to the Agency Agreement, or so much thereof as may be advanced or readvanced to
or for the account of the Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Financing Agreement (as hereinafter defined), together with interest thereon at
the rate or rates hereinafter provided. All defined terms not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Financing Agreement.

         1. Interest.

         Interest on portions of the outstanding Principal Sum shall accrue and
be payable as set forth in Section 2.4 of the Financing Agreement. Interest
shall be computed for the actual number of days which have elapsed from the date
of each advance of a portion of the Principal Sum calculated on the basis of a
365-day year.

         2. Payments and Maturity.

                  (a) Interest only on the outstanding principal balance of the
Loan shall be due and payable monthly pursuant to the terms of Section 2.4 of
the Financing Agreement;

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                  (b) Principal sums repaid prior to the Maturity Date (as
hereinafter defined) may be reborrowed pursuant to the terms of the Financing
Documents;

                  (c) The outstanding principal balance of the Loan and all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon shall be due and owing at the Maturity Date;
and

                  (d) The Loan shall mature and the entire principal balance of
the Loan, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, shall be due
and payable on the date (the "Maturity Date") referred to in the Financing
Agreement as the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

         The fact that the balance hereunder may be reduced to zero from time to
time pursuant to the Financing Agreement will not affect the continuing validity
of this Note or the Financing Agreement, and the balance may be increased to the
Principal Sum after any such reduction to zero.

         3. Default Interest.

         Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default (as hereinafter defined),
the unpaid Principal Sum shall bear interest thereafter until such Event of
Default is cured at the Post-Default Rate.

         4. Late Charges.

         In the event that any payment due hereunder is not received by the
Administrative Agent within fifteen (15) days of the date such payment is due
(inclusive of the date when due), the Borrower shall pay to the Administrative
Agent on demand a late charge equal to four percent (4%) of such payment.

         5. Application and Place of Payments.

         All payments made on account of this Note, including prepayments, shall
be applied in the following order:

                  (a) First, to all Enforcement Costs and other expenses of the
Administrative Agent and/or the Lenders;

                  (b) Second, to all amounts due to the Administrative Agent (in
its capacity as Administrative Agent) from the Borrowers or the Lenders;

                  (c) Third, to the Lenders, in accordance with their respective
pro rata shares of the Loan, for the past due interest on the Note and the
Settlement Payments (as defined in the Financing Agreement);

                  (d) Fourth, to the payment of any prepayment penalty or
breakage charge due under Section 4.8 of the Financing Agreement;

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                  (e) Fifth, to the Lenders, in accordance with their respective
pro rata shares of the Loan for the unpaid principal of the Note in the order
hereinafter provided plus the pro rata share of the Settlement Payments due;

                  (f) Sixth, to the Lenders, in accordance with their respective
pro rata shares of the Loan, for past due fees required under the Financing
Documents;

                  (g) Seventh, to the Lenders, in accordance with their
respective pro rata shares of the Loan, for all other amounts owed the Lenders
pursuant to the provisions of the Financing Agreement, this Agreement or the
other Financing Documents, including but not limited to any unpaid Commitment
Fees;

                  (h) Eighth, to the Administrative Agent, in payment or
reimbursement of any over-drafts in any account of the Borrowers; and

                  (i) Ninth, to the Administrative Agent for payment to the
Accommodator Lenders (as defined in the Financing Agreement) in accordance with
their respective pro rata shares for amounts due by the Accommodator Borrowers
(as defined in the Financing Agreement) under the Accommodator Credit Facility
(as defined in the Financing Agreement) for distribution to the Accommodator
Lenders

         All payments on account of this Note shall be paid in lawful money of
the United States of America in immediately available funds during regular
business hours of the Administrative Agent at its principal office in Charlotte,
North Carolina or at such other times and places as the Administrative Agent may
at any time and from time to time designate in writing to the Borrower. Any
payment received after 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) shall be deemed to have been
received on the next Banking Day.

         6. Prepayment.

         The Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Principal Sum in full
or in part, at any time and from time to time in accordance with Section 4.8 of
the Financing Agreement. Sums repaid may be reborrowed.

         7. Financing Agreement and Other Financing Documents.

         This Note is the Note described in the Financing Agreement. The term
"Financing Documents" as used in this Note shall mean collectively this Note,
the Financing Agreement, all Deeds of Trust (as further amended or otherwise
modified from time to time), all of the other Financing Documents (as defined in
the Financing Agreement) and any other instrument, agreement, or document
previously, simultaneously, or hereafter executed and delivered by the Borrower
and/or any other person, singularly or jointly with any other person,
evidencing, securing, guaranteeing, or in connection with the Credit Facility or
the Loan.

         8. Security.

         This Note is secured by, among other things, certain deeds of trust or
mortgages (each as amended, restated or substituted from time to time, a "Deed
of Trust" collectively, the "Deeds of

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Trust"), covering that real estate owned by the Borrower and the improvements
thereon more particularly described in the Deeds of Trust identified on any
Borrowing Base Report or listing of Optional Collateral and all other property,
real and personal, more particularly described in the Deeds of Trust
(collectively, the "Property").

         9. Events of Default

         The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an event of default (individually, an "Event of Default" and
collectively, the "Events of Default") under the terms of this Note:

                  (a) The failure of the Borrower to pay to the Administrative
Agent when due any and all amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under
the terms hereunder and such failure continues for five (5) calendar days after
notice thereof by the Administrative Agent, except with regard to payment of
amounts due at maturity for which no notice or cure period shall be required to
be given and except for a Borrowing Base Deficiency (as defined in the Financing
Agreement) which shall be payable as provided in the Financing Agreement; or

                  (b) The occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default (as
those terms are defined in the Financing Agreement) under the terms and
conditions of any of the other Financing Documents, which Default or Event of
Default remains uncured beyond any applicable grace and/or cure period provided
therefor.

         10. Remedies.

         Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, at the option of the
Lenders, all amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under the terms
hereof shall immediately become due and payable by the Borrower to the Lenders
without notice to the Borrower or any other person, and the Lenders shall have
all of the rights, powers, and remedies available under the terms of this Note,
any of the other Financing Documents and all applicable laws. The Borrower and
all endorsers, guarantors, and other parties who may now or in the future be
primarily or secondarily liable for the payment of the indebtedness under the
Loan hereby severally waive presentment, protest and demand, notice of protest,
notice of demand and of dishonor and non-payment of this Note and expressly
agree that this Note or any payment hereunder may be extended from time to time
without in any way affecting the liability of the Borrower, guarantors and
endorsers. The Borrower and all endorsers, guarantors, and other parties who may
now or in the future be liable for payment of the Obligations hereby acknowledge
that all advances under the Loan will be made under and will be evidenced by
this Note.

         11. Mandatory Arbitration.

         Any controversy or claim between or among the parties hereto including
but not limited to those arising out of or relating to this Note or any related
agreements or instruments, including any claim based on or arising from an
alleged tort, shall be determined by binding arbitration in accordance with the
Federal Arbitration Act (or if not applicable, the applicable state law), as
promulgated from time to time by the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the
Arbitration of Commercial Disputes of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation
Services, Inc., predecessor in interest

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to Endispute, Inc., doing business as "J.A.M.S./Endispute" and the "Special
Rules" set forth below. In the event of any inconsistency, the Special Rules
shall control. Judgment upon any arbitration award may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction. Any party to this Note may bring an action, including a
summary or expedited proceeding, to compel arbitration of any controversy or
claim to which this agreement applies in any court having jurisdiction over such
action. The foregoing notwithstanding, in a claim pertaining to a Deed of Trust
or Collateral located in a state with "one-action" rule which might limit to
Lenders' remedies, the Administrative Agent shall have the right in its sole
discretion to restrict the application of this arbitration provision to the
extent that it would otherwise result in a limitation on the Lenders' remedies
in such state.

                           (i) Special Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted
         in Fairfax County, Virginia and administered by J.A.M.S./Endispute who
         will appoint an arbitrator pursuant to its rules of practice and
         procedure; if J.A.M.S./Endispute is unable or legally precluded from
         administering the arbitration, then the American Arbitration
         Association will serve. All arbitration hearings will be commenced
         within ninety (90) calendar days of the demand for arbitration;
         further, the arbitrator shall only, upon a showing of cause, be
         permitted to extend the commencement of such hearing for up to an
         additional sixty (60) calendar days.

                           (ii) Reservations of Rights. Nothing in this Note
         shall be deemed to (i) limit the applicability of any otherwise
         applicable statutes of limitation or repose and any waivers contained
         in this Note; or (ii) be a waiver by Administrative Agent of the
         protection afforded to it by 12 U.S.C. Sec. 91 or any substantially
         equivalent state law; or (iii) limit the right of the Administrative
         Agent or the Lenders (A) to exercise self help remedies such as (but
         not limited to) setoff, or (B) to foreclose against any real or
         personal property collateral, or (C) to obtain from a court provisional
         or ancillary remedies such as (but not limited to) injunctive relief or
         the appointment of a receiver. The Administrative Agent or the Lenders
         may exercise such self help rights, foreclose upon such property, or
         obtain such provisional or ancillary remedies before, during or after
         the pendency of any arbitration proceeding brought pursuant to this
         Note. At the Administrative Agent's or the Lenders' option, foreclosure
         under a deed of trust or mortgage may be accomplished by any of the
         following: the exercise of a power of sale under the deed of trust or
         mortgage, or by judicial sale under the deed of trust or mortgage, or
         by judicial foreclosure. Neither the exercise of self help remedies nor
         the institution or maintenance of an action for foreclosure or
         provisional or ancillary remedies shall constitute a waiver of the
         right of any party, including the claimant in any such action, to
         arbitrate the merits of the controversy or claim occasioning resort to
         such remedies. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the
         Administrative Agent or the Lenders exercise such self help remedies or
         other actions, the Borrower has not waived any of its rights to seek
         legal or equitable relief to defend against the Administrative Agent's
         or the Lenders' exercise of such self help remedies or other actions.
         No provision in the Financing Documents regarding submission to
         jurisdiction and/or venue in

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         any court is intended or shall be construed to be in derogation of the
         provisions in any Financing Document for arbitration of any controversy
         or claim.

