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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 21, 2002

Registration No. 333-          



SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933


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

Maryland 8051 04-3516029
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (Primary Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

400 Centre Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458
(617) 796-8387
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

Evrett W. Benton, President
Five Star Quality Care, Inc.
400 Centre Street
Newton, Massachusetts 02458
(617) 796-8387
(Name, address, including zip code, telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


Copy to:

William J. Curry, Esq.
Sullivan & Worcester LLP
One Post Office Square
Boston, Massachusetts 02109
(617) 338-2800
  Frederick W. Kanner, Esq.
Glenn R. Pollner, Esq.
Dewey Ballantine LLP
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
(212) 259-8000

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.


If any of the securities being registered on this form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. / /

If this form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. /x/ 333-83648

If this form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. / /

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box. / /


CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE



Title of Each Class of Securities to be Registered   Amount to be
Registered
  Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per
Unit
  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price
  Amount of
Registration Fee

Common Stock, $.01 par value per share   776,134   $7.45(1)   $5,782,199   $532

(1)
The public offering price of the shares of common stock being sold in the offering.




INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE

        The registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this registration statement the contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-83648), as amended, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 1, 2002 and declared effective on March 20, 2002.



Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant has duly caused this Registration Statement on Form S-1 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newton, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on March 21, 2002.

    FIVE STAR QUALITY CARE, INC.

 

 

By:

/s/  
EVRETT W. BENTON          
Evrett W. Benton
President and Chief Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement on Form S-1 has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.


Signature


 

Title


 

Date




/s/  EVRETT W. BENTON          
Evrett W. Benton
  President and Chief Executive Officer   March 21, 2002

/s/  
BRUCE J. MACKEY JR.          
Bruce J. Mackey Jr.

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

March 21, 2002

*    

Barry M. Portnoy

 

Managing Director

 

March 21, 2002

*    

Gerard M. Martin

 

Managing Director

 

March 21, 2002

*    

Bruce M. Gans

 

Director

 

March 21, 2002

*    

John L. Harrington

 

Director

 

March 21, 2002

*    

Arthur G. Koumantzelis

 

Director

 

March 21, 2002
*By:   /s/  EVRETT W. BENTON      
   
    Attorney-in-Fact Pursuant to Power of Attorney
Previously Filed


Exhibit index

Exhibit No.

  Description


5.1   Legal Opinion of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP
23.1   Consent of Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.3   Consent of KPMG LLP
23.4   Consent of Arthur Andersen LLP
23.5   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1   Powers of Attorney of directors and officers signing this registration statement are part of the signature page to the Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83648


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