HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORP
S-1/A, 1996-06-04
SKILLED NURSING CARE FACILITIES
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   AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 4, 1996     
                                                      REGISTRATION NO. 333-3096
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                             AMENDMENT NO. 2     
                                      TO
                                   FORM S-1
 
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
 
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                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
            (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
        DELAWARE                     8051                    04-3307188
     (STATE OR OTHER          (PRIMARY STANDARD           (IRS EMPLOYER
     JURISDICTION OF      INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION       IDENTIFICATION NO.) 
    INCORPORATION OR             CODE NUMBER)                   
      ORGANIZATION)
 
                              470 ATLANTIC AVENUE
                         BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210 
                                (617) 556-1515
  (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF
                   REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 
                              STEPHEN L. GUILLARD
                    PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 
                      HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION 
                             470 ATLANTIC AVENUE 
                         BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02210 
                                (617) 556-1515
(NAME, ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE,
                             OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
 
                                  COPIES TO:
         JAMES M. DUBIN, ESQ.                 JAMES R. TANENBAUM, ESQ.
         CARL L. REISNER, ESQ.                STROOCK & STROOCK & LAVAN
PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON    SEVEN HANOVER SQUARE
      1285 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS             NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10004
       NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10019                    (212) 806-5400
            (212) 373-3000        
                                  
 
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APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF THE PROPOSED SALE OF THE SECURITIES TO THE
                                    PUBLIC:
  AS SOON AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT BECOMES EFFECTIVE.
 
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  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. [_]
 
  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. [X]
 
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  THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION,
ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
 
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                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
          CROSS-REFERENCE SHEET SHOWING THE LOCATION IN THE PROSPECTUS
              OF THE INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE ITEMS OF FORM S-1
 
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  ITEM
 NUMBER                  CAPTION                         LOCATION IN PROSPECTUS
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 <S>      <C>                                    <C>
 Item 1   Forepart of the Registration Statement
           and Outside Front Cover Page of       
           Prospectus........................... Front Cover Page of Prospectus  

 Item 2   Inside Front and Outside Back Cover
           Pages of Prospectus.................. Inside Front and Outside Back Cover
                                                  Pages of Prospectus
 Item 3   Summary Information, Risk Factors and
           Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges... Prospectus Summary; Risk Factors
 Item 4   Use of Proceeds....................... Prospectus Summary; Use of Proceeds
 Item 5   Determination of Offering Price....... Front Cover Page of Prospectus;
                                                 Underwriting
 Item 6   Dilution.............................. Dilution
 Item 7   Selling Security Holders.............. Not Applicable
 Item 8   Plan of Distribution.................. Underwriting
 Item 9   Description of Securities to be        Dividend Policy; Description of
          Registered............................ Capital Stock

 Item 10  Interests of Named Experts and         
          Counsel............................... Legal Matters; Experts 

 Item 11  Information with Respect to the        
          Registrant............................ Prospectus Summary; The Company; The
                                                  Reorganization; Dividend Policy;   
                                                  Capitalization; Pro Forma Combined 
                                                  Financial Information; Selected    
                                                  Combined Financial and Operating   
                                                  Data; Management's Discussion and  
                                                  Analysis of Financial Condition and
                                                  Results of Operations; Business;   
                                                  Management; Certain Transactions;  
                                                  Stock Ownership of Directors,      
                                                  Executive Officers and Principal   
                                                  Holders; Shares Eligible For Future
                                                  Sale; Financial Statements          
 Item 12  Disclosure of Commission Position on
           Indemnification for Securities Act
           Liabilities.......................... Not Applicable
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++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A         +
+REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE   +
+SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY  +
+OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT        +
+BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR   +
+THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE      +
+SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE    +
+UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF  +
+ANY SUCH STATE.                                                               +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
                    
                 SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JUNE 4, 1996     
 
PROSPECTUS
                                3,600,000 SHARES
 
 
                                     [LOGO]
 
 
                                  COMMON STOCK
 
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  All of the shares of Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), offered hereby are being sold by Harborside Healthcare Corporation
(the "Company"). Prior to this Offering (the "Offering"), there has been no
public market for the Common Stock. It is currently estimated that the initial
public offering price per share will be between $11.50 and $13.50. See
"Underwriting" for a discussion of the factors that will be considered in
determining the initial public offering price. It is anticipated that
approximately 500,000 shares of Common Stock will be offered outside the United
States to non-United States citizens or residents. At the request of the
Company, up to 180,000 shares of Common Stock offered hereby have been reserved
for sale to certain individuals, including directors and employees of the
Company and members of their families, at the initial public offering price set
forth above. The Common Stock has been approved for listing, subject to
official notice of issuance, on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"HBR."
 
  SEE "RISK FACTORS" BEGINNING ON PAGE 7 FOR A DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN FACTORS
THAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED BY PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS OF THE COMMON STOCK OFFERED
HEREBY.
 
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THESE SECURITIES  HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED  OR DISAPPROVED BY THE  SECURITIES AND
 EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS THE SECURITIES
 AND EXCHANGE  COMMISSION OR ANY  STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION PASSED  UPON THE
  ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY
  IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
 
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                                                  UNDERWRITING
                                  PRICE TO        DISCOUNTS AND      PROCEEDS TO
                                   PUBLIC        COMMISSIONS(1)      COMPANY(2)
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<S>                           <C>               <C>               <C>
Per Share...................        $                 $                 $
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Total(3)....................        $                 $                 $
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(1)  The Company has agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain
     liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as
     amended. See "Underwriting."
   
(2)  Before deducting estimated expenses of $1,100,000 payable by the Company.
         
(3)  The Company has granted the Underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to
     an additional 540,000 shares of Common Stock on the same terms and
     conditions as set forth above, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If
     the option is exercised in full, the "Price to Public," "Underwriting
     Discounts and Commissions" and "Proceeds to Company" will be $   , $
     and $   , respectively. See "Underwriting."
 
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  The shares of Common Stock are offered by the Underwriters when, as and if
delivered to and accepted by the Underwriters, and subject to various prior
conditions, including the right to withdraw, cancel or modify the Offering and
to reject any order in whole or in part. It is expected that delivery of share
certificates will be made in New York, New York, on or about    , 1996.
 
NATWEST SECURITIES LIMITED                             DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
 
                    THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS IS    , 1996
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[Map of Eastern United States showing location of the Company's facilities, 
regional offices and corporate office. Number of facilities licensed beds is 
                            subtotaled by region.]
 
 
  FOR UNITED KINGDOM PURCHASERS: The shares of Common Stock offered hereby may
not be offered or sold in the United Kingdom other than to persons whose
ordinary activities involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing
of investments, whether as principal or agent (except in circumstances that do
not constitute an offer to the public within the meaning of the Public Offers
of Securities Regulations 1995 or the Financial Services Act 1986) and this
Prospectus may only be issued or passed on to any person in the United Kingdom
if that person is of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial
Services Act 1986 (Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1995 or a
person to whom this Prospectus may otherwise lawfully be passed on.
 
  IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFERING, THE UNDERWRITERS MAY OVER-ALLOT OR EFFECT
TRANSACTIONS WHICH STABILIZE OR MAINTAIN THE MARKET PRICE OF THE COMMON STOCK
OFFERED HEREBY AT A LEVEL ABOVE THAT WHICH MIGHT OTHERWISE PREVAIL IN THE OPEN
MARKET. SUCH TRANSACTIONS MAY BE EFFECTED ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, IN
THE OVER-THE-COUNTER MARKET OR OTHERWISE. SUCH STABILIZING, IF COMMENCED, MAY
BE DISCONTINUED AT ANY TIME.
 
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                               PROSPECTUS SUMMARY
 
  The following summary should be read in conjunction with, and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to, the more detailed information and financial
statements, including the notes thereto, appearing elsewhere in this
Prospectus. Prospective investors should carefully consider the information set
forth under the heading "Risk Factors." Unless otherwise indicated, the
information in this Prospectus assumes (i) the consummation of the transactions
relating to the formation of the Company described herein under the heading
"The Reorganization" (such transactions are hereinafter referred to as the
"Reorganization") and (ii) that the Underwriters' over-allotment option is not
exercised. References in this Prospectus to the "Company" or "Harborside
Healthcare" refer to Harborside Healthcare Corporation, its combined affiliates
and partnerships and their predecessors, or any of them, depending on the
context.
 
                                  THE COMPANY
 
  Harborside Healthcare provides high quality long-term care, subacute care and
other specialty medical services in four principal regions: the Southeast
(Florida), the Midwest (Ohio and Indiana), New England (New Hampshire) and the
Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey and Maryland). Within these regions, the Company
operates 26 licensed long-term care facilities (9 owned and 17 leased) with a
total of approximately 3,000 licensed beds. After giving effect to the pending
acquisition of four facilities in Ohio (the "Ohio Facilities"), the Company
will operate 30 long-term care facilities (13 owned and 17 leased) with a total
of 3,700 licensed beds. The Company provides traditional skilled nursing care,
a wide range of subacute care programs (such as orthopedic, cerebrovascular
accident ("CVA")/stroke, cardiac, pulmonary and wound care), as well as
distinct programs for the provision of care to Alzheimer's and hospice
patients. In addition, the Company provides certain rehabilitation therapy and
behavioral health services both at Company-operated and non-affiliated
facilities. The Company seeks to position itself as the long-term care provider
of choice to managed care and other private referral sources in its target
markets by achieving a strong regional presence and by providing a full range
of high quality, cost effective nursing and specialty medical services.
 