                           (iii) Confidentiality. Any arbitration proceeding,
         award, findings of fact, conclusions of law, or other information
         concerning such arbitration matters shall be held in confidence by the
         parties and shall not be disclosed except to each party's employees or
         agents as shall be reasonably necessary for such party to conduct its
         business; provided, however, that either party may disclose such
         information for auditing purposes by independent certified public
         accountants, for complying with applicable governmental laws,
         regulations or court orders, or that is or becomes part of the public
         domain through no breach of this Note.

         12. Consent to Jurisdiction.

         The Borrower irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any state or
federal court sitting in the Commonwealth of Virginia over any suit, action, or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Note. The Borrower irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that the Borrower
may now or hereafter have to the laying the venue of any such suit, action, or
proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action,
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. Final judgment in any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in any
such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Borrower and may be enforced
in any court in which the Borrower is subject to jurisdiction by a suit upon
such judgment provided that service of process is effected upon the Borrower as
provided in this Note or as otherwise permitted by applicable law.

         13. Service of Process.

                  (a) The Borrower hereby irrevocably designates and appoints
Wayne G. Tatusko, Esquire of Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald, 7929 Westpark
Drive, McLean, Virginia 22102, as the Borrower's authorized agent to accept and
acknowledge on the Borrower's behalf service of any and all process that may be
served in any suit, action, or proceeding instituted in connection with this
Note in any state or federal court sitting in the Commonwealth of Virginia. If
such agent shall cease so to act, the Borrower shall irrevocably designate and
appoint without delay another such agent in the Commonwealth of Virginia
satisfactory to the Lenders and shall promptly deliver to the Administrative
Agent evidence in writing of such agent's acceptance of such appointment and its
agreement that such appointment shall be irrevocable.

                  (b) The Borrower hereby consents to process being served in
any suit, action, or proceeding instituted in connection with this Note by (i)
the mailing of a copy thereof by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, to the Borrower and (ii) serving a copy thereof upon the agent
hereinabove designated and appointed by the Borrower as the Borrower's agent for
service of process. The Borrower irrevocably agrees that such service shall be
deemed to be service of process upon the Borrower in any such suit, action, or
proceeding. Nothing in this Note shall affect the right of the Lenders to serve
process in any manner otherwise permitted by law and nothing in this Note will
limit the right of the Lenders otherwise to bring proceedings against the
Borrower in the courts of any jurisdiction or jurisdictions.

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         14. WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.

         THE BORROWER AND THE LENDERS HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING NOT REQUIRED TO BE ARBITRATED PURSUANT TO THE TERMS HEREOF TO
WHICH THE BORROWER AND THE LENDERS, OR ANY OF THEM, MAY BE PARTIES, ARISING OUT
OF OR IN ANY WAY PERTAINING TO (A) THIS NOTE, (B) THE OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS
OR (C) ANY OF THE PROPERTY. IT IS AGREED AND UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS WAIVER
CONSTITUTES A WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST ALL PARTIES TO SUCH
ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING CLAIMS AGAINST PARTIES WHO ARE NOT PARTIES TO
THIS NOTE. THIS WAIVER IS KNOWINGLY, WILLINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY MADE BY THE
BORROWER, AND THE BORROWER HEREBY REPRESENTS THAT NO REPRESENTATIONS OF FACT OR
OPINION HAVE BEEN MADE BY ANY INDIVIDUAL TO INDUCE THIS WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY
OR TO IN ANY WAY MODIFY OR NULLIFY ITS EFFECT. THE BORROWER FURTHER REPRESENTS
THAT IT HAS BEEN REPRESENTED IN THE SIGNING OF THIS NOTE AND IN THE MAKING OF
THIS WAIVER BY INDEPENDENT LEGAL COUNSEL, SELECTED OF ITS OWN FREE WILL, AND
THAT IT HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS WAIVER WITH COUNSEL.

         15. Expenses.

         The Borrower promises to pay to the Administrative Agent on demand by
the Administrative Agent all costs and expenses incurred by the Lenders in
connection with the collection and enforcement of this Note, including, without
limitation, all reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and all court costs.

         16. Notices.

         Any notice, request, or demand to or upon the Borrower or the Lenders
shall be deemed to have been properly given or made when delivered in accordance
with Section 11.1 of the Financing Agreement.

         17. Miscellaneous.

         Each right, power, and remedy of the Lenders as provided for in this
Note or any of the other Financing Documents, or now or hereafter existing under
any applicable law or otherwise shall be cumulative and concurrent and shall be
in addition to every other right, power, or remedy provided for in this Note or
any of the other Financing Documents or now or hereafter existing under any
applicable law, and the exercise or beginning of the exercise by the Lenders of
any one or more of such rights, powers, or remedies shall not preclude the
simultaneous or later exercise by the Lenders of any or all such other rights,
powers, or remedies. No failure or delay by the Lenders to insist upon the
strict performance of any term, condition, covenant, or agreement of this Note
or any of the other Financing Documents, or to exercise any right, power, or
remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver of any such
term, condition, covenant, or agreement or of any such breach, or preclude the
Lenders from exercising any such right, power, or remedy at a later time or
times. By accepting payment after

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the due date of any amount payable hereunder, the Lenders shall not be deemed to
waive the right either to require prompt payment when due of all other amounts
payable under the terms hereof or to declare an Event of Default for the failure
to effect such prompt payment of any such other amount. No course of dealing or
conduct shall be effective to amend, modify, waive, release, or change any
provisions of this Note.

         18. Partial Invalidity.

         In the event any provision of this Note (or any part of any provision)
is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provision (or remaining part of the affected
provision) of this Note; but this Note shall be construed as if such invalid,
illegal, or unenforceable provision (or part thereof) had not been contained in
this Note, but only to the extent it is invalid, illegal, or unenforceable.

         19. Captions.

         The captions herein set forth are for convenience only and shall not be
deemed to define, limit, or describe the scope or intent of this Note.

         20. Governing Law.

         The provisions of this Note shall be construed, interpreted and
enforced in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia as the same
may be in effect from time to time.

         3. It is expressly understood and agreed that the indebtedness
evidenced by the Original Note has not been extinguished or discharged hereby
and is consolidated herein. The Borrower and/or the Administrative Agent agree
that the execution of this Note is not intended and shall not cause or result in
a novation with regard to the Original Note.

         4. This Note may be executed in one or more counterparts each of which
shall constitute an original for all purposes; provided, however, that all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent have
caused this Third Amended and Restated Master Promissory Note to be executed,
under seal, by their duly authorized representatives, as of the date first
written above.

                                  BORROWERS:

WITNESS/ATTEST:                   SUNRISE EAST ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
                                  PARTNERSHIP, a Virginia limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
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                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE SEAL, L.L.C., a Virginia limited
                                  liability company

                                   By:   Sunrise Development, Inc.,
                                         Managing Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
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                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE HUNTCLIFF ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
                                  PARTNERSHIP, a Georgia limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
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                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

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                                  SUNRISE STERLING CANYON ASSISTED LIVING
                                  LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a California limited
                                  partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE WESTMINSTER ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Colorado limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE PARMA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Virginia limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE HAMILTON ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Virginia limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                       12
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                                  SUNRISE EDINA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Minnesota limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE WESTON ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
                                  PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
                                  partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE NORTHSHORE ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
                                  PARTNERSHIP, a Florida limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE CHESTERFIELD ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Missouri limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                       13
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                                  SUNRISE CLAREMONT ASSISTED LIVING, L.P.,
                                  a California limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE TROY ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Michigan limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ASSISTED LIVING,
                                  L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Development, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE PACIFIC PALISADES ASSISTED LIVING,
                                  L.P., a California limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      General Partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                       14
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                                  SUNRISE WEST HARTFORD ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Connecticut limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE TFE ACQUISITIONS ASSISTED LIVING,
                                  L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Development, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE ARLINGTON, MA ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Virginia limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE MARLBORO ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a New Jersey limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Cohasset Assisted Living Limited
                                      Partnership, its Sole Member

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                       15
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                                  SUNRISE BATON ROUGE ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Louisiana limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE BLOOMINGDALE ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  an Illinois limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE FARMINGTON HILLS ASSISTED LIVING,
                                  L.L.C., a limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE NEW ORLEANS ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Louisiana limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                       16
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                                  SUNRISE OAKLAND ASSISTED LIVING LIMITED
                                  PARTNERSHIP, a California limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      its general partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE RIVERSIDE ASSISTED LIVING, L.P.,
                                  a California limited partnership

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      its general partner

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

                                  SUNRISE WILTON ASSISTED LIVING, L.L.C.,
                                  a Connecticut limited liability company

                                  By: Sunrise Assisted Living Investments, Inc.,
                                      Sole Member

                                      By: /s/ James S. Pope        (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              James S. Pope
                                              Vice President

WITNESS:                          BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
                                  as Administrative Agent for the Lenders

                                      By: /s/ Michael J. Landini   (SEAL)
-----------------------------             -------------------------------------
                                              Michael J. Landini
                                              Senior Vice President

                                       17
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise East Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a Virginia limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

          WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Development, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of Sunrise SEAL,
L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, who executed the foregoing
instrument, personally appeared before me and acknowledged said Instrument to be
his act and deed that he executed said Instrument for the purposes therein
contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       18
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Huntcliff Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a Georgia limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Sterling Canyon Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a California
limited partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared
before me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he
executed said Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       19
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Westminster Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Colorado limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Parma Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, who
executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       20
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Hamilton Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company,
who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Edina Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Minnesota limited liability company,
who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       21
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Weston Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Northshore Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a Florida limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       22
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Chesterfield Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Missouri limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Claremont Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a California limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       23

