SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549



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                                    FORM 8-K



                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 11, 2002



                          FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)




           Maryland                 001-16817                 04-3516029
 (State or other jurisdiction      (Commission             (I.R.S. employer
      of incorporation)            file number)         identification number)




400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts                       02458
(Address of principal executive offices)                     (Zip code)




        Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 617-796-8387





Item 2.    Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

         On January 11, 2002,  Senior  Housing  Properties  Trust and  Crestline
Capital Corporation  ("Crestline")  closed the transactions  contemplated by the
Stock Purchase Agreement (the "Stock Purchase Agreement"), dated as of August 9,
2001, among Crestline, CSL Group, Inc., Senior Housing Properties Trust ("Senior
Housing") and a subsidiary of Senior  Housing,  as amended by Amendment to Stock
Purchase  Agreement,  dated November 5, 2001, among Crestline,  CSL Group,  Inc.
Senior  Housing and a subsidiary  of Senior  Housing.  Under the Stock  Purchase
Agreement,  a subsidiary of Senior Housing acquired 31 senior living communities
from Crestline through the acquisition of the capital stock of CSL Group, Inc.

         Simultaneously  with  Senior  Housing's  closing  of  the  transactions
contemplated by the Stock Purchase Agreement, we:

o    assumed the rights and obligations of the owner of the 31 communities under
     existing management agreements with Marriott Senior Living Services, Inc.;

o    acquired  certain  operating  assets and liabilities of the 31 communities;
     and

o    leased  the  31  communities  from  Senior  Housing  on a net  lease  basis
     requiring annual minimum rent of $63 million.

We  closed  these  transactions  pursuant  to the  Transaction  Agreement  dated
December 7, 2001 (the  "Transaction  Agreement")  by and among  Senior  Housing,
certain  subsidiaries of Senior Housing named therein,  us, certain subsidiaries
of ours named therein, FSQ, Inc.,  Hospitality Properties Trust, HRPT Properties
Trust and REIT  Management  & Research LLC ("RMR").  The  Transaction  Agreement
governed our spin-off  from Senior  Housing,  which we completed on December 31,
2001, as well as our  participation  in the Crestline  transaction.  No separate
consideration was paid by us for the business acquisition described in this Item
2 because these  transactions  comprising the business  acquisition were part of
our spin-off from Senior  Housing.  Prior to December 31, 2001, we were a wholly
owned subsidiary of Senior Housing.

         On a pro forma basis as of September 30, 2001, the operating assets and
liabilities  acquired are principally  comprised of accounts receivables of $8.9
million and accrued operating  liabilities of $12.5 million. We are currently in
the  process  of  calculating  the  actual  amount of the  operating  assets and
liabilities acquired, and the net of these operating assets and liabilities,  if
any, will be settled  between  Senior  Housing and us in cash.  The terms of our
lease  with  Senior  Housing  for  the 31  communities  as  well  as  our  other
participation  in the Crestline  transaction  were  previously  disclosed in our
Prospectus dated December 6, 2001, which is a part of our Registration Statement
on Form S-1, File No. 333-69846.

         All of our  directors,  except for Dr.  Bruce M. Gans,  are trustees of
Senior  Housing.  Our president  and  treasurer  are also  employees of RMR, the
investment manager to Senior Housing.  RMR also provides certain  administrative
services  to us.  Gerard  M.  Martin  and  Barry M.  Portnoy,  our two  managing
directors,  are directors and 50% owners of RMR. We previously  disclosed  other
relationships  between  the  parties to the  Transaction  Agreement  and Messrs.


Martin and Portnoy in our Prospectus  dated December 6, 2001, which is a part of
our Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-69846.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

          (a)  Financial  Statements.  The financial statements required by Item
               7(a) are omitted pursuant to General Instruction B.3 to Form 8-K.
               The  financial   statements  required  by  Item  7(a)  have  been
               previously  reported  by Five  Star  Quality  Care,  Inc.  in its
               Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-69846).

          (b)  Pro  Forma  Financial   Information.   The  pro  forma  financial
               information  required by Item 7(b) is omitted pursuant to General
               Instruction B.3 to Form 8-K. The pro forma financial  information
               required by Item 7(b) has been  previously  reported by Five Star
               Quality  Care,  Inc. in its  Registration  Statement on Form S- 1
               (File No. 333-69846).

          (c)  Exhibits.

2.1      Stock  Purchase  Agreement  dated as of August 9,  2001,  among  Senior
         Housing Properties Trust,  SNH/CSL Properties Trust,  Crestline Capital
         Corporation and CSL Group,  Inc.,  including forms of Promissory  Note,
         Escrow  Agreement  and  Tax  Allocation   Agreement   (Incorporated  by
         reference to Senior Housing  Properties  Trust's Current Report on Form
         8-K dated September 21, 2001).

2.2      Amendment to Stock Purchase  Agreement among Senior Housing  Properties
         Trust, SNH/CSL Properties Trust,  Crestline Capital Corporation and CSL
         Group, Inc. dated November 5, 2001 (Incorporated by reference to Senior
         Housing Properties Trust's Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 5,
         2001).

2.3      Transaction  Agreement by and among Senior  Housing  Properties  Trust,
         certain  subsidiaries of Senior Housing Properties Trust party thereto,
         Five Star Quality Care, Inc., certain subsidiaries of Five Star Quality
         Care, Inc. party thereto, FSQ, Inc., Hospitality Properties Trust, HRPT
         Properties  Trust and Reit Management & Research LLC  (Incorporated  by
         reference to Senior Housing  Properties  Trust's Current Report on Form
         8-K dated December 13, 2001).

2.4      Amended  Master Lease  Agreement  by and among  certain  affiliates  of
         Senior Housing  Properties  Trust,  as Landlord,  and FS Tenant Holding
         Company  Trust and FS Tenant Pool III Trust,  as Tenant,  dated January
         11,  2002  (Incorporated  by  reference  to Senior  Housing  Properties
         Trust's Current Report on Form 8-K dated December 31, 2001).

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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the  requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly  caused  this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                      FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.


                                      By:   /s/ Bruce J. Mackey Jr.
                                          Name:   Bruce J. Mackey Jr.
                                          Title:  Treasurer and Chief Financial
                                                  Officer



Date:  January 25, 2002