  Since commencing operations in 1988, the Company has experienced significant
growth through strategic acquisitions in states it believes possess favorable
demographic and regulatory environments, as well as through the expansion of
subacute care and other specialty medical services provided at its long-term
care facilities. Since 1993 and after giving effect to the recent and pending
transactions, the Company increased its overall patient capacity by
approximately 1,550 licensed beds, or 72.2%. During the same period, the
Company also improved its overall quality mix (defined as net patient service
revenues derived from Medicare, commercial insurance and other private payors)
from 61.1% to 65.4% of net patient service revenues for the years ended
December 31, 1993 and 1995, respectively, primarily as a result of the
Company's rapid expansion of its subacute care and other specialty medical
services. For the three months ended March 31, 1996, during which the Company
began leasing six additional long-term care facilities in New Hampshire with
approximately 540 beds (the "New Hampshire Facilities"), the Company's quality
mix was 60.1% (31.8% private and other and 28.3% Medicare) and its average
occupancy rate was 91.3%. The Company believes that its quality mix and its
average occupancy rate have consistently been among the highest in the long-
term care industry.
 
  The Company intends to continue to grow by (i) selectively acquiring
additional long-term care facilities in its existing and in new geographic
regions, (ii) expanding the range of subacute care provided, including the
addition of distinct COMPASS (COMprehensive Patient Active Subacute Systems)
subacute care units, (iii) expanding its existing rehabilitation therapy and
behavioral healthcare businesses, (iv) developing and acquiring new ancillary
service operations, such as institutional pharmacy, home healthcare and
infusion therapy and (v) expanding its Alzheimer's and hospice care programs.
In keeping with its growth strategy, starting in January 1996, the Company
began leasing the New Hampshire Facilities. Subsequently, the Company also
entered into an agreement to acquire the four Ohio Facilities with
approximately 700 licensed beds pursuant to a capital lease transaction (the
"Ohio Transaction"), thereby further strengthening its existing Midwest
regional presence.
 
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  Collectively, the New Hampshire and Ohio transactions represented
approximately $54.3 million in combined total net revenues for the year ended
December 31, 1995. Since 1994, the Company has also successfully implemented
subacute care programs at 24 of its long-term care facilities, added
approximately 170 distinct COMPASS beds, expanded the number of distinct
Alzheimer's and hospice care beds to 132 and expanded its rehabilitation
therapy business to include 35 contracts with non-affiliated long-term care
facilities. The Company believes that its strategy of concentrating its
operations in selected geographic markets and complementing its long-term care
platform with a wide range of specialty medical and other ancillary services
will enable it to benefit from economies of scale and improve its ability to
penetrate regional managed care markets. Although the Company is continuously
discussing with third parties the possible acquisition of additional long-term
care facilities, the Company does not at this time have any firm commitments to
make any material acquisitions of long-term care facilities other than the Ohio
Transaction, nor has it identified any material, specific ancillary business
acquisitions.     
 
  The Company believes that it is favorably positioned to benefit from trends
impacting the healthcare industry, including favorable demographic shifts,
advances in medical technology and continuing public and private pressures to
contain growing healthcare costs. At the same time, government restrictions and
high construction and start-up costs are expected to continue to constrain the
supply of long-term care and subacute facilities. The Company further believes
that an increasingly complex operating environment is motivating smaller, less
efficient long-term care facility operators to combine with or sell to
established operators. Harborside Healthcare expects that such recent trends
toward industry consolidation will continue and will provide it with future
acquisition opportunities.
 
                                  THE OFFERING
 
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<S>                                 <C>
Common Stock offered............... 3,600,000 shares
Common Stock to be outstanding
 after the Offering(1)............. 8,000,000 shares
Use of Proceeds.................... The Company will use the net proceeds from
                                    the Offering as follows: (i) approximately
                                    $26.7 million to repay mortgage
                                    indebtedness, including a related
                                    prepayment penalty (the "Debt Repayment");
                                    (ii)  $3.8 million to partially fund an
                                    option to purchase the Ohio Facilities at
                                    the end of the capital lease term; (iii)
                                    approximately $960,000 for payments to
                                    certain of the Company's key employees
                                    under existing plans and arrangements; and
                                    (iv) the remainder for general corporate
                                    purposes, including working capital and
                                    acquisitions. See "Use of Proceeds," and
                                    "Management--Employment Agreements and
                                    Change of Control Arrangements."
New York Stock Exchange Symbol..... "HBR"
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(1) Excludes 800,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
    the Company's stock and stock option plans, under which, upon consummation
    of the Offering, options to purchase 420,000 shares at an exercise price
    equal to the initial public offering price will be granted and options to
    purchase 80,000 shares at an exercise price of $8.15 per share will be
    granted in substitution for previously granted options to purchase
    interests in one of the Company's predecessors. See "Management--Stock
    Option Plans" and "Description of Capital Stock."
 
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                 SUMMARY COMBINED FINANCIAL AND OPERATING DATA
             (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE, PER SHARE AND OTHER DATA)
 
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                                    YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                            THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
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                                                  1995 PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED                      1996 PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
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                                                  BEFORE OHIO   INCLUDING OHIO                    BEFORE OHIO   INCLUDING OHIO
                      1993     1994      1995    TRANSACTION(2) TRANSACTION(3)  1995     1996    TRANSACTION(4) TRANSACTION(5)
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 <S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>            <C>            <C>      <C>      <C>            <C>
 STATEMENT OF
  OPERATIONS
  DATA(1):
 Total net
 revenues(6)......   $75,101  $86,376  $109,425    $ 131,381      $ 163,698    $23,777  $34,931    $  34,931      $  43,203
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 Expenses:
 Facility
 operating........    57,412   68,951    89,378      106,584        131,244     19,734   28,120       28,120         34,463
 General and
 administrative...     3,092    3,859     5,076        5,958          6,638      1,141    2,235        2,235          2,405
 Service charges
 paid to
 affiliate........       746      759       700          700            700        177      185          185            185
 Depreciation and
 amortization.....     4,304    4,311     4,385        2,155          3,350      1,043      539          539            838
 Facility rent....       525    1,037     1,907        9,882          9,882        392    2,545        2,545          2,545
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  Total expenses..    66,079   78,917   101,446      125,279        151,814     22,487   33,624       33,624         40,436
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 Income from
 operations.......     9,022    7,459     7,979        6,102         11,884      1,290    1,307        1,307          2,767
 Interest expense,
 net..............    (4,740)  (4,609)   (5,107)      (1,343)        (5,692)    (1,264)    (975)        (295)        (1,382)
 Loss on
 investment in
 limited
 partnership(7)...       --      (448)     (114)        (114)          (114)       (81)    (127)        (127)          (127)
 Other, net.......    (2,297)  (2,028)   (1,524)         --             --        (185)     --           --             --
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 Net income
 (loss)...........     1,985      374     1,234        4,645          6,078       (240)     205          885          1,258
 Pro forma data:
 Pro forma income
 taxes(8).........       774      146       481        1,812          2,371        (94)      80          345            491
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 Pro forma net
 income
 (loss)(8)........   $ 1,211  $   228  $    753    $   2,833      $   3,707    $  (146) $   125    $     540      $     767
                     =======  =======  ========    =========      =========    =======  =======    =========      =========
 Pro forma net
 income per
 share(8).........                                 $    0.35      $    0.46                        $    0.07      $    0.10
 Pro forma
 weighted average
 shares
 outstanding(9)...                                 8,052,160      8,052,160                        8,052,160      8,052,160
 OTHER DATA(1):
 Facilities (as of
 end of period):
 Owned(10)(11)....        15       16         9            9             13          9        9            9             13
 Leased(11).......         2        3        11           17             17         10       17           17             17
                     -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------    -------  -------    ---------      ---------
 Total............        17       19        20           26             30         19       26           26             30
 Licensed beds (as
 of end of
 period):
 Owned(10)(11)....     1,860    1,976     1,028        1,028          1,720      1,022    1,028        1,028          1,720
 Leased(11).......       289      389     1,443        1,980          1,980      1,343    1,980        1,980          1,980
                     -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------    -------  -------    ---------      ---------
 Total............     2,149    2,365     2,471        3,008          3,700      2,365    3,008        3,008          3,700
 Average occupancy
 rate(12).........      92.5%    91.5%     91.5%        91.9%          92.2%      90.9%    91.3%        91.3%          91.8%
 Sources of net
 patient service
 revenues(13):
 Private and
 other(14)........      39.9%    37.1%     32.3%        33.0%          32.9%      34.2%    31.8%        31.8%          31.8%
 Medicare.........      21.2%    24.9%     33.1%        27.4%          27.0%      30.6%    28.3%        28.3%          27.3%
 Medicaid.........      38.9%    38.0%     34.6%        39.6%          40.1%      35.2%    39.9%        39.9%          40.9%
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<CAPTION>
                                                     AS OF MARCH 31,
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                                                   1996 PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
                                                 -------------------------------
                                                   BEFORE OHIO   INCLUDING OHIO
                                          1996   TRANSACTION(15) TRANSACTION(16)
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BALANCE SHEET DATA(1):
Cash and cash equivalents............... $10,000     $23,090        $ 17,590
Working capital.........................  12,395      26,266          17,164
Total assets............................  63,378      76,396         133,935
Total debt..............................  43,422      18,422          75,961
Stockholders' equity....................   5,001      43,019          43,019
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 (1) Harborside Healthcare has been created in anticipation of the Offering in
     order to combine under its control the operations of the long-term care
     facilities and ancillary businesses that are currently under the control
     of The Berkshire Companies Limited Partnership ("Berkshire") and its
     affiliates. See "The Reorganization." The Company's financial and
     operating data above combine the historical results of these business
     entities.
 