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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Troy Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability company, who
executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Development, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of Sunrise Rancho
Cucamonga Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, who
executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       24
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Pacific Palisades Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a California
limited partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared
before me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he
executed said Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise West Hartford Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Connecticut limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       25
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Development, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of Sunrise TFE
Acquisitions Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability company, who
executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Arlington, MA Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Virginia limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       26
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Cohasset Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts limited
partnership, the sole member of Sunrise Marlboro Assisted Living, L.L.C., a New
Jersey limited liability company, who executed the foregoing instrument,
personally appeared before me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and
deed that he executed said Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that Michael J. Landini, a Senior Vice President of
Bank of America, N.A., who executed the foregoing instrument, personally
appeared before me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that
he executed said Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       27
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Baton Rouge Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Bloomingdale Assisted Living, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       28
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Farmington Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise New Orleans Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Louisiana limited liability
company, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me
and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       29
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Oakland Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a California limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the general partner
of Sunrise Riverside Assisted Living Limited Partnership, a California limited
partnership, who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before
me and acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       30
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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
CITY/COUNTY OF ________________, TO WIT:

          I, _____________________, a Notary Public in and for the jurisdiction
aforesaid, do hereby certify that James S. Pope as Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living Investments, Inc., a Virginia corporation, the sole member of
Sunrise Wilton Assisted Living, L.L.C., a Connecticut limited liability company,
who executed the foregoing instrument, personally appeared before me and
acknowledged said Instrument to be his act and deed that he executed said
Instrument for the purposes therein contained.

         WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                           ------------------------------------
                                           Notary Public

My Commission Expires:

                                       31<PAGE>   1
                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.7

             FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER GUARANTY OF PAYMENT
                                    AGREEMENT

      THIS FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER GUARANTY OF PAYMENT AGREEMENT
(this "Agreement") is made this 13th day of June, 2001, by SUNRISE ASSISTED
LIVING, INC., a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor") for the benefit of BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., as administrative agent ("Administrative Agent") for itself
and for certain additional lenders (collectively with the Administrative Agent,
the "Lenders") who are or shall be from time to time participating as lenders in
a bank group pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Agency Agreement of even
date herewith (as further amended, restated or substituted from time to time,
the "Agency Agreement").

                                    RECITALS

      A. The Administrative Agent and certain other lenders had provided a
credit facility in the maximum principal sum of $400,000,000 (the "Original
Loan"). Advances or readvances have been made pursuant to, and secured by, among
other things, the provisions of that certain Third Amended and Restated
Financing and Security Agreement dated March 14, 2000 by and among the
Administrative Agent and Sunrise East Assisted Living Limited Partnership and
the other Borrowers, as defined therein, the "Original Financing Agreement").

      B. The Original Loan is evidenced by that certain Second Amended,
Restated, Consolidated and Increased Master Promissory Note dated July 29, 1999
payable by the Borrowers to Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, as
amended pursuant to the First Amendment to Amended, Restated, Consolidated and
Increased Master Promissory Note dated March 14, 2000 (collectively, the
"Original Note").

      C. The Guarantor guaranteed the Borrowers' obligations under the Credit
Facility pursuant to the terms of a Third Amended and Restated Guaranty of
Payment dated March 14, 2000 (the "Original Guaranty").

      D. The Borrowers and the Guarantor have requested and the Lenders have
agreed to reduce the maximum principal sum of the Original Loan from
$400,000,000 to $265,000,000, and to make available a revolving credit facility
in such maximum amount to modify certain covenants in the Original Guaranty and
certain provisions of the Original Financing Agreement. In connection with such
modifications to the Credit Facility, the Original Financing Agreement is being
amended and restated pursuant to the Fourth Amended and Restated Financing and
Security Agreement of even date herewith (as amended, extended or substituted
from time to time, the "Financing Agreement"). The Original Note has been
amended and restated pursuant to the terms of the Third Amended, Restated and
Consolidated Master Note of even date herewith in the maximum principal sum of
$265,000,000 (as amended, restated, renewed or substituted from time to time,
the "Note").
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      E. The Lenders have required, as a condition to making the modifications
to the Credit Facility, that the Guarantor execute this Agreement amending and
restating the Original Guaranty in its entirety and deliver it to the
Administrative Agent.

      F. All capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not defined herein
shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Financing Agreement.

      NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce the Lenders to make the Loan to the
Borrower, the Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Lenders amending and
restated the Original Guaranty in its entirety as follows:

                                   ARTICLE I

                                  THE GUARANTY

      Section 1.1 Recitals.

      The Recitals set forth above are incorporated into this Agreement by
reference.

      Section 1.2 Guaranty.

      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the
Lenders:

            (a) the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the
collectibility) of the principal of the Note and the interest thereon, in each
case when due and payable, whether on any installment payment date or at the
stated or accelerated maturity, all according to the terms of the Note and the
other Financing Documents;

            (b) the due and punctual payment in full (and not merely the
collectibility) of all Obligations and other sums and charges which may at any
time be due and payable in accordance with, or secured by, the Note or any of
the other Financing Documents;

            (c) the due and punctual performance of all of the other terms,
covenants and conditions contained in the Financing Documents; and

            (d) all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities of any kind and
nature of the Borrowers to the Lenders, whether now existing or hereafter
created or arising, direct or indirect, matured or unmatured, and whether
absolute or contingent, joint, several or joint and several, and howsoever
owned, held or acquired.

      Section 1.3 Guaranty Unconditional.

       The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Agreement
shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the genuineness, validity,
priority, regularity or enforceability of the Note or any of the Financing
Documents or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor. The Guarantor expressly accepts
the terms and conditions of the Note and the other Financing Documents. The
Guarantor expressly agrees that the Lenders may, in their sole and absolute
discretion, without notice to or further assent of the Guarantor and without in
any way releasing, affecting or in any way impairing the obligations and
liabilities of the Guarantor hereunder:

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            (a) waive compliance with, or any defaults under, or grant any other
indulgences under or with respect to any of the Financing Documents;

            (b) modify, amend, change or terminate any provisions of any of the
Financing Documents;

            (c) grant extensions or renewals of or with respect to the Note or
any of the other Financing Documents;

            (d) effect any release, subordination, compromise or settlement in
connection with the Note or any of the other Financing Documents;

            (e) agree to the substitution, exchange, release or other
disposition of the Collateral or any part thereof, or any other collateral for
the Loans or to the subordination of any lien or security interest therein;

            (f) make advances for the purpose of performing any term, provision
or covenant contained in the Note or any of the other Financing Documents with
respect to which the Borrowers shall then be in default;

            (g) make future advances to the Borrowers pursuant to the Financing
Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents;

            (h) assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer the Note, any
of the other Financing Documents or this Agreement or any interest therein;

            (i) deal in all respects with the Borrowers as if this Agreement
were not in effect; and

            (j) effect any release, compromise or settlement with any of the
Guarantor or any other guarantor.

      Section 1.4 Guaranty Primary.

       The obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Agreement
shall be primary, direct and immediate, shall not be subject to any
counterclaim, recoupment, set off, reduction or defense based upon any claim
that the Guarantor may have against the Borrowers, the Lenders and/or any other
guarantor and shall not be conditional or contingent upon pursuit or enforcement
by the Lenders of any remedies it may have against the Borrowers with respect to
the Note or any of the other Financing Documents, whether pursuant to the terms
thereof or by operation of law. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Lenders shall not be required to make any demand upon the
Borrowers, or to sell the Collateral or otherwise pursue, enforce or exhaust
their remedies against the Borrowers or the Collateral either before,
concurrently with or after pursuing or enforcing their rights and remedies
hereunder. Any one or more successive or concurrent actions or proceedings may
be brought against the Guarantor under this Agreement, either in the same
action, if any, brought against the Borrowers or in separate actions or
proceedings, as often as the Lenders may deem expedient or advisable. Without
limiting the foregoing, it is specifically understood that any modification,
limitation or

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discharge of any of the liabilities or obligations of the Borrowers or any other
obligor under any of the Financing Documents, arising out of, or by virtue of,
any bankruptcy, arrangement, reorganization or similar proceeding for relief of
debtors under federal or state law initiated by or against the Borrowers or the
Guarantor or any obligor under any of the Financing Documents shall not modify,
limit, lessen, reduce, impair, discharge, or otherwise affect the liability of
the Guarantor hereunder in any manner whatsoever, and this Agreement shall
remain and continue in full force and effect. It is the intent and purpose of
this Agreement that the Guarantor shall and does hereby waive all rights and
benefits which might accrue to any other guarantor by reason of any such
proceeding, and the Guarantor agrees that it shall be liable for the full amount
of the obligations and liabilities under this Agreement, regardless of, and
irrespective to, any modification, limitation or discharge of the liability of
the Borrowers, any other guarantor or any obligor under any of the Financing
Documents, that may result from any such proceedings.

      Section 1.5 Certain Waivers by the Guarantor.

      The Guarantor hereby unconditionally, irrevocably and expressly waives:

            (a) presentment and demand for payment of the principal of or
interest on the Note and protest of non-payment;

            (b) notice of acceptance of this Agreement and of presentment,
demand and protest thereof;

            (c) notice of any default hereunder or under the Note or any of the
other Financing Documents and notice of all indulgences;

            (d) notice of any increase in the amount of any portion of or all of
the indebtedness guaranteed by this Agreement;

            (e) demand for observance, performance or enforcement of any of the
terms or provisions of this Agreement, the Note or any of the other Financing
Documents;

            (f) all errors and omissions in connection with the Lenders'
administration of all indebtedness guaranteed by this Agreement, except errors
and omissions resulting from acts of bad faith;

            (g) any right or claim of right to cause a marshalling of the assets
of the Borrowers;

            (h) any act or omission of the Lenders (except acts or omissions in
bad faith) which changes the scope of the Guarantor's risk hereunder; and

            (i) all other notices and demands otherwise required by law which
the Guarantor may lawfully waive.

