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): April 1, 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 April 1, 2002, Five Star Quality Care, Inc. (the "Company"),  ILM II
Senior  Living,  Inc.  and  ILM II  Holding,  Inc.  completed  the  transactions
contemplated by their Sale-Purchase Agreement dated January 23, 2002, as amended
by the First  Amendment to  Sale-Purchase  Agreement dated February 22, 2002 and
the Second Amendment to Sale-Purchase Agreement dated March 1, 2002.

         Subsidiaries of the Company acquired five senior living communities for
$45.5 million,  funded by the Company's cash on hand,  including the proceeds of
its $26.8  million March 2002 public  offering of shares of common stock.  These
five  communities  contain 704 living units,  including 531  independent  living
apartments and 173 assisted  living suites.  The Company  intends to continue to
operate these communities as senior living communities.

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. 333-83648).

         (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. 333-83648).

          (c)     Exhibits.

2.1      Sale-Purchase  Agreement  among  ILM II  Senior  Living,  Inc.,  ILM II
         Holding,  Inc. and Five Star Quality Care, Inc., dated January 23, 2002
         (Incorporated  by reference  to Exhibit 2.3 to Five Star Quality  Care,
         Inc.'s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83648).

2.2      First Amendment to Sale-Purchase  Agreement among ILM II Senior Living,
         Inc.,  ILM II Holding,  Inc. and Five Star Quality  Care,  Inc.,  dated
         February  22, 2002  (Incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 2.4 to Five
         Star Quality Care, Inc.'s Registration  Statement on Form S-1, File No.
         333-83648).

2.3      Second Amendment to Sale-Purchase Agreement among ILM II Senior Living,
         Inc.,  ILM II Holding,  Inc. and Five Star Quality  Care,  Inc.,  dated
         March 1, 2002  (Incorporated  by  reference to Exhibit 2.5 to Five Star
         Quality  Care,  Inc.'s  Registration  Statement  on Form S-1,  File No.
         333-83648).



                                   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:  April 11, 2002