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 (2) Gives effect to the consummation of (i) the lease of the New Hampshire
     Facilities by the Company on January 1, 1996 (the "New Hampshire
     Transaction"); (ii) the sale by Krupp Yield Plus Limited Partnership
     ("KYP") of seven long-term care facilities (the "Seven Facilities") to
     Meditrust, a real estate investment trust ("Meditrust"), on December 31,
     1995 and the subsequent distribution of $33,493,000 payable to the limited
     partners of KYP (the "KYP Unitholders") as of December 31, 1995 in
     connection with the liquidation of that partnership (the "Distribution");
     (iii) the lease of the Seven Facilities by the Company on December 31,
     1995 (the "1995 REIT Lease"); and (iv) the Offering and the application of
     the net proceeds therefrom (assuming an initial public offering price of
     $12.50 per share), as if such transactions had occurred on January 1,
     1995.
 
 (3) Gives effect to the transactions described in Note (2) above and the
     pending Ohio Transaction as if such transactions had occurred on January
     1, 1995. The Ohio Transaction will be accounted for as a capital lease as
     a result of the bargain purchase option granted at the end of the lease
     term. This accounting treatment will result in an increase in depreciation
     and amortization expense of $1,195,000 and an increase in interest
     expense, net, of $4,349,000. The Company expects to complete the Ohio
     Transaction in the third quarter of 1996, subject to the satisfaction of
     certain customary conditions, including the satisfactory completion of the
     Company's due diligence review and receipt of regulatory and other
     approvals.
   
 (4) Gives effect to the consummation of the Offering and the application of
     the net proceeds therefrom (assuming an initial public offering price of
     $12.50 per share), as if the Offering had occurred on January 1, 1995.
            
 (5) Gives effect to (i) the consummation of the Offering and the application
     of the net proceeds therefrom (assuming an initial public offering price
     of $12.50 per share), and (ii) the pending Ohio Transaction, as if the
     transactions had occurred on January 1, 1995. The Ohio Transaction will
     result in an increase in depreciation and amortization expense for the
     period of $299,000 and an increase in interest expense, net, for the
     period of $1,087,000.     
 
 (6) Total net revenues include net patient service revenues from the Company's
     facilities and revenues from ancillary services provided at non-affiliated
     long-term care facilities. Total net revenues exclude net patient service
     revenues from the Larkin Chase Nursing and Restorative Center (the "Larkin
     Chase Center"), but include management fees and rehabilitation therapy
     service revenues from such facility. See "Business--Properties" and Note F
     to the Company's audited combined financial statements included elsewhere
     in this Prospectus.
 
 (7) Represents the Company's allocation of operating results for the Larkin
     Chase Center which the Company accounts for using the equity method. See
     "Business--Properties" and Note F to the Company's audited combined
     financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
 (8) Prior to the Reorganization, the Company's predecessors operated under
     common control but were not subject to Federal or state income taxation
     and, accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the
     Company's audited combined financial statements. Following the
     Reorganization, these predecessors will be subject to Federal and state
     income taxes. Pro forma net income (loss) and pro forma net income per
     share reflect the combined income tax expense that the Company's
     predecessors would have incurred had they been subject to such taxation
     during each of the periods indicated.
   
 (9) Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding include 52,160 dilutive
     common equivalent shares (stock options issued within one year prior to
     the Offering calculated using the treasury stock method and an assumed
     initial public offering price of $12.50 per share) as if they were
     outstanding for all periods presented.     
   
(10) Includes the Larkin Chase Center commencing in 1994.     
   
(11) On December 31, 1995, the Seven Facilities were reclassified as "leased"
     following the sale and concurrent 1995 REIT Lease. See Note (2) above. The
     Ohio Facilities are classified as "owned" reflecting the treatment of the
     Ohio Transaction as a capital lease.     
   
(12) "Average occupancy rate" is computed by dividing the number of occupied
     licensed beds by the total number of available licensed beds during each
     of the periods indicated.     
   
(13) Net patient service revenues exclude all management fees and all
     rehabilitation therapy service revenues and the net patient service
     revenues of the Larkin Chase Center. See "Business--Properties."     
   
(14) Consists primarily of revenues derived from private pay individuals,
     managed care organizations, HMOs, hospice programs and commercial
     insurers.     
   
(15) Gives effect to the consummation of the transactions described in Note (4)
     above and a bonus payment in the form of Common Stock valued at $225,000
     to Damian Dell'Anno, the Company's Executive Vice President of Operations,
     under an existing plan which will be incurred as a result of the Offering
     (the "Bonus Payment"), as if such transactions had occurred on March 31,
     1996.     
   
(16) Gives effect to the transactions described in Note (15) above and the Ohio
     Transaction as if such transactions had occurred on March 31, 1996. The
     Ohio Transaction will be accounted for as a capital lease. See Note (3)
     above. This accounting treatment will result in an increase in total debt
     of $57,539,000.     
 
 
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                                 RISK FACTORS
 
  An investment in the shares of Common Stock offered hereby involves various
risks. Prior to investing in the Common Stock being offered hereby,
prospective investors should carefully consider the risk factors set forth
below, together with the other information set forth in this Prospectus.
 
RISK OF ADVERSE EFFECT OF HEALTHCARE REFORM
 
  The Company is subject to extensive governmental healthcare regulation. In
addition, there are numerous legislative and executive initiatives at the
Federal and state levels for comprehensive reforms affecting the payment for
and availability of healthcare services. It is not clear at this time what
proposals, if any, will be adopted or, if adopted, what effect such proposals
would have on the Company's business. Aspects of certain of these proposals,
such as reductions in funding or payment rates of the Medicare and Medicaid
programs, potential changes in reimbursement regulations for rehabilitation
therapy services, interim measures to contain healthcare costs such as a
short-term freeze on prices charged by healthcare providers or changes in the
administration of Medicaid at the state level, could materially adversely
affect the Company. There can be no assurance that currently proposed or
future healthcare legislation or other changes in the administration or
interpretation of governmental healthcare programs will not have a material
adverse effect on the Company. In particular, changes to the Medicare
reimbursement program that have recently been proposed could materially
adversely affect the Company's revenues derived from ancillary services.
Concern about the potential effects of proposed and unanticipated future
reform measures has contributed to the volatility of securities prices of
companies in healthcare and related industries and may similarly affect the
price of the Common Stock. See "Business--Sources of Revenues" and "--
Governmental Regulation."
 
REIMBURSEMENT BY THIRD-PARTY PAYORS
 
  The Company received approximately 32.9%, 27.0% and 40.1% of its net patient
revenues from private and other, Medicare and Medicaid patients, respectively,
for the year ended December 31, 1995, on a pro forma basis after giving effect
to the New Hampshire Transaction and the Ohio Transaction (31.8%, 27.3% and
40.9%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 1996, on a pro forma
basis after giving effect to the Ohio Transaction). The Company typically
receives higher payment rates for services to private pay and Medicare
patients than for equivalent services provided to patients eligible for
Medicaid. Any decline in the number of private or Medicare patients or
increases in the number of Medicaid patients could materially adversely affect
the Company.
 
  Both governmental and other third-party payors, such as commercial insurers,
managed care organizations, HMOs and PPOs, have instituted cost containment
measures designed to limit payments made to long-term care providers. These
measures include the adoption of initial and continuing recipient eligibility
criteria, the adoption of coverage criteria and the establishment of payment
ceilings. Furthermore, governmental reimbursement programs are subject to
statutory and regulatory changes, retroactive rate adjustments, administrative
rulings and government funding restrictions. There can be no assurance that
payments under state or Federal governmental programs will remain at levels
comparable to present levels or will be sufficient to cover the costs
allocable to patients eligible for reimbursement pursuant to such programs. In
addition, there can be no assurance that the Company's facilities or the
services provided by the Company will continue to meet the requirements for
participation in such programs or that the states in which the Company
operates will continue to meet their Medicaid reimbursement obligations on a
timely basis, if at all. Any of the foregoing could materially adversely
affect the Company.
 