      Section 1.6 Reimbursement for Expenses.

       In the event the Lenders shall commence any action or proceeding for the
enforcement of this Agreement, then the Guarantor will reimburse the Lenders,
promptly upon demand, for

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any and all reasonable expenses incurred by the Lenders in connection with such
action or proceeding including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees
together with interest thereon at the Post-Default Rate.

      Section 1.7 Events of Default.

       The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an "Event of Default" under the provisions of this Agreement
(individually, an "Event of Default" and collectively, the "Events of Default"):

            (a) The failure of the Guarantor to pay and/or perform any of the
Obligations as and when due and payable in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement and such failure continues for five (5) calendar days after
written notice thereof to the Guarantor by the Administrative Agent, except with
regard to payment of amounts due at maturity, whether by acceleration or
otherwise, for which no notice or cure period shall be required to be given.

            (b) Any representation or warranty made in this Agreement or in any
report, statement, schedule, certificate, opinion (including any opinion of
counsel for the Guarantor), financial statement or other document furnished in
connection with this Agreement, shall prove to have been false or misleading
when made (or, if applicable, when reaffirmed) in any material respect.

            (c) The failure of the Guarantor to comply with Section 3.1(c)
hereof which default shall remain unremedied for ten (10) days after written
notice thereof to the Guarantor by the Administrative Agent.

            (d) The failure of the Guarantor to comply with Section 3.2
(Financial Covenants) hereof.

            (e) The failure of the Guarantor to perform, observe or comply with
any other covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement other
than as set forth in this Section, which default shall remain unremedied for
thirty (30) days after written notice thereof to the Guarantor by the
Administrative Agent, unless the nature of the failure is such that (a) it
cannot be cured within the thirty (30) day period, and (b) the Guarantor
institutes corrective action within the thirty (30) day period and (c) the
Guarantor diligently pursues such action and completes the cure within ninety
(90) days.

            (f) A default shall occur under any of the other Financing Documents
and such default is not cured within any applicable grace period provided
therein.

            (g) The Guarantor shall (i) apply for or consent to the appointment
of a receiver, trustee or liquidator of itself or any of its property, (ii)
admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, (iii) make a
general assignment for the benefit of creditors, (iv) be adjudicated a bankrupt
or insolvent, (v) file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or a petition or an
answer seeking or consenting to reorganization or an arrangement with creditors
or to take advantage of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, readjustment
of debt, dissolution or liquidation law or statute, or an answer admitting the
material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding under any
such law, or take corporate action for the purposes of

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effecting any of the foregoing, or (vi) by any act indicate its consent to,
approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or the appointment of any
receiver of or trustee for any of its property, or suffer any such receivership,
trusteeship or proceeding to continue undischarged for a period of sixty (60)
days, or (vii) by any act indicate its consent to, approval of or acquiescence
in any order, judgment or decree by any court of competent jurisdiction or any
Governmental Authority enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the operation of a
material portion of the Guarantor's business or the use or disposition of a
material portion of the Guarantor's assets.

            (h) (i) An order for relief shall be entered in any involuntary case
brought against the Guarantor under the Bankruptcy Code, or (ii) any such case
shall be commenced against the Guarantor and shall not be dismissed within sixty
(60) days after the filing of the petition, or (iii) an order, judgment or
decree under any other Law is entered by any court of competent jurisdiction or
by any other Governmental Authority on the application of a Governmental
Authority or of a Person other than the Guarantor (A) adjudicating the Guarantor
bankrupt or insolvent, or (B) appointing a receiver, trustee or liquidator of
the Guarantor, or of a material portion of the Guarantor's assets, or (C)
enjoining, prohibiting or otherwise limiting the operation of a material portion
of the Guarantor's businesses or the use or disposition of a material portion of
the Guarantor's assets, and such order, judgment or decree continues unstayed
and in effect for a period of thirty (30) days from the date entered.

            (i) Unless adequately insured in the reasonable opinion of the
Administrative Agent, the entry of a final judgment for the payment of money
involving more than $1,000,000 against the Guarantor, and the failure by the
Guarantor to discharge the same, or cause it to be discharged, within thirty
(30) days from the date of the order, decree or process under which or pursuant
to which such judgment was entered, or to secure a stay of execution pending
appeal of such judgment.

            (j) Default which continues beyond any applicable grace period shall
be made under any obligation of or guaranteed by the Guarantor equal to or
greater than $1,000,000, if the effect of such default is to accelerate the
maturity of such obligation or to permit the holder or obligee thereof to cause
such obligation to become due prior to its stated maturity.

            (k) Default shall be made under any obligation equal to or greater
than $1,000,000 of a consolidated Affiliate, which is otherwise non-recourse to
the Guarantor, if the holder or obligee of such obligation has commenced action
on any of the remedies available to it under the obligation.

            (l) If the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable discretion,
determines in good faith that a Material Adverse Change has occurred in the
financial condition of the Guarantor.

            (m) If the Guarantor shall liquidate, dissolve or terminate its
existence or any change occurs in the management or control of the Guarantor
without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

            (n) If the Guarantor transfers any of its assets in violation of
Section 3.3 hereof.

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            (o) Any execution or attachment shall be levied against any
collateral for this Agreement, or any part thereof, and such execution or
attachment shall not be set aside, discharged or stayed within thirty (30) days
after the same shall have been levied.

      Section 1.8 Rescission of Election to Accelerate.

      In the event the Administrative Agent shall elect to accelerate the
maturity of the Note as to the Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this
Agreement, such election may be rescinded by written acknowledgment to that
effect by the Administrative Agent; provided, however, that the acceptance of a
partial payment on account of the Note shall not alone effect or rescind such
election.

      Section 1.9 Subordination; Subrogation.

      In the event the Guarantor shall advance any sums to the Borrowers, or in
the event the Borrowers has heretofore or shall hereafter become indebted to the
Guarantor before the Obligations have been paid in full, all such advances and
indebtedness shall be subordinate in all respects to the Obligations (the
"Guarantor Subordinated Debt"). Any payment to the Guarantor after the
occurrence of an Event of Default on account of the Guarantor Subordinated Debt
shall be collected and received by the Administrative Agent or the Guarantor in
trust for the Lenders and shall be paid over to the Lenders on account of the
Obligations without impairing or releasing the obligations of the Guarantor
hereunder.

      Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the
Guarantor shall not ask, demand, receive, accept, sue for, set off, collect or
enforce the Guarantor Subordinated Debt or any collateral and security therefor.
The Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lenders that the Guarantor
Subordinated Debt is unsecured and agrees not to receive or accept any
collateral or security therefor without the prior written permission of the
Administrative Agent. The Guarantor shall assign, transfer, hypothecate or
dispose of the Guarantor Subordinated Debt while this Agreement is in effect. In
the event of any sale, receivership, insolvency or bankruptcy proceeding, or
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any proceeding by or against the
Borrowers for any relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other laws
relating to the relief of debtors, readjustment of indebtedness,
reorganizations, compositions or extensions, then and in any such event any
payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or
other property, which shall be payable or deliverable upon, or with respect to,
all or any part of the Guarantor Subordinated Debt or otherwise shall be paid or
delivered directly to the Administrative Agent for application to the
obligations and liabilities of the Guarantor under this Agreement (whether due
or not due and in such order and manner as the Administrative Agent may
determine in the exercise of its sole discretion) until the obligations of the
Guarantor hereunder shall have been fully paid and satisfied. The Guarantor
hereby irrevocably authorizes and empowers the Lenders to demand, sue for,
collect and receive every such payment or distribution on account of the
Guarantor Subordinated Debt and give acquittance therefor and to file claims and
take such other proceedings in the name of the Lenders or in the names of the
Guarantor or otherwise, as the Lenders may deem necessary or advisable to carry
out the provisions of this Agreement. The Guarantor hereby agrees to execute and
deliver to the Administrative Agent such powers of attorney, assignments,
endorsements or other instruments as may be requested by the Administrative
Agent in order to enable the Lenders to enforce any and all claims upon, or with
respect to, the Guarantor Subordinated Debt, and to collect and

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receive any and all payments or distributions which may be payable or
deliverable at any time upon or with respect thereto.

      So as to secure the performance by the Guarantor of the provisions of this
Agreement, the Guarantor assigns, pledges and grants to the Lenders a security
interest in, and lien on, the Guarantor Subordinated Debt, all proceeds thereof
and all and any security and collateral therefor. Upon the request of the
Administrative Agent, the Guarantor shall endorse, assign and deliver to the
Administrative Agent all notes, instruments and agreements evidencing, securing,
guarantying or made in connection with the Guarantor Subordinated Debt.

      Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary,
if the Guarantor is or at any time becomes an "insider" (as defined from time to
time in Section 101 of the United States Bankruptcy Code) with respect to the
Borrowers, or any other guarantor, then the Guarantor irrevocably and absolutely
waives any and all rights of contribution, indemnification, reimbursement,
subrogation or any similar rights against the Borrowers and/or any such
guarantor, with respect to this Guaranty (including any right of subrogation)
whether such rights arise under an express or implied contract or by operation
of law. It is the intention of the Guarantor that it shall not be deemed to be a
"creditor" (as defined in Section 101 of the United States Bankruptcy Code) of
the Borrowers, or any such guarantor, by reason of the existence of this
Agreement in the event that the Borrowers or any such guarantor, becomes a
debtor in any proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code. This waiver is
given to induce the Lenders to make the Loans to the Borrowers.

      Section 1.10 Mandatory Arbitration.