  The Company is subject to periodic audits by the Medicare and Medicaid
programs, and the paying agencies for these programs have various rights and
remedies against the Company if they assert that the Company has overcharged
the programs or failed to comply with program requirements. Such paying
agencies could seek to require the Company to repay any overcharges or amounts
billed in violation of program requirements, or could make deductions from
future amounts due to the Company. Such agencies could also impose fines,
criminal penalties or program exclusions. Any such action could materially
adversely affect the Company. See "Business--Sources of Revenues" and "--
Government Regulation."
 
 
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ACQUISITIONS AND DEVELOPMENTS; DIFFICULTIES OF MANAGING RAPID EXPANSION
 
  The Company has pursued an aggressive facility acquisition program and
expects that a significant portion of any future growth will result from the
acquisition of additional long-term care facilities. The Company's success
will depend in large part on its ability to identify suitable acquisition
opportunities and its ability to pursue and finance such opportunities, obtain
governmental licenses and approvals, consummate such acquisitions, implement
operating enhancements and effectively assimilate newly acquired facilities
into its operations. The Company may also seek to acquire ancillary service
businesses. There can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in
making such acquisitions or that such facilities or businesses will be
profitable following their acquisition. In addition, growth through
acquisition entails certain risks because the acquired facilities or
businesses could be subject to unanticipated business uncertainties or legal
liabilities.
 
  The Company recently entered into an agreement to acquire the four Ohio
Facilities pursuant to a capital lease. The Ohio Transaction is anticipated to
close in the third quarter of 1996 and is subject to the satisfaction of
customary closing conditions, including the receipt of regulatory and other
approvals. However, there can be no assurance that such conditions will be met
or that the Ohio Transaction will be successfully completed during the third
quarter of 1996, if at all, or if completed, that the Ohio Facilities will be
successfully integrated into the Company's operations. The consummation of the
Offering is not conditioned on the closing of the Ohio Transaction.
 
  The Company also intends to grow through the expansion of existing
facilities and the development of new facilities. Facility expansion and
development projects are subject to a number of contingencies that are common
to construction projects but over which the Company may have little control
and which may adversely affect project cost and completion time. These may
include shortages of supplies and materials, the inability of contractors and
subcontractors to perform under their contracts and changes in building,
zoning and other applicable laws and regulations or the interpretation of such
laws and regulations. The Company may also experience start-up costs and
delays during the period between the completion of a newly developed or
expanded facility and the full utilization of the facility's capacity, all of
which could adversely affect the Company's operating results.
   
  The Company's rapid growth has placed a significant burden on the Company's
management and operating personnel. The Company's ability to manage its growth
effectively and assimilate the operations of acquired facilities or
businesses, or newly expanded or developed facilities, will require it to
continue to attract, train, motivate, manage and retain key employees. If the
Company is unable to manage its growth effectively, it could be materially
adversely affected. See "Use of Proceeds," "Business--Growth Strategy," "--The
Ohio Transaction," and "--Selected Expansion Projects."     
 
GEOGRAPHIC CONCENTRATION
   
  The Company's operations are located in Florida, Ohio, Indiana, New
Hampshire, New Jersey and Maryland. A substantial portion of the Company's net
revenues are derived from its operations in Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire.
After giving effect to the New Hampshire Transaction, the Company derived
41.2%, 20.9% and 17.3%, respectively, of its net revenues from these three
states, for the year ended December 31, 1995 (32.9%, 36.9% and 13.8%,
respectively, after giving effect to the New Hampshire Transaction and the
Ohio Transaction). Downturns in local and regional economies could have a
material adverse effect on the Company. Any adverse changes in the regulatory
environment or to the reimbursement rates paid in the states in which the
Company operates, particularly in Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire, could also
have a material adverse effect on the Company. The state of New Hampshire
recently adopted legislation which froze Medicaid reimbursement rates and
called for a redesign of its Medicaid program which has had, and may continue
to have, an adverse effect on reimbursements paid under that state's Medicaid
program. For the year ended December 31, 1995, 63.6% of the net revenues from
the New Hampshire Facilities were derived from the New Hampshire Medicaid
program. See "Business--Sources of Revenues."     
 
SIGNIFICANT DEBT AND LEASE OBLIGATIONS; ACCUMULATED DEFICIT
 
  After giving effect to the Offering, the Debt Repayment and the Ohio
Transaction, which will be accounted for as a capital lease, the Company's
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as of March 31, 1996 would have been approximately $76.0 million, accounting
for approximately 63.8% of its total capitalization. After giving effect to
the Debt Repayment and the Ohio Transaction, the Company's total annual debt
service obligations in 1995 would have been approximately $7.2 million. All
nine of the facilities owned by the Company are currently subject to
mortgages, seven of which are subject to mortgages in favor of Meditrust for a
single loan. A default under this loan could therefore result in a loss to the
Company of all of its facilities mortgaged to Meditrust.     
 
  The Company is also the lessee under 17 long-term operating leases for long-
term care facilities with aggregate minimum annual base rent payments of $9.1
million in 1996 and which generally provide for annual rent increases and
payment by the Company of taxes, insurance and other obligations. Fourteen of
the Company's facilities are leased from Meditrust. Because these leases
contain cross-default and cross-collateralization provisions, a default by the
Company under one of these leases could adversely affect all 14 of the
facilities leased from Meditrust and result in a loss to the Company of such
facilities.
 
  The degree to which the Company will be leveraged and subject to significant
lease obligations could have important consequences to the Company, including
limiting the Company's ability to obtain additional financing in the future
for working capital, capital expenditures, facility acquisitions, expansions
or developments or the refinancing of existing debt. In addition, a
substantial portion of the Company's cash flows from operations may be
dedicated to the payment of principal and interest on its indebtedness and
rent expense, thereby reducing the funds available to the Company for its
operations and to support its growth. Certain of the Company's current, and
possibly future, debt agreements and leases contain cross-collateral and
cross-default provisions and financial and other restrictive covenants,
including restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness, the
creation of liens, the payment of dividends and the sale of assets. In
addition, certain of the Company's leases do not contain non-disturbance
provisions which could result in the loss of such facilities if the lessor
defaults on its mortgage. There can be no assurance that the Company's
operating results will be sufficient to support the payment of the Company's
indebtedness and rent expense. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital
Resources," "Business--Growth Strategy" and "--Properties."
 
  As of December 31, 1995, and as of March 31, 1996, the Company had an
accumulated deficit of $6.2 million and $6.0 million, respectively, and a
stockholders' equity of $4.1 million and $5.0 million, respectively. See the
historical and pro forma combined financial statements and notes thereto
appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
 
  The Federal government and all the states in which the Company operates
regulate various aspects of the Company's business. In addition to the
regulation of Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates, the development and
operation of long-term care facilities and the provision of long-term care
services are subject to Federal, state and local licensure and certification
laws that regulate, among other matters, the number of licensed beds, the
provision of services, the distribution of pharmaceuticals, equipment,
staffing (including professional licensing), operating policies and
procedures, fire prevention measures, environmental matters and compliance
with building and safety codes. The failure to maintain or renew any required
regulatory approvals or licenses could materially adversely affect the
Company's ability to provide its services and receive reimbursement of its
expenses. There can be no assurance that Federal, state or local governments
will not impose additional restrictions on the Company's activities which
could materially adversely affect the Company.
 
  Long-term care facilities are subject to periodic inspection by governmental
authorities to assure compliance with the standards established for continued
licensing under state law and for certification under the Medicare or Medicaid
programs, including a review of billing practices and policies. Failure to
comply with these standards could result in the denial of reimbursement, the
imposition of fines, temporary suspension of admission of new patients,
suspension or decertification from the Medicare or Medicaid programs,
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acquire new facilities or expand existing facilities and, in extreme cases,
the revocation of a facility's license or closure of a facility. There can be
no assurance that the facilities currently owned or leased by the Company will
continue to meet the requirements for participation in the Medicare or
Medicaid programs nor can there be any assurance that the facilities acquired
or developed by the Company in the future will initially meet or continue to
meet these requirements.
   
  Many states, including each state in which the Company currently operates,
control the supply of licensed long-term care beds through certificate of need
("CON") programs. Presently, state approval is required for the construction
of new long-term care facilities, the addition of licensed beds and certain
capital expenditures at such facilities. To the extent that a CON or other
similar approval is required for the acquisition or construction of new
facilities or the expansion of the number of licensed beds, services or
existing facilities, the Company could be adversely affected by the failure or
inability to obtain such approval, changes in the standards applicable for
such approval and possible delays and expenses associated with obtaining such
approval. In addition, in most states the reduction of the number of licensed
beds or the closure of a facility requires the approval of the appropriate
state regulatory agency and, if the Company were to seek to reduce the number
of licensed beds at, or to close, a facility, the Company could be adversely
affected by a failure to obtain or a delay in obtaining such approval. Ohio
has imposed a moratorium until June 30, 1997 on the issuance of CONs for the
construction of new long-term care facilities and the addition of beds to
existing facilities. Until recently, New Hampshire permitted long-term care
facilities to add up to 10 licensed beds without obtaining a CON (referred to
as "leeway beds") every two years as a matter of right. Recent legislation in
New Hampshire has eliminated the right to leeway beds on existing CONs. These
actions will restrict the Company's ability to expand its facilities in Ohio
and New Hampshire.     
 
  The Company is also subject to Federal and state laws that govern financial
and other arrangements between healthcare providers. Federal laws, as well as
the laws of certain states, prohibit direct or indirect payments or fee
splitting arrangements between healthcare providers that are designed to
induce or encourage the referral of patients to, or the recommendation of, a
particular provider for medical products and services. These laws include the
Federal "anti-kickback law" which prohibits, among other things, the offer,
payment, solicitation or receipt of any form of remuneration in return for the
referral of Medicare and Medicaid patients. A wide array of relationships and
arrangements, including ownership interests in a company by persons in a
position to refer patients and personal service agreements have, under certain
circumstances, been alleged to violate these provisions. A violation of the
Federal anti-kickback law could result in the loss of eligibility to
participate in Medicare or Medicaid, or in civil or criminal penalties for
individuals or entities. Violation of state anti-kickback laws could lead to
loss of licensure, significant fines and other penalties for individuals or
entities. See "Business--Sources of Revenues" and "--Governmental Regulation."
 
ENVIRONMENTAL AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS
 
  The Company is subject to a wide variety of Federal, state and local
environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations. Among
the types of regulatory requirements faced by healthcare providers such as the
Company are: air and water quality control requirements, occupational health
and safety requirements, waste management requirements, specific regulatory
requirements applicable to asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive
substances, requirements for providing notice to employees and members of the
public about hazardous materials and wastes and certain other requirements. In
its role as owner and/or operator of properties or facilities, the Company may
be subject to liability for investigating and remediating any hazardous
substances that have come to be located on the property, or such substances
that may have migrated off of, or been emitted, discharged, leaked, escaped or
transported from, the property. The Company's operations may involve the
handling, use, storage, transportation, disposal and/or discharge of
hazardous, infectious, toxic, radioactive, flammable and other hazardous
materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants. Such activities may harm
individuals, property or the environment; may interrupt operations and/or
increase their costs; may result in legal liability, damages, injunctions or
fines; may result in investigations, administrative proceedings, penalties or
other governmental agency actions; and may not be covered by insurance. The
cost of any required remediation or removal of hazardous or toxic substances
could be substantial and the liability of an owner or operator for any
property is generally not limited under applicable laws and could exceed the
property's value.
 
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Although the Company is not aware of any material liability under any
environmental or occupational health and safety laws, there can be no
assurance that the Company will not encounter such liabilities in the future,
which could have a material adverse effect on the Company. See "Business--
Governmental Regulation."
 
COMPETITION
 
  The long-term care industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with
other providers of long-term care on the basis of the scope and quality of
services offered, the rate of positive medical outcomes, cost-effectiveness
and the reputation and appearance of its long-term care facilities. The
Company also competes in recruiting qualified healthcare personnel, in
acquiring and developing additional facilities and in obtaining CONs. The
Company's current and potential competitors include national, regional and
local long-term care providers, some of whom have substantially greater
financial and other resources and may be more established in their communities
than the Company. The Company also faces competition from assisted living
facility operators as well as providers of home healthcare. In addition,
certain competitors are operated by not-for-profit organizations and similar
businesses which can finance capital expenditures and acquisitions on a tax-
exempt basis or receive charitable contributions unavailable to the Company.
 
  The Company expects competition for the acquisition and development of long-
term care facilities to increase in the future as the demand for long-term
care increases. Construction of new (or the expansion of existing) long-term
care facilities near the Company's facilities could adversely affect the
Company's business. State regulations generally require a CON before a new
long-term care facility can be constructed or additional licensed beds can be
added to existing facilities. CON legislation is in place in all states in
which the Company operates or expects to operate. The Company believes that
these regulations reduce the possibility of overbuilding and promote higher
utilization of existing facilities. However, a relaxation of CON requirements
could lead to an increase in competition. In addition, as cost containment
measures have reduced occupancy rates at acute care hospitals, a number of
these hospitals have converted portions of their facilities into subacute
units. Competition from acute care hospitals could adversely affect the
Company. The New Jersey legislature is currently considering legislation that
would permit acute care hospitals to offer subacute care services under
existing CONs issued to those providers. Ohio has imposed a moratorium on the
conversion of acute care hospital beds into long-term care beds. See
"Business--Governmental Regulation."
 
STAFFING AND LABOR COSTS
 
  Staffing and labor costs represent the Company's largest expense. Labor
costs accounted for 59.9%, 56.4% and 52.0% of the Company's total facility
operating expenses in 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively. The Company competes
with other healthcare providers in attracting and retaining qualified or
skilled personnel. The long-term care industry has, at times, experienced
shortages of qualified personnel. A shortage of nurses or other trained
personnel or general economic inflationary pressures may require the Company
to enhance its wage and benefits package in order to compete with other
employers. There can be no assurance that the Company's labor costs will not
increase or, if they do, that they can be matched by corresponding increases
in private-payor revenues or governmental reimbursement. Failure by the
Company to attract and retain qualified employees, to control its labor costs
or to match increases in its labor expenses with corresponding increases in
revenues could have a material adverse effect on the Company. Approximately
180 employees at two of the Company's facilities are covered by collective
bargaining agreements. Although the Company believes that it maintains good
working relationships with its employees and the unions that represent certain
of its employees, it cannot predict the impact of continued or increased union
representation or organizational activities on its future operations. See
"Business--Employees."
 
LIABILITY AND INSURANCE
 
  The Company's business entails an inherent risk of liability. In recent
years, participants in the long-term care industry have been subject to
lawsuits alleging malpractice or related legal theories, many of which involve
large claims and significant legal costs. The Company expects that from time
to time it will be subject to such suits as a result of the nature of its
business. The Company currently maintains insurance policies in amounts and
with coverage and deductibles as it deems appropriate, based on the nature and
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experience and industry standards. There can be no assurance, however, that
claims in excess of the Company's insurance coverage or claims not covered by
insurance will not arise. A successful claim against the Company not covered
by, or in excess of, its insurance coverage could have a material adverse
effect on the Company. Claims against the Company, regardless of their merit
or eventual outcome, may also have a material adverse effect on the Company's
business and reputation, may lead to increased insurance premiums and may
require the Company's management to devote time and attention to matters
unrelated to the Company's business. The Company is self-insured (subject to
contributions by covered employees) with respect to most of the healthcare
benefits and workers' compensation benefits available to its employees. The
Company believes that it has adequate resources to cover any self-insured
claims and the Company maintains excess liability coverage to protect it
against unusual claims in these areas. However, there can be no assurance that
the Company will continue to have such resources available to it or that
substantial claims will not be made against the Company. See "Business--
Insurance."     
 
CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP
 
  After giving effect to the Offering, Douglas Krupp, George Krupp and
Laurence Gerber (collectively, the "Principal Stockholders") will have
combined beneficial ownership of 50.9% (47.7% if the Underwriters' over-
allotment option is exercised in full) of the outstanding Common Stock. These
individuals, together with the Company's other Directors and Executive
Officers, will have combined beneficial ownership of 55.0% (51.5% if the
underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full) of the outstanding
Common Stock after giving effect to the Offering. Consequently, the Principal
Stockholders will be able to control the business, policies and affairs of the
Company, including the election of directors and major corporate transactions.
The concentration of beneficial ownership of the Company may have the effect
of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of the Company, may
discourage bids for the Common Stock at a premium over the market price of the
Common Stock or may otherwise adversely affect the market price of the Common
Stock. See "Stock Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Principal
Holders."
 
CERTAIN ANTI-TAKEOVER PROVISIONS
 
  Certain provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the
Company, as well as Delaware corporate law, contain provisions that may be
deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may delay, defer or prevent a
tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder of the Company might
consider in its best interest, including an attempt that might result in the
receipt of a premium over the then current market price for the shares held by
stockholders. Certain of these provisions allow the Company to issue, without
stockholder approval, preferred stock having rights senior to those of the
Common Stock. Other provisions impose various procedural and other
requirements that could make it more difficult for stockholders to effect
certain corporate actions. In addition, the Company's Board of Directors is
divided into three classes, each of which serves for a staggered three-year
term, which may make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of
the Board of Directors. In addition, the Company is subject to Section 203 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law which under certain circumstances can
make it more difficult for a third party to gain control of the Company
without approval of the Board of Directors. See "Description of Capital
Stock--Certain Provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws," "--Classification of Directors" and "--Section 203 of the Delaware
Law."
 
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
  Sales of substantial amounts of Common Stock in the public market after the
Offering under Rule 144 ("Rule 144") of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the "Securities Act") or otherwise or the perception that such sales could
occur may adversely affect prevailing market prices of the Common Stock. The
Company and all persons who were stockholders of the Company prior to the
Offering have agreed, for a period of 180 days after the date of this
Prospectus, not to sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, grant any option to
purchase or otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
which are convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of
Common Stock, without the prior written consent of NatWest Securities Limited,
except for grants by the Company of options to purchase shares of Common Stock
described in this Prospectus, the exercise of such options and the issuance of
shares in connection with the Reorganization. See "The Reorganization" and
"Shares Eligible for Future Sale."
 