      Any controversy or claim between or among the parties hereto including but
not limited to those arising out of or relating to this Guaranty or any related
agreements or instruments, including any claim based on or arising from an
alleged tort, shall be determined by binding arbitration in accordance with the
Federal Arbitration Act (or if not applicable, the applicable state law), as
promulgated from time to time by the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the
Arbitration of Commercial Disputes of Judicial Arbitration and Mediation
Services, Inc., predecessor in interest to Endispute, Inc., doing business as
"J.A.M.S./Endispute" and the "Special Rules" set forth below. In the event of
any inconsistency, the Special Rules shall control. Judgment upon any
arbitration award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. Any party to
this Guaranty may bring an action, including a summary or expedited proceeding,
to compel arbitration of any controversy or claim to which this agreement
applies in any court having jurisdiction over such action. The foregoing
notwithstanding, in a claim pertaining to a Deed of Trust or Collateral located
in a state with "one-action" rule which might limit to Lenders' remedies, the
Administrative Agent shall have the right in its sole discretion to restrict the
application of this arbitration provision to the extent that it would otherwise
result in a limitation on the Lenders' remedies in such state.

            (a) Special Rules. The arbitration shall be conducted in Fairfax
County, Virginia and administered by J.A.M.S./Endispute who will appoint an
arbitrator pursuant to its rules of practice and procedure; if
J.A.M.S./Endispute is unable or legally precluded from administering the
arbitration, then the American Arbitration Association will serve. All
arbitration hearings will be commenced within ninety (90) calendar days of the
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arbitration; further, the arbitrator shall only, upon a showing of cause, be
permitted to extend the commencement of such hearing for up to an additional
sixty (60) calendar days.

            (b) Reservations of Rights. Nothing in this Guaranty shall be deemed
to (i) limit the applicability of any otherwise applicable statutes of
limitation or repose and any waivers contained in this Guaranty; or (ii) be a
waiver by the Administrative Agent or the Lenders of the protection afforded to
it by 12 U.S.C. Sec. 91 or any substantially equivalent state law; or (iii)
limit the right of Lender (A) to exercise self help remedies such as (but not
limited to) setoff, or (B) to foreclose against any real or personal property
collateral, or (C) to obtain from a court provisional or ancillary remedies such
as (but not limited to) injunctive relief or the appointment of a receiver. The
Lenders may exercise such self help rights, foreclose upon such property, or
obtain such provisional or ancillary remedies before, during or after the
pendency of any arbitration proceeding brought pursuant to this Guaranty. At the
Administrative Agent or the Lenders' option, foreclosure under a deed of trust
or mortgage may be accomplished by any of the following: the exercise of a power
of sale under the deed of trust or mortgage, or by judicial sale under the deed
of trust or mortgage, or by judicial foreclosure. Neither the exercise of self
help remedies nor the institution or maintenance of an action for foreclosure or
provisional or ancillary remedies shall constitute a waiver of the right of any
party, including the claimant in any such action, to arbitrate the merits of the
controversy or claim occasioning resort to such remedies. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that the Lender exercises such self help remedies or
other actions, the Guarantor has not waived any of its rights to seek legal or
equitable relief to defend against the Administrative Agent's or Lenders'
exercise of such self help remedies or other actions. No provision in the
Financing Documents regarding submission to jurisdiction and/or venue in any
court is intended or shall be construed to be in derogation of the provisions in
any Financing Document for arbitration of any controversy or claim.

            (c) Confidentiality. Any arbitration proceeding, award, findings of
fact, conclusions of law, or other information concerning such arbitration
matters shall be held in confidence by the parties and shall not be disclosed
except to each party's employees or agents as shall be reasonably necessary for
such party to conduct its business; provided, however, that either party may
disclose such information for auditing purposes by independent certified
accounts, for complying with applicable governmental laws, regulations or court
orders, or that is or becomes part of the public domain through no breach of
this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE II
                         REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

      Section 2.1 The Guarantor represents and warrants to the Lenders as
follows:

            (a) Good Standing. The Guarantor (i) is duly organized, existing and
in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii)
has the power to own its property and to carry on its business as now being
conducted, and (iii) is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in
each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned by it therein
or in which the transaction of its business makes such qualification necessary.

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            (b) Power and Authority. The Guarantor has full power and authority
to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which
it is a party and to incur and perform the Obligations whether under this
Agreement, the other Financing Documents or otherwise, all of which have been
duly authorized by all proper and necessary action. No consent or approval of
shareholders, members, or any creditors of the Guarantor, and no consent,
approval, filing or registration with or notice to any Governmental Authority on
the part of the Guarantor, is required as a condition to the execution,
delivery, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the other Financing
Documents or the performance by the Guarantor of the Obligations.

            (c) Binding Agreements. This Agreement and the other Financing
Documents executed and delivered by the Guarantor have been properly executed
and delivered and constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of the
Guarantor and are fully enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with
their respective terms, subject to (a) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (b) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such principles of equity are
asserted in an action or proceeding at law or in equity) or the discretion of
the court before which any action or proceeding may be brought and (c) other
applicable laws which may limit the enforceability of certain of the remedial or
procedural provisions contained in this Agreement.

            (d) Compliance with Laws. The Guarantor is not in violation of any
applicable Laws (including, without limitation, any Laws relating to employment
practices, to environmental, occupational and health standards and controls) or
order, writ, injunction, decree or demand of any court, arbitrator, or any
Governmental Authority affecting the Guarantor or any of its properties, the
violation of which, considered in the aggregate, could materially adversely
affect the business, operations or properties of the Guarantor.

            (e) Litigation. There are no proceedings, actions or investigations
pending or, so far as the Guarantor knows, threatened before or by any court,
arbitrator or any Governmental Authority which, in any one case or in the
aggregate, if determined adversely to the interests of the Guarantor, would have
a material adverse effect on the business, properties, condition (financial or
otherwise) or operations, present or prospective, of the Guarantor.

            (f) Financial Condition. The financial statements of the Guarantor
dated December 31, 2000 are complete and correct and fairly present the
financial position of the Guarantor and the results of its operations and
transactions in its surplus accounts as of the date and for the period referred
to and have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis
throughout the period involved. There are no liabilities, direct or indirect,
fixed or contingent, of the Guarantor as of the date of such financial
statements which are not reflected therein or in the notes thereto. There has
been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition or operations of the
Guarantor since the date of such financial statements and to the Guarantor's
knowledge no such Material Adverse Change is pending or threatened. The
Guarantor has not guaranteed the obligations of, or made any investment in or
advances to, any Person, except as disclosed in such financial statements or as
otherwise disclosed in writing to the Lenders. The representations and
warranties contained in this Section shall also cover financial statements
furnished from time to time to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section of
this Agreement.

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            (g) Full Disclosure. The financial statements referred to in Section
2.1(f) of this Agreement, the Financing Documents (including, without
limitation, this Agreement), and the statements, reports or certificates
furnished by the Guarantor in connection with the Financing Documents (i) do not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (ii) when taken in their
entirety, do not omit any material fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading. There is no fact known to the Guarantor which
the Guarantor has not disclosed to the Lenders in writing prior to the date of
this Agreement which constitutes a Material Adverse Change with respect to the
Guarantor or in the future could, in the reasonable opinion of the Guarantor,
constitute a Material Adverse Change with respect to the Guarantor.

            (h) Financial Interest. The Guarantor has a financial interest in
the Borrowers and will derive a benefit from the Loan.

      Section 2.2 Survival; Updates of Representations and Warranties.

       All representations and warranties contained in or made under or in
connection with this Agreement and the other Financing Documents shall survive
the Closing Date, the making of any advance under the Loans and the incurring of
any Obligations.

                                   ARTICLE III
                                    COVENANTS

      Section 3.1 The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees as follows:

            (a) Existence. The Guarantor shall maintain its existence in good
standing in the jurisdiction in which it is organized and in each other
jurisdiction where it is required to register or qualify to do business if the
failure to do so in such other jurisdiction might have a material adverse effect
on the ability of the Guarantor to perform the Obligations, on the conduct of
the Guarantor's operations, on the Guarantor's financial condition, or on the
value of, or the ability of the Lenders to realize upon, the Collateral.

            (b) Further Assurances. The Guarantor will make, execute,
acknowledge and deliver all and every such further acts and assurances as the
Lenders shall from time to time require for confirming or carrying out the
intentions or facilitating the performance of the terms of this Agreement.

            (c) Financial Records - Inspection. The Guarantor will (i) maintain
or cause to be maintained full, complete, accurate and adequate records and
books of account in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied; (ii) permit the Lenders and their duly authorized agents,
attorneys and accountants to inspect, examine, and copy its records and books of
account at all reasonable times; (iii) (1) as soon as available, but in no event
more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the close of the Guarantor's
fiscal years, provide the Administrative Agent with copies of (A) the
Guarantor's consolidated financial statements for the year in question, in form
and detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, prepared in accordance with
generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, and audited by
an independent certified public accountant satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, which financial statements shall include a balance sheet as of the end of
such fiscal year, (B) the related statements of operations and retained earnings
and cash statements for such fiscal year in a

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format acceptable to the Administrative Agent, and (C) an unqualified letter or
opinion of the independent accountant and a Compliance Certificate in the form
of Exhibit G attached to the Financing Agreement, (2) as soon as available, but
in no event more than forty-five (45) days after the end of the Guarantor's
fiscal quarters, provide the Administrative Agent with copies of internally
prepared consolidated and consolidating financial statements of the Guarantor on
a year-to-date basis and as of the close of such period which financial
statements shall include a balance sheet and income and expense statements for
the Guarantor for such period, each certified as to accuracy by the chief
financial officer of Guarantor and a Compliance Certificate in the form of
Exhibit G attached to the Financing Agreement; and (3) as soon as available but
in no event more than thirty (30) days after the date of filing, provide the
Administrative Agent with copies of the federal and state income tax returns for
Guarantor for the year in question as well as any requests for extensions,
schedules and exhibits filed in connection therewith; (iv) the Guarantor shall
provide to the Administrative Agent copies of each 10K or 10Q report as soon as
possible, but in no event more than thirty (30) days after filing such report
with the Securities and Exchange Commission; (v) promptly deliver to the
Administrative Agent such other information with respect to the financial
statements of the Guarantor as the Lenders may from time to time require; and
(vi) all required financial statements shall be accompanied by a certificate of
compliance with the financial covenants set forth in this Agreement (and shall
include the Guarantor's computation of such covenants) signed by the Guarantor's
Chief Financial Officer and a representation whether or not there has occurred a
Default or Event of Default under the Financing Documents and, if so, stating
the facts with respect thereto. All financial statements will include the
following certification:

            "The undersigned as ____________ of ____________ certifies that the
            financial information contained in the financial statement dated
            ________, is true and complete as of this date. This statement is
            provided to Bank of America, N.A. (the "Bank") as agent for the
            Lenders set forth in the Fourth Amended and Restated Agency
            Agreement dated June 13, 2001 as amended, restated or substituted
            from time to time for the purpose of obtaining credit or in
            fulfillment of the terms and conditions of credit already provided.
            Accordingly, it is intended that the Bank may rely on this
            information".

            (d) Estoppel Certificates. Within ten (10) days following any
request of the Administrative Agent so to do, the Guarantor will furnish the
Administrative Agent and such other persons as the Administrative Agent may
direct with a written certificate, duly acknowledged stating in detail whether
or not any credits, offsets or defenses exist with respect to this Agreement.

      Section 3.2 Financial Covenants.

      Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees that, until the Loans and all of the
other Obligations have been paid and performed in full, it will:

            (a) Minimum Tangible Net Worth. Maintain, on a consolidated basis
with all subsidiaries, at all times during the term of the Loan measured
quarterly beginning with the quarter ending March 31, 2001, a minimum Tangible
Net Worth of not less than the sum of

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$284,000,000, plus 75% of the Guarantor's net income (if positive) for each
subsequent quarter, plus 85% of the net proceeds to the Guarantor of any equity
capital transaction received during any subsequent quarter. "Tangible Net Worth"
means, at any time, the sum at such time of Net Worth (as defined by GAAP) plus
the dollar amount of the leasehold value associated with the properties which
are the subject of the synthetic lease transactions (which leasehold value would
otherwise be categorized as an intangible asset on the financial statements of
the Guarantor), less the total of (aa) all assets which would be classified as
intangible assets under GAAP, including goodwill (except for deferred taxes
recorded as goodwill and except for the goodwill purchased in connection with
the acquisition of Karrington Health, Inc. in the amount of $32,000,000 which
shall be included in Tangible Net Worth), trademarks, trademark applications,
trade names, service marks, patent applications and licenses, and deferred
charges, (bb) any revaluation or other write-up in book value of assets
subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements delivered to the
Administrative Agent prior to the date of this Agreement, (cc) the amount of all
loans and advances to, or investments in, any person or entity, excluding (x)
cash equivalents and deposit accounts maintained by the Guarantor with any
financial institution (y) certain mortgage revenue bonds issued by the Bucks
County, Pennsylvania Industrial Development Authority and (z) investments of
less than $2,500,000 individually (not to exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate),
and (dd) advances or loans made to or receivables from any unconsolidated
affiliates (excluding subordinated debt or loans of unconsolidated subsidiaries
and affiliates of Guarantor which are parties to development and management
contracts with Sunrise Development, Inc. and Sunrise Assisted Living Management,
Inc.) of which the Guarantor owns less than fifty percent (50%) or any
stockholder of the Guarantor or any affiliate.

            (b) Minimum Liquidity. Maintain at all times, on an individual basis
(i.e. parent company only), Liquid Assets (as defined in the Financing
Agreement) at all times of the greater of $25,000,000 or ninety (90) days of
Debt Service (as defined in the Financing Agreement) on all of the Guarantor's
direct and contingent liabilities. The foregoing notwithstanding, Liquid Assets
held by the Borrowers in order to satisfy the provisions of Section 8.14 of the
Financing Agreement may be included to satisfy this minimum liquidity
requirement.

            (c) Minimum Interest and Rent Coverage. Maintain, on a consolidated
basis with all subsidiaries, at all times during the term of the Loan measured
quarterly beginning with the quarter ending June 30, 2001 as of the end of each
subsequent fiscal quarter, based on the trailing four quarters, a ratio of
EBITDAR to Interest Expense plus Rent Expense of not less than 2.25 to 1.00.
"Interest Expense" shall mean the actual interest expense incurred by Guarantor
or its subsidiaries with respect to all debt obligations owed to unaffiliated
third parties (including the actual interest expense incurred by Guarantor with
respect to its 5 -1/2% convertible subordinated notes). "Rent Expense" shall
mean the actual rent expense incurred by the Borrowers, the Guarantor or any
Affiliate as a tenant under leases with respect to any senior living facility.

            (d) Maximum Funded Debt Ratio. Maintain, on a consolidated basis
with all subsidiaries, at all times during the term of the Loan measured
quarterly beginning with the quarter ending June 30, 2001 as of the dates shown
below, based on the trailing four quarters, a ratio of Funded Debt to EBITDAR of
not more than that shown below:

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<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                     Period Ending            Maximum Ratio
                     -------------            -------------
<S>                                           <C>
                     June 30, 2001            6.50 to 1.00

                     September 30, 2001       6.50 to 1.00

                     December 31, 2001        6.50 to 1.00

                     March 31, 2002           6.00 to 1.00

                     June 30, 2002            6.00 to 1.00

                     September 30, 2002       6.00 to 1.00

                     December 31, 2002        6.00 to 1.00

                     March 31, 2003           5.50 to 1.00
                     and thereafter
</TABLE>

"Funded Debt" shall have the meaning provided for such term in the Financing
Agreement except that the Guarantor's 5 -1/2% convertible subordinated notes
shall be included as Funded Debt.

            (e) Notification of Certain Events. Promptly notify the
Administrative Agent upon obtaining knowledge of the occurrence of any of the
following:

                  (i) any Event of Default under the Financing Documents;

                  (ii) any event, development or circumstance whereby the
      financial statements furnished under the Financing Documents fail in any
      material respect to present fairly, in accordance with GAAP, the financial
      condition and operational results of the Guarantor;

                  (iii) any judicial, administrative or arbitral proceeding
      pending against the Guarantor in any judicial or administrative proceeding
      known by the Guarantor to have been threatened in a written communication
      against it which, if adversely decided, could materially adversely affect
      its financial condition or operations (present or prospective);

                  (iv) (A) the revocation, suspension, probation, restriction,
      limitation or refusal to renew, or the pending, revocation, suspension,
      probation, restriction, limitation, or refusal to renew, of any License
      (as defined in the Financing Agreement) held by the Borrowers, the
      Guarantor or the Management Company (as defined in the Financing
      Agreement), or (B) the decertification, revocation, suspension, probation,
      restriction, limitation, or refusal to renew, or the pending,
      decertification, revocation, suspension, probation, restriction,
      limitation, or refusal to renew any participation or eligibility in any
      third party payor program in which the Borrowers, the Guarantor or
      Management Company elects to participate which exceeds 10% of the gross
      revenue of a Facility, including, without limitation, Medicare, Medicaid,
      or private insurer, or any accreditation of the Guarantor or Management
      Company, or (C) the issuance or pending issuance of any License for a
      period of less than twelve (12) months, as a consequence of sanctions
      imposed by any governmental authority, or (D) the

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      assessment or pending assessment, of any civil or criminal penalties by
      any government authority, any third party payor or any accreditation
      organization or Person, if any, which could materially adversely affect
      the financial condition or operations of the Guarantor or the Management
      Company; and

                  (v) any other development in the business or affairs of the
      Guarantor or the Management Company which may be a Material Adverse
      Change; and

                  (vi) any actual contingent liability or a potential contingent
      liability threatened or noticed in a written communication of the
      Borrowers of $1,000,000 or more,

in each case described in (i) through (vi) above, such notification shall
describe in detail satisfactory to the Administrative Agent the nature thereof
and, in the case of notification under this clause (iii), the action the
Guarantor or the Management Company proposes to take with respect thereto or a
statement that the Guarantor or the Management Company intends to take no action
and an explanation of the reasons for such inaction. In addition, the Guarantor
or the Management Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent immediately
after receipt thereof copies of all administrative notices material to the
Guarantor's or the Management Company's business and operation of any Facility
and all responses by or on behalf of the Guarantor or the Management Company
with respect to such administrative notices.

      Section 3.3 Negative Covenants.

      Until the Credit Facility is terminated and the Loans and the other
Obligations have been paid or performed in full, the Guarantor will not, without
the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent:

            (a) Mergers or Acquisitions. Enter into any merger or consolidation
or amalgamation, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or
dissolution), or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any person,
firm, joint venture or corporation. The foregoing notwithstanding, the consent
of the Administrative Agent shall not be required for any merger or
consolidation or acquisition of the Guarantor pursuant to which the Guarantor
retains its corporate identity and Paul J. Klaassen or Teresa M. Klaassen
remains the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer with
responsibility for managing the businesses of the Guarantor and which does not
result in either a Material Adverse Change or a breach of any covenant under the
Credit Facility.

            (b) Sale of Assets. Sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any
substantial portion of its assets (except for customary political and charitable
contributions and assets disposed of in the ordinary course of business) unless
such disposition is in exchange for not less than fair market value and does not
result in either a Material Adverse Change or a breach of any covenant under the
Credit Facility. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, during any
twelve (12) month period the Guarantor and its subsidiaries will not sell more
than twenty-five (25) Facilities with no more than twenty (20) Facilities being
Core Properties (as defined in the

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Financing Agreement) without the prior written consent of at least 51% of the
Lenders (based on their pro rata share of the Loan) in their sole discretion.

            (c) Subsidiaries. Except for the purpose of acquiring real property
to construct an assisted living facility or acquiring an existing assisted
living facility, create or otherwise acquire any subsidiaries if such creation
or acquisition will result in a Material Adverse Change.