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IMMEDIATE AND SUBSTANTIAL DILUTION
   
  Purchasers of Common Stock in the Offering will experience immediate and
substantial dilution of $7.54 per share in pro forma net tangible book value
per share of Common Stock from the public offering price. See "Dilution."     
 
ABSENCE OF PRIOR PUBLIC MARKET
 
  Prior to the Offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock
and there can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop or be
sustained following the Offering. There can be no assurance that market prices
for the Common Stock after the Offering will equal or exceed the initial
public offering price per share set forth on the cover page of this
Prospectus. The initial public offering price per share will be determined by
negotiation between the Company and the Underwriters based upon several
factors and may not be indicative of the market price for the Common Stock
following the Offering. The market price of the Common Stock could be subject
to significant fluctuations in response to various factors and events,
including the liquidity of the market for shares of Common Stock, changes in
the Company's historical and anticipated operating results, new statutes or
regulations or changes in interpretations of existing statutes and regulations
affecting the healthcare industry in general and the long-term care industry
in particular. In addition, the stock market in recent years has experienced
broad price and volume fluctuations that often have been unrelated or
disproportionate to the operating performance of individual companies. These
fluctuations, as well as general economic and market conditions, may adversely
affect the market price of the Common Stock. See "Underwriting."
 
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                                  THE COMPANY
 
  Harborside Healthcare provides high quality long-term care, subacute care
and other specialty medical services in four principal regions: the Southeast
(Florida), the Midwest (Ohio and Indiana), New England (New Hampshire) and the
Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey and Maryland). Within these regions, the Company
operates 26 licensed long-term care facilities (9 owned and 17 leased) with a
total of approximately 3,000 licensed beds. After giving effect to the pending
Ohio Transaction, the Company will operate 30 facilities (13 owned and 17
leased) with a total of 3,700 licensed beds. The Company provides traditional
skilled nursing care, a wide range of subacute care programs (such as
orthopedic, CVA/stroke, cardiac, pulmonary and wound care), as well as
distinct programs for the provision of care to Alzheimer's and hospice
patients. In addition, the Company provides certain rehabilitation therapy and
behavioral health services both at Company-operated and non-affiliated
facilities. The Company seeks to position itself as the long-term care
provider of choice to managed care and other private referral sources in its
target markets by achieving a strong regional presence and by providing a full
range of high quality, cost effective nursing and specialty medical services.
 
  Harborside Healthcare was organized as a Delaware corporation in March 1996.
The predecessors of the Company have operated long-term care facilities since
1988. The Company's principal executive offices are located at 470 Atlantic
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Its telephone number is (617) 556-1515.
 
                              THE REORGANIZATION
   
  The Company's operations have historically been conducted by various
corporations and limited partnerships controlled by Berkshire, certain of its
direct and indirect subsidiaries and affiliates, trusts for the benefit of the
families of George and Douglas Krupp, and Messrs. Guillard, Dell'Anno and
Gerber (collectively, the "Contributors"). The Company has entered into a
reorganization agreement (the "Reorganization Agreement") with the
Contributors, pursuant to which the Contributors will contribute their equity
interests in such entities to the Company in exchange for an aggregate of
4,400,000 shares of Common Stock immediately prior to completion of the
Offering (the "Reorganization"). Except as described herein under the caption
"Certain Transactions," the equity interests transferred to the Company by the
Contributors in connection with the Reorganization constitute all of the
equity interests relating to the business of the Company that were previously
owned directly or indirectly by the Contributors. Following the
Reorganization, the Company will operate as a holding company and conduct all
of its business through its wholly owned subsidiary corporations and limited
partnerships. The representations and warranties made by the Contributors in
the Reorganization Agreement are limited to their ownership of the equity
interests being conveyed, their personal tax liabilities and their
qualifications as accredited investors. In addition, upon consummation of the
Reorganization, the Company will indemnify the Contributors against all
obligations and liabilities of the Company's predecessors arising after such
consummation. In connection with the Reorganization Agreement, the Company has
agreed that if any of the Contributors pledge the shares of Common Stock
received in connection with the Reorganization to a financial institution, the
Company will enter into a registration rights agreement which provides the
pledgee with a demand registration right, subject to certain limitations and
at the Company's expense, in the event that it forecloses on the pledged
shares.     
 
                                      14
<PAGE>
 
                                USE OF PROCEEDS
   
  The net proceeds to the Company from the Offering, assuming an initial
public offering price of $12.50 per share (the midpoint of the range set forth
on the cover page of this Prospectus) and after deducting the estimated
Offering expenses, including underwriting discounts and commissions, are
estimated to be $40,750,000 ($47,027,500 if the Underwriters' over-allotment
option is exercised in full). See "Underwriting." The Company will use the net
proceeds of the Offering as follows: (i) approximately $26.7 million to repay
mortgage indebtedness, including a related prepayment penalty of approximately
$1.7 million, (ii) $3.8 million to partially fund an option to purchase the
Ohio Facilities at the end of the capital lease term, (iii) approximately
$960,000 for payments to certain of the Company's key employees under existing
plans and arrangements and (iv) the remainder for general corporate purposes,
including working capital and acquisitions. See "Management--Employment
Agreements and Change of Control Arrangements." Although the Company is
continuously discussing with third parties the possible acquisition of
additional long-term care facilities, the Company does not at this time have
any firm commitments to make any material acquisitions of long-term care
facilities other than the Ohio Transaction, nor has it identified any
material, specific ancillary business acquisitions. Pending their use, the net
proceeds from the Offering will be invested principally in short-term,
investment grade, interest-bearing securities.     
 
  The repayment of indebtedness will reduce the principal amount outstanding
under a mortgage loan in favor of Meditrust, of which $41.7 million aggregate
principal amount was outstanding as of April 30, 1996. The loan matures on
October 1, 2004 and bears interest at an annual rate of 10.65% plus additional
interest equal to 0.3% of the difference between the annual operating revenues
of the mortgaged facilities and actual revenues during the twelve-month base
period commencing on October 1, 1995. Such additional interest begins to
accrue on October 1, 1996.  See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital
Resources."
 
                                DIVIDEND POLICY
 
  Since its formation in 1996, the Company has never declared or paid any
dividends on its Common Stock. The Company does not anticipate paying cash
dividends on its Common Stock for the foreseeable future and intends to retain
all of its earnings for reinvestment in the operations and activities of the
Company. Any future decision as to the payment of dividends will be at the
discretion of the Company's Board of Directors. The Company's ability to pay
dividends is also limited by the terms of current (and possibly future) lease
and financing arrangements that restrict, among other things, the ability of
the Company's combined affiliates to distribute funds to the Company.
 
                                      15
<PAGE>
 
                                   DILUTION
   
  At March 31, 1996, the pro forma net tangible book value of the Company
after giving effect to the Reorganization, but prior to the Offering would
have been approximately $1.1 million, or $0.25 per share. Pro forma net
tangible book value per share of Common Stock is determined by dividing the
number of shares of Common Stock outstanding after giving effect to the
Reorganization into the pro forma net tangible book value of the Company
(total tangible assets less total liabilities) but without giving effect to
the possible exercise of stock options which have been or will be granted by
the Company prior to the consummation of the Offering under its stock option
plans. After giving effect to the Offering at an assumed initial public
offering price of $12.50 per share (the midpoint of the range set forth on the
cover page of this Prospectus) the pro forma net tangible book value at such
date would have been $39.7 million, or $4.96 per share, representing an
immediate increase in pro forma net tangible book value of $4.71 per share to
existing stockholders. Accordingly, purchasers of the Common Stock in the
Offering would sustain an immediate and substantial dilution of $7.54 per
share.     
 
  The following table illustrates such per share dilution:
 
<TABLE>   
<S>                                                                <C>   <C>
Assumed initial public offering price.............................       $12.50
  Pro forma net tangible book value as of March 31, 1996.......... $0.25
  Increase in pro forma net tangible book value attributable to
   the Offering(1)................................................  4.71
                                                                   -----
Pro forma net tangible book value after the Offering(2)...........         4.96
                                                                         ------
Dilution to new investors in the Offering(2)(3)...................       $ 7.54
                                                                         ======
</TABLE>    
- --------
(1) After deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated
    Offering expenses.
   
(2) If the Underwriters' over-allotment option were exercised in full, the pro
    forma net tangible book value per share after the Offering would be $5.38
    and the dilution per share to new public investors would be $7.12.     
(3) Dilution is determined by subtracting the pro forma net tangible book
    value per share after completion of the Offering from the assumed initial
    public offering price per share of the Common Stock.
 
  The following table summarizes, on a pro forma basis as of March 31, 1996,
after giving effect to the Reorganization and the Offering, the differences
between the holders of Common Stock prior to the Offering, as a group, and the
new investors in the Common Stock offered hereby, with respect to the number
of shares purchased, the total consideration paid and the average price paid
per share, based upon an assumed initial public offering price of $12.50 per
share:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                         SHARES PURCHASED(1)   TOTAL CONSIDERATION
                         ---------------------------------------------- AVERAGE PRICE
                           NUMBER    PERCENT     AMOUNT         PERCENT   PER SHARE
                         ----------- ---------------------      ------- -------------
<S>                      <C>         <C>       <C>              <C>     <C>
Existing stockhold-
 ers(2).................   4,400,000     55.0% $11,263,000(/3/)   20.0%    $ 2.56
New investors...........   3,600,000     45.0   45,000,000        80.0     $12.50
                         -----------  -------  -----------       -----
  Total.................   8,000,000    100.0% $56,263,000       100.0%
                         ===========  =======  ===========       =====
</TABLE>
- --------
(1) If the Underwriters' over-allotment option is exercised in full, the
    number of shares of Common Stock held by existing stockholders would be
    reduced to 51.5% of the total number of shares to be outstanding after the
    Offering and the number of shares of Common Stock held by new investors
    would be increased to 4,140,000 or 48.5% of the total number of shares of
    Common Stock to be outstanding after the Offering.
 
(2) Excludes 800,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
    the Company's stock and stock option plans, under which, upon consummation
    of the Offering, options to purchase 420,000 shares at an exercise price
    equal to the initial public offering price will be granted and options to
    purchase 80,000 shares at an exercise price of $8.15 per share will be
    granted in substitution for previously granted options to purchase
    interests in one of the Company's predecessors (See Note M to the Combined
    Financial Statements). See "Management--Stock Option Plans," "--Directors
    Retainer Fee Plan" and "Description of Capital Stock."
   
(3) Total consideration paid by existing stockholders is equal to the sum of
    (i) cash paid for common stock of and partnership interests in the
    Company's predecessors , net of dividends and distributions paid back to
    these stockholders and (ii) the Bonus Payment of $225,000. See Note (15)
    to the Summary Combined Financial and Operating Data.     
 
                                      16
<PAGE>
 
                                CAPITALIZATION
 
  The following table sets forth at March 31, 1996 (i) the actual
capitalization of the Company, (ii) the pro forma capitalization of the
Company after giving effect to the Bonus Payment as adjusted to reflect the
Offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $12.50 per share (the
midpoint of the range set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus) and the
application of the net proceeds therefrom and (iii) the pro forma
capitalization of the Company as further adjusted after giving effect to the
Ohio Transaction. This table should be read in conjunction with "Use of
Proceeds" and the historical and pro forma combined financial statements and
notes thereto appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                            AT MARCH 31, 1996
                                   ----------------------------------------
                                               PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
                                             ------------------------------
                                             BEFORE OHIO     INCLUDING OHIO
                                   ACTUAL(1) TRANSACTION     TRANSACTION(2)
                                   --------- -----------     --------------
                                              (IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                                <C>       <C>             <C>
Long-term debt, less current por-
 tion.............................  $42,974    $18,255          $ 72,192
                                    -------    -------          --------
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock, par value $.01
 per share:
 1,000,000 shares authorized; no
  shares issued or outstanding ac-
  tual, pro forma as adjusted be-
  fore Ohio Transaction or pro
  forma as adjusted including Ohio
  Transaction.....................      --         --                --
Common Stock, par value $.01 per
 share:
 30,000,000 shares authorized;
  4,400,000 shares issued and
  outstanding actual; 8,000,000
  shares issued and outstanding
  pro forma as adjusted before
  Ohio Transaction and pro forma
  as adjusted including Ohio
  Transaction(3)..................       44         80                80
Additional paid-in capital........   10,994     51,933 (/4/)      51,933 (/4/)
Accumulated deficit...............   (6,037)    (8,994)(/5/)      (8,994)(/5/)
                                    -------    -------          --------
Total stockholders' equity........    5,001     43,019            43,019
                                    -------    -------          --------
Total capitalization..............  $47,975    $61,274          $115,211
                                    =======    =======          ========
</TABLE>    
- --------
(1) Gives effect to the Reorganization.
 
(2) The Ohio Facilities will be acquired pursuant to a lease financing
    accounted for as a capital lease. The capitalization of the Company has
    increased by $53,937,000 to record this transaction.
 
(3) Excludes 800,000 shares of Common Stock reserved for issuance pursuant to
    the Company's stock and stock option plans, under which, upon consummation
    of the Offering, options to purchase 420,000 shares at an exercise price
    equal to the initial public offering price will be granted and options to
    purchase 80,000 shares at an exercise price of $8.15 per share will be
    granted in substitution for previously granted options to purchase
    interests in one of the Company's predecessors. See "Management--Stock
    Option Plans" and "Description of Capital Stock."
   
(4) Gives effect to the Offering and the Bonus Payment. See Note (15) to the
    Summary Combined Financial and Operating Data.     
 
(5) Gives effect to payment of a $1.7 million debt prepayment penalty,
    $1,185,000 in bonus payments to certain key employees in connection with
    the Offering (of which $225,000 was paid in the form of Common Stock
    pursuant to the Bonus Payment), the write-off of $572,000 of deferred
    financing costs and the recognition of a deferred tax asset of $500,000.
    See "Management--Employment Agreements and Change of Control Arrangements"
    and "Certain Transactions."
 
                                      17
<PAGE>
 
                   PRO FORMA COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   
  The following unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet of the Company at
March 31, 1996 has been prepared to reflect (i) in the case of the "Pro Forma
As Adjusted Before Ohio Transaction" column, the consummation of the Offering
and the application of the net proceeds therefrom and (ii) in the case of the
"Pro Forma As Adjusted Including Ohio Transaction" column, the consummation of
the Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom and the
consummation of the Ohio Transaction. The Ohio Transaction is anticipated to
be completed in the third quarter of 1996, although there can be no assurance
that the Ohio Transaction will be completed during such time, if at all. See
"Business--The Ohio Transaction." The unaudited pro forma combined balance
sheet reflects the pro forma transactions as if they had occurred on March 31,
1996.     
 
  The following unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the
year ended December 31, 1995 has been prepared to reflect (i) in the case of
the "Pro Forma Before Ohio Transaction" column, the consummation of the New
Hampshire Transaction, the sale by KYP of the Seven Facilities on December 31,
1995, the Distribution and the 1995 REIT Lease, (ii) in the case of the "Pro
Forma As Adjusted Before Ohio Transaction" column, the consummation of the New
Hampshire Transaction, the sale by KYP of the Seven Facilities, the
Distribution, the 1995 REIT Lease, and the Offering and the application of the
net proceeds therefrom and (iii) in the case of the "Pro Forma As Adjusted
Including Ohio Transaction" column, the consummation of the New Hampshire
Transaction, the sale by KYP of the Seven Facilities, the Distribution, the
1995 REIT Lease, the Offering and the application of the net proceeds
therefrom and the Ohio Transaction. Non-recurring charges that result directly
from (i) the Offering, (ii) the subscription by Stephen Guillard, the
Company's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, on December 31, 1995, for the
purchase of an equity interest in certain of the Company's predecessors for a
purchase price of $438,000 (the "Executive Equity Purchase") and (iii) the
purchase of equity interests in certain of the Company's predecessors by
Laurence Gerber, one of the Company's Directors, on December 31, 1995, for an
aggregate purchase price of $365,000 (the "Director Equity Purchase") are not
included in the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations. The
unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the year ended
December 31, 1995 reflects the pro forma transactions as if they had occurred
on January 1, 1995.
   
  The following unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the
three months ended March 31, 1996 has been prepared to reflect (i) in the case
of the "Pro Forma As Adjusted Before Ohio Transaction" column, the
consummation of the Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom
and (ii) in the case of the "Pro Forma As Adjusted Including Ohio Transaction"
column, the consummation of the Offering and the application of the net
proceeds therefrom and the Ohio Transaction. The unaudited pro forma combined
statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 1996 reflects the
pro forma transactions as if they had occurred on January 1, 1995.     
 
  The following unaudited pro forma combined financial statements have been
prepared by the Company based on the historical financial statements of the
Company, the New Hampshire Facilities and the Ohio Facilities included
elsewhere in this Prospectus, giving effect to these transactions and the
assumptions and adjustments described in the accompanying notes.
 