            (d) Additional Stock and Transfers of Stock. The Guarantor may issue
or grant options or rights to purchase its capital stock and there shall be no
limitations on the right of shareholders of the Guarantor to pledge, assign,
transfer or encumber any of their stock in the Guarantor provided, (1) the
Guarantor is an entity whose common equity is registered under an applicable
Federal Securities Act and is traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and (2)
either Paul J. Klaassen or Teresa M. Klaassen is the Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board with responsibility for managing the businesses of the
Guarantor; and provided, that, the Guarantor shall provide written notice to
Administrative Agent of transfers of stock in the Guarantor under such
circumstances and in such manner as the Guarantor is required to give notice
thereof to the Securities Exchange Commission.

            (e) ERISA Compliance. (A) Restate or amend any Plan established and
maintained by the Guarantor or any Commonly Controlled Entity and subject to the
requirements of ERISA, in a manner designed to disqualify such Plan and its
related trusts under the applicable requirements of the Code; (B) permit any
officer of the Guarantor or any Commonly Controlled Entity to materially
adversely affect the qualified tax-exempt status of any Plan or related trusts
of the Guarantor or any Commonly Controlled Entity under the Code; (C) engage in
or permit any Commonly Controlled Entity to engage in any Prohibited
Transaction; (D) incur or permit any Commonly Controlled Entity to incur any
Accumulated Funding Deficiency, whether or not waived, in connection with any
Plan; (E) take or permit any Commonly Controlled Entity to take any action or
fail to take any action which causes a termination of any Plan in a manner which
could result in the imposition of a lien on the property of the Guarantor or any
Commonly Controlled Entity pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA; (F) fail to notify
the Administrative Agent that notice has been received of a "termination" (as
defined in ERISA) of any Multiemployer Plan to which the Guarantor or any
Commonly Controlled Entity has an obligation to contribute; (G) incur or permit
any Commonly Controlled Entity to incur a "complete withdrawal" or "partial
withdrawal" (as defined in ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan to which the
Guarantor or any Commonly Controlled Entity has an obligation to contribute; or
(H) fail to notify the Administrative Agent that notice has been received from
the administrator of any Multiemployer Plan to which the Guarantor or any
Commonly Controlled Entity has an obligation to contribute that any such Plan
will be placed in "reorganization" (as defined in ERISA).

            (f) Amendments; Terminations. Amend or terminate or agree to amend
or terminate any License, participation agreement, the Management Agreement, by
the Guarantor with the Borrowers or except in the ordinary course of business,
any other operating agreements which may be entered into by Guarantor with
respect to the Facility, or consent to or waive any material provisions thereof.

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                                   ARTICLE IV
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

      Section 4.1 Notices.

      All notices, requests and demands to or upon the parties to this Agreement
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given or made when
delivered by hand on a Business Day, or three (3) days after the date when
deposited in the mail, postage prepaid by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, or when sent by overnight courier, on the Business Day next
following the day on which the notice is delivered to such overnight courier,
addressed as follows:

      Guarantor:  Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc.
                  7902 Westpark Drive
                  McLean, Virginia 22102
                  Attention: Thomas B. Newell, Esq.

                  Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc.
                  7902 Westpark Drive
                  McLean, Virginia 22102
                  Attention: Christian B.A. Slavin

                  Sunrise Assisted Living, Inc.
                  7902 Westpark Drive
                  McLean, Virginia 22102
                  Attention: James S. Pope

       With a Courtesy Copy to:

                  Wayne G. Tatusko, Esquire
                  Watt, Tieder, Hoffar & Fitzgerald
                  7929 Westpark Drive
                  McLean, Virginia 22102

      Administrative Agent:

                  Administrative Bank of America, N.A
                  Administrative Agent
                  6610 Rockledge Drive, 3rd Floor
                  Bethesda, Maryland  20817
                  Attention:  Michael J. Landini
                              Senior Vice President

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                  and

                  Bank of America, N.A.
                  231 South LaSalle Street
                  Mail Code IL1-231-08-30
                  Chicago, Illinois  60604
                  Attention:  Susan J. Ryan
                              Vice President

      By written notice, each party to this Agreement may change the address to
which notice is given to that party, provided that such changed notice shall
include a street address to which notices may be delivered by overnight courier
in the ordinary course on any Business Day.

      Section 4.2 Amendments; Waivers.

      This Agreement may not be amended, modified, or changed in any respect
except by an agreement in writing signed by the Administrative Agent and the
Guarantor. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor consent to any
departure by the Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be in writing. No course of dealing between the Guarantor and the
Lenders and no act or failure to act from time to time on the part of the
Lenders shall constitute a waiver, amendment or modification of any provision of
this Agreement or any right or remedy under this Agreement or under applicable
Laws.

      Without implying any limitation on the foregoing:

            (a) any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific
instance, for the terms and purpose for which given, subject to such conditions
as the Administrative Agent may specify in any such instrument.

            (b) no waiver of any Default or Event of Default shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent
thereto.

            (c) no notice to or demand on the Guarantor in any case shall
entitle the Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same,
similar or other circumstance.

            (d) no failure or delay by the Lenders to insist upon the strict
performance of any term, condition, covenant or agreement of this Agreement or
of any of the other Financing Documents, or to exercise any right, power or
remedy consequent upon a breach thereof, shall constitute a waiver, amendment or
modification of any such term, condition, covenant or agreement or of any such
breach or preclude the Lenders from exercising any such right, power or remedy
at any time or times.

            (e) by accepting payment after the due date of any amount payable
under this Agreement or under any of the other Financing Documents, the Lenders
shall not be deemed to waive the right either to require prompt payment when due
of all other amounts payable under this Agreement or under any of the other
Financing Documents, or to declare a default for failure to effect such prompt
payment of any such other amount.

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      Section 4.3 Cumulative Remedies.

       The rights, powers and remedies provided in this Agreement and in the
other Financing Documents are cumulative, may be exercised concurrently or
separately, may be exercised from time to time and in such order as the Lenders
shall determine and are in addition to, and not exclusive of, rights, powers and
remedies provided by existing or future applicable Laws. In order to entitle the
Lenders to exercise any remedy reserved to them in this Agreement, it shall not
be necessary to give any notice, other than such notice as may be expressly
required in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
the Lenders may:

            (a) proceed against the Guarantor with or without proceeding against
the Borrowers and any other guarantor or any other Person who may be liable for
all or any part of the Obligations;

            (b) proceed against the Guarantor with or without proceeding under
any of the other Financing Documents or against any Collateral or other
collateral and security for all or any part of the Obligations;

            (c) without reducing or impairing the obligation of the Guarantor
and without notice, release or compromise with any other Person liable for all
or any part of the Obligations under the Financing Documents or otherwise;

            (d) without reducing or impairing the obligations of the Guarantor
and without notice thereof: (a) fail to perfect the Lien in any or all
Collateral or to release any or all the Collateral or to accept substitute
Collateral, (b) approve the making of advances under the Loans under the Loan
Agreement, (c) waive any provision of this Agreement or the other Financing
Documents, (d) exercise or fail to exercise rights of set-off or other rights,
or (e) accept partial payments or extend from time to time the maturity of all
or any part of the Obligations.

      Section 4.4 Severability.

       In case one or more provisions, or part thereof, contained in this
Agreement or in the other Financing Documents shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect under any Law, then without need for any further
agreement, notice or action:

            (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall remain effective and binding on the parties thereto and shall
not be affected or impaired thereby;

            (b) the obligation to be fulfilled shall be reduced to the limit of
such validity;

            (c) if such provision or part thereof pertains to repayment of the
Obligations, then, at the sole and absolute discretion of the Lenders, all of
the Obligations shall become immediately due and payable; and

            (d) if the affected provision or part thereof does not pertain to
repayment of the Obligations, but operates or would prospectively operate to
invalidate this Agreement in

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whole or in part, then such provision or part thereof only shall be void, and
the remainder of this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and
effect.

      Section 4.5 Assignments by Lenders.

       The Lenders may, without notice to, or consent of, the Guarantor, sell,
assign or transfer to or participate with any Person or Persons, including a
Federal Reserve Bank, all or any part of the Obligations and the rights under
this Agreement and the Note, and each such Person or Persons shall have the
right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement and any of the other Financing
Documents as fully as the Lenders, provided that the Lenders shall continue to
have the unimpaired right to enforce the provisions of this Agreement and any of
the other Financing Documents as to so much of the Obligations that such Lender
has not sold, assigned or transferred. In connection with the foregoing, the
Lenders shall have the right to disclose to any such actual or potential
purchaser, assignee, transferee or participant all financial records,
information, reports, financial statements and documents obtained in connection
with this Agreement and any of the other Financing Documents or otherwise. In
connection with any sale, assignment, transfer or participation to a Person who
is an affiliate or successor of the Lenders, such Lender shall give notice to
Borrowers of such transaction either before or after the transaction has
occurred as such Lender shall determine; however, such Lender shall give notice
to the Borrowers in advance of any such transaction with a non-affiliate.

      Section 4.6 Successors and Assigns.

       This Agreement shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its respective
successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders and their
respective successors and assigns.

      Section 4.7 Continuing Agreements.

      All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the
Guarantor in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto
shall survive the making by the Lenders of the Loans and the execution and
delivery of the Note, shall be binding upon the Guarantor regardless of how long
before or after the date hereof any of the Obligations were or are incurred, and
shall continue in full force and effect so long as any of the Obligations are
outstanding and unpaid. From time to time upon the Administrative Agent's
request, and as a condition of the release of any one or more of the Security
Documents, the Guarantor and other Persons obligated with respect to the
Obligations shall provide the Administrative Agent with such acknowledgments and
agreements as the Administrative Agent may require to the effect that there
exists no defenses, rights of setoff or recoupment, claims, counterclaims,
actions or causes of action of any kind or nature whatsoever against the
Lenders, their respective agents and others, or to the extent there are, the
same are waived and released.

      Section 4.8 Enforcement Costs.

      The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Lenders on demand all Enforcement
Costs, together with interest thereon from the date incurred or advanced until
paid in full at a per annum rate of interest equal at all times to the
Post-Default Rate. Enforcement Costs shall be immediately due and payable at the
time advanced or incurred, whichever is earlier. Without implying any limitation
on the foregoing, the Guarantor agrees, as part of the Enforcement Costs, to pay
upon demand any and all stamp and other Taxes and fees payable or determined to
be payable in

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connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement and to save the
Lenders harmless from and against any and all liabilities with respect to or
resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay any Taxes or fees referred
to in this Section. The provisions of this Section shall survive the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, the repayment of the other Obligations and shall
survive the termination of this Agreement.

      Section 4.9 Applicable Law.

      As a material inducement to the Lenders to enter into this Agreement, the
Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the Financing Documents, including, this
Agreement, shall be governed by the Laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia as if
each of the Financing Documents and this Agreement had each been executed,
delivered, administered and performed solely within the Commonwealth of Virginia
even though for the convenience and at the request of the Borrowers, one or more
of the Financing Documents may be executed elsewhere. The Lenders acknowledge,
however, that remedies under certain of the Financing Documents which relate to
property outside the Commonwealth of Virginia may be subject to the laws of the
state in which the property is located.

      Section 4.10 Duplicate Originals and Counterparts.

      This Agreement may be executed in any number of duplicate originals or
counterparts, each of such duplicate originals or counterparts shall be deemed
to be an original and all taken together shall constitute but one and the same
instrument.

      Section 4.11 Headings.

      The headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience only,
shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose, and shall
not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions
hereof.

      Section 4.12 No Partnership - Third Parties.

      Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed in a manner to
create any relationship between the Guarantor and any of the Lenders other than
the relationship of guarantor and lenders and the Guarantor and the Lenders
shall not be considered partners or co-venturers for any purpose. The terms and
provisions of this Agreement are for the benefit of the Lenders and their
respective successors, assigns, endorsees and transferees and all persons
claiming under or through it and no other person shall have any right or cause
of action on account thereof. The Lenders have no obligation to make any advance
of any Loans for the benefit of the Guarantor; the Guarantor has no beneficial
interest in the proceeds of the Loans or rights or claims under the Financing
Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents. The obligations and
liabilities of the Guarantor shall in no manner be affected by the actual use of
the proceeds of the Loans or whether the Lenders waive any or all of the
conditions to advances set forth in the Financing Agreement.

      Section 4.13 Entire Agreement.

      The Financing Documents shall completely and fully supersede all prior
agreements, both written and oral, between the Lenders and the Borrowers
relating to the Loans. Neither the Lenders, the Borrowers nor the Guarantor
shall hereafter have any rights under such prior

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agreements but shall look solely to the Financing Documents for definition and
determination of all of their respective rights, liabilities and
responsibilities relating to the Obligations.

      Section 4.14 Section Consent to Jurisdiction.

      The Guarantor irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of any state or
federal court sitting in the Commonwealth of Virginia over any suit, action, or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement. The Guarantor
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that
it may now or hereafter have to laying the venue of any such suit, action, or
proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action,
or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient
forum. Final judgment in any such suit, action, or proceeding brought in any
such court shall be conclusive and binding upon the Guarantor and may be
enforced in any court to the jurisdiction of which the Guarantor is subject, by
a suit upon such judgment provided that service of process is effected upon the
Guarantor in a manner specified in this Agreement or as otherwise permitted by
applicable law.

      Section 4.15 Service of Process.

      The Guarantor hereby consents to process being served in any suit, action,
or proceeding instituted in connection with this Agreement by (a) the mailing of
a copy thereof by certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to
it at its address designated in Section 4.1 hereof and (b) serving a copy
thereof upon Wayne G. Tatusko, Esquire, 7929 Westpark Drive, McLean, Virginia
22102, the agent hereby designated and appointed as its agent for service of
process. The Guarantor irrevocably agrees that such service (i) shall be deemed
in every respect to be effective service of process upon it in any such suit,
action, or proceeding and (ii) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
taken and held to be valid personal service upon the Guarantor. Nothing in this
Section shall affect the right of the Lenders to serve process in any manner
otherwise permitted by law or limit the right of the Lenders otherwise to bring
proceedings against the Guarantor in the courts of any other jurisdiction or
jurisdictions.

      Section 4.16 WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY.

       THE GUARANTOR AND THE LENDERS HEREBY JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING NOT REQUIRED TO BE ARBITRATED PURSUANT TO THE
TERMS HEREOF TO WHICH THE GUARANTOR AND THE LENDERS, OR ANY OF THEM, MAY BE
PARTIES, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY PERTAINING TO (A) THIS AGREEMENT, (B) ANY
OF THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS, OR (C) THE COLLATERAL. THIS WAIVER CONSTITUTES A
WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY OF ALL CLAIMS AGAINST ALL PARTIES TO SUCH ACTIONS OR
PROCEEDINGS, INCLUDING CLAIMS AGAINST PARTIES WHO ARE NOT PARTIES TO THIS
AGREEMENT.

      This waiver is knowingly, willingly and voluntarily made by the Guarantor
and the Lenders, and the Guarantor and the Lenders hereby represent that no
representations of fact or opinion have been made by any individual to induce
this waiver of trial by jury or to in any way modify or nullify its effect. The
Guarantor and the Lenders further represent that they have been represented in
the signing of this Agreement and in the making of this waiver by independent

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legal counsel, selected of their own free will, and that they have had the
opportunity to discuss this waiver with counsel.

      Section 4.17 Liability of the Lenders.

       The Guarantor hereby agrees that the Lenders shall not be chargeable for
any negligence, mistake, act or omission of any accountant, examiner, agency or
attorney employed by the Lenders in making examinations, investigations or
collections, or otherwise in perfecting, maintaining, protecting or realizing
upon any lien or security interest or any other interest in the Collateral or
other security for the Obligations.

      By inspecting the Collateral or any other properties of the Borrowers or
by accepting or approving anything required to be observed, performed or
fulfilled by the Borrowers or to be given to the Lenders pursuant to this
Agreement or any of the other Financing Documents, the Lenders shall not be
deemed to have warranted or represented the condition, sufficiency, legality,
effectiveness or legal effect of the same, and such acceptance or approval shall
not constitute any warranty or representation with respect thereto by the
Lenders.

      Section 4.18 Reinstatement.

      If at any time any payment, or portion thereof, made by, or for the
account of, the Borrowers or the Guarantor on account of any of the obligations
and liabilities arising hereunder or under any of the Financing Documents is set
aside by any court or trustee having jurisdiction as a voidable preference or
fraudulent conveyance or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Lenders
to the Borrowers or to the Guarantor under any insolvency, bankruptcy or other
federal and/or state laws or as a result of any dissolution, liquidation or
reorganization of the Borrowers or upon, or as a result of, the appointment of
any receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee, or similar officer for,
the Borrowers or any substantial part of its properties or assets, the Guarantor
hereby agrees that this Agreement shall continue and remain in full force and
effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment(s) had
not been made.

      Section 4.19 Complete and Final Expression of Agreement.

      This Agreement is intended by the Lenders and the Guarantor to be a
complete, exclusive and final expression of the agreements contained herein. No
course of dealing, course of performance or trade usage, and no parol evidence
of any nature, shall be used to supplement or modify any terms of this
Agreement. The Lenders and the Guarantor further agrees that there are no
conditions to the full effectiveness of this Agreement, unless otherwise
expressly stated herein. The Guarantor has unconditionally delivered this
Agreement to the Administrative Agent, and failure to sign this or any other
guarantee by any other person shall not discharge the liability of the Guarantor
hereunder.

                          [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGES]

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      WITNESS the signature and seal of the Guarantor as of the day and year
first above written.

WITNESS OR ATTEST:                  SUNRISE ASSISTED LIVING, INC.

_________________________           By:  /s/ Thomas B. Newell             (SEAL)
                                       Thomas B. Newell
                                       President

_________________________           By:  /s/ Christian B. A. Slavin       (SEAL)
                                       Christian B. A. Slavin
                                       Executive Vice President

                                    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

________________________            By:  /s/ Michael J. Landini           (SEAL)
                                       Michael J. Landini
                                       Senior Vice President

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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY/CITY OF ______________, TO WIT:

      I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on this ___ day of June, 2001, before me, the
undersigned Notary Public of said Commonwealth, personally appeared Thomas B.
Newell who acknowledged himself to be the President of Sunrise Assisted Living,
Inc., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose name is
subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same
for the purposes therein contained as the duly authorized officer of said
corporation by signing the name of the corporation by himself as President.

      WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                    _________________________
                                    Notary Public
My Commission Expires:

STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY/CITY OF ______________, TO WIT:

       I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on this _____ day of June, 2001, before me, the
undersigned Notary Public of said Commonwealth, personally appeared Christian B.
A. Slavin who acknowledged himself to be the Executive Vice President of Sunrise
Assisted Living, Inc., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person
whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that he
executed the same for the purposes therein contained as the duly authorized
officer of said corporation by signing the name of the corporation by himself as
Executive Vice President.

      WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                    _________________________
                                    Notary Public
My Commission Expires:

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STATE/COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA,
COUNTY/CITY OF ______________, TO WIT:

       I HEREBY CERTIFY, that on this ____ day of June, 2001, before me, the
undersigned Notary Public of said Commonwealth, personally appeared Michael J.
Landini, who acknowledged herself to be the Senior Vice President of Bank of
America, N.A., known to me (or satisfactorily proven) to be the person whose
name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged that she executed
the same for the purposes therein contained as the Senior Vice President of said
bank by signing the name of the bank by herself as Senior Vice President.

      WITNESS my hand and Notarial Seal.

                                    _________________________
                                    Notary Public
My Commission Expires:

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