  The following unaudited pro forma combined financial statements are not
indicative of the actual results that would have been achieved if the pro
forma transactions had actually been completed as of the dates indicated, or
which may be realized in the future. The unaudited pro forma combined
financial statements should be read in conjunction with "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" and
the historical combined financial statements of the Company, the prior owner
of the New Hampshire Facilities and the owners of the Ohio Facilities and the
related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
                                      18
<PAGE>
 
                   UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
                              AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
                                 (IN THOUSANDS)
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                                   PRO FORMA                             PRO FORMA
                          HARBORSIDE              AS ADJUSTED                           AS ADJUSTED
                          HEALTHCARE   OFFERING     BEFORE       OHIO       OHIO         INCLUDING
                          CORPORATION ADJUSTMENTS    OHIO     FACILITIES TRANSACTION       OHIO
                              (A)         (B)     TRANSACTION    (C)     ADJUSTMENTS    TRANSACTION
                          ----------- ----------- ----------- ---------- -----------    -----------
<S>                       <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>        <C>            <C>
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and cash
 equivalents............    $10,000     $13,090     $23,090    $  8,187   $ (8,187)(D)   $  17,590
                                                                            (5,500)(E)
Accounts receivable,
 net....................     11,354                  11,354       1,679     (1,679)(D)      11,354
Prepaid expenses and
 other..................      1,935                   1,935         190       (190)(D)       1,935
Demand note due from
 limited partnership....      1,284                   1,284         --                       1,284
Deferred income taxes...        --          500         500         --                         500
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
 Total current assets...     24,573      13,590      38,163      10,056    (15,556)         32,663
Restricted cash.........      4,331                   4,331       1,112     (1,112)(D)       4,331
 
Investment in limited
 partnership............        395                     395         --                         395
Property and equipment,
 net....................     30,185                  30,185      15,331    (15,331)(D)      93,224
                                                                            63,039 (E)
Intangible assets, net..      3,894        (572)      3,322         554       (554)(D)       3,322
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
 Total assets...........    $63,378     $13,018     $76,396    $ 27,053   $ 30,486       $ 133,935
                            =======     =======     =======    ========   ========       =========
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
Current Liabilities:
Current maturities of
 long-term debt.........    $   448     $  (281)    $   167    $    317   $   (317)(D)   $   3,769
                                                                             3,602 (E)
Accounts payable........      3,762                   3,762       1,556     (1,556)(D)       3,762
Employee compensation
 and benefits...........      6,640                   6,640       1,277     (1,277)(D)       6,640
Other accrued
 liabilities............        892                     892         510       (510)(D)         892
Advances from
 affiliates.............        --                      --        1,227     (1,227)(D)         --
Accrued interest........         67                      67         131       (131)(D)          67
Current portion of
 deferred income........        369                     369         --                         369
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
 Total current
  liabilities...........     12,178        (281)     11,897       5,018     (1,416)         15,499
Long-term portion of
 deferred income........      3,225                   3,225                                  3,225
Loan payable--
 affiliate..............        --                      --          407       (407)(D)         --
Long-term debt..........     42,974     (24,719)     18,255      18,172    (18,172)(D)      72,192
                                                                            53,937 (E)
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
 Total liabilities......     58,377     (25,000)     33,377      23,597     33,942          90,916
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock............         44          36          80         --                          80
Additional paid-in
 capital................     10,994      40,939      51,933         --                      51,933
Accumulated deficit.....     (6,037)     (2,957)     (8,994)        --                     (8,994)
Partners' equity........        --                      --        3,456     (3,456)(D)         --
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
 Total stockholders'
  equity................      5,001      38,018      43,019       3,456     (3,456)         43,019
                            -------     -------     -------    --------   --------       ---------
   Total liabilities and
    stockholders'
    equity..............    $63,378     $13,018     $76,396    $ 27,053   $ 30,486       $ 133,935
                            =======     =======     =======    ========   ========       =========
</TABLE>    
 
   See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Balance Sheet as of
                                 March 31, 1996
 
                                       19
<PAGE>
 
              NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED BALANCE SHEET
                             AS OF MARCH 31, 1996
 
A. Historical combined balance sheet of the Company as of March 31, 1996 after
   giving effect to the Reorganization.
   
B. To record the effects of the sale of 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock sold
   by the Company hereby and the receipt of the estimated net proceeds of
   $40,750,000, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $12.50
   per share and estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and Offering
   expenses of $4,250,000. Proceeds from the sale in the amount of $25,000,000
   will be used to repay long-term debt and $1,700,000 will be used to pay a
   related prepayment penalty. The prepayment penalty, the write-off of
   $572,000 of deferred financing costs associated with the retired debt, the
   establishment of a deferred tax asset of $500,000 and bonus payments
   totaling approximately $1,185,000 (of which $225,000 was paid in the form
   of Common Stock pursuant to the Bonus Payment) to a group of key employees
   of the Company and incurred as a result of the Offering have been reflected
   as an aggregate adjustment of $2,957,000 to the Company's accumulated
   deficit.     
 
C. Historical combined balance sheet of the Ohio Facilities as of March 31,
   1996. The Company anticipates that the Ohio Transaction will be consummated
   in the third quarter of 1996 and has categorized the completion of this
   acquisition as probable.
 
D. Represents the elimination of all the historical combined balances of the
   Ohio Facilities as of March 31, 1996. The Company has recorded the lease of
   the Ohio Facilities as a capital lease as a result of the bargain purchase
   option at the end of the lease term. However, the Company will not purchase
   the eliminated assets or assume the eliminated liabilities in connection
   with such lease.
   
E. Represents the recording of the Ohio Facilities as a capital lease with a
   capitalized asset value of $63,039,000, including closing costs of
   $2,100,000. The agreement to lease requires an up-front payment of
   $5,000,000 which is a portion of the price of an option to purchase the
   Ohio Facilities at the end of the lease term. Of such $5,000,000,
   $1,200,000 was previously paid and the remaining $3,800,000 will be paid
   from the proceeds of the Offering. See "Use of Proceeds." The capital lease
   obligation has been apportioned between current liabilities of $3,602,000
   and long-term debt of $53,937,000. The up-front payment of $5,000,000 of
   the purchase option price and closing costs of $500,000 have been recorded
   as a reduction of cash and cash equivalents. See "Business--The Ohio
   Transaction."     
 
                                      20
<PAGE>
 
              UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                      FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
                (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                   HARBORSIDE     NEW     NEW HAMPSHIRE   PRO FORMA               PRO FORMA AS
                   HEALTHCARE  HAMPSHIRE    AND OTHER      BEFORE     OFFERING      ADJUSTED      OHIO       OHIO
                   CORPORATION FACILITIES   PRO FORMA       OHIO     ADJUSTMENTS  BEFORE OHIO  FACILITIES TRANSACTION
                       (A)        (B)      ADJUSTMENTS   TRANSACTION     (C)      TRANSACTION     (D)     ADJUSTMENTS
                   ----------- ---------- -------------  ----------- -----------  ------------ ---------- -----------
<S>                <C>         <C>        <C>            <C>         <C>          <C>          <C>        <C>
Total net
 revenues........   $109,425    $21,956                   $131,381                 $ 131,381    $32,317
                    --------    -------                   --------                 ---------    -------
Expenses:
 Facility
  operating......     89,378     16,871      $  311 (E)    106,584                   106,584     24,660
                                                277 (E)
                                               (253)(F)
 General and
  administrative..     5,076        --          882 (G)      5,958                     5,958        --      $   680 (O)
 Management
  fees...........        --       1,832      (1,832)(H)        --                        --       2,664      (2,664)(P)
 Service charges
  paid to
  affiliate......        700        --                         700                       700        --
 Depreciation and
  amortization...      4,385        273        (273)(H)      2,155                     2,155        882        (882)(P)
                                                106 (I)                                                       1,195 (Q)
                                             (2,430)(F)
                                                 94 (J)
 Facility rent...      1,907      2,382      (2,382)(H)      9,882                     9,882        --
                                              5,114 (J)
                                              2,861 (K)
                    --------    -------      ------       --------                 ---------    -------     -------
Total expenses...    101,446     21,358       2,475        125,279                   125,279     28,206      (1,671)
                    --------    -------      ------       --------                 ---------    -------     -------
Income from
 operations......      7,979        598      (2,475)         6,102                     6,102      4,111       1,671
Other:
 Interest
  expense, net...     (5,107)      (160)        998 (F)     (4,070)    $2,727         (1,343)    (1,186)      1,626 (P)
                                                199 (H)                                                      (4,349)(Q)
                                                                                                               (440)(R)
 Loss on
  investment in
  limited
  partnership....       (114)       --                       (114)                      (114)       --
 Gain on sale of
  facilities,
  net............      4,869        --       (4,869)(L)        --                        --         --
 Minority
  interest in net
  income of
  combined
  affiliates.....     (6,393)       --        6,393 (L)        --                        --         --
                    --------    -------      ------       --------     ------      ---------    -------     -------
Income before
 income taxes....      1,234        438         246          1,918      2,727          4,645      2,925      (1,492)
Income taxes.....        --          27         (27)(M)        --                        --         --
Pro forma income
 taxes...........        481        --          267 (N)        748      1,064(N)       1,812        --          559 (N)
                    --------    -------      ------       --------     ------      ---------    -------     -------
Pro forma net
 income..........   $    753    $   411      $    6       $  1,170     $1,663      $   2,833    $ 2,925     $(2,051)
                    ========    =======      ======       ========     ======      =========    =======     =======
Pro forma net
 income per
 common share....                                                                  $    0.35
Pro forma
 weighted average
 number of shares
 outstanding(S)..                                                                  8,052,160
<CAPTION>
                     PRO FORMA
                    AS ADJUSTED
                   INCLUDING OHIO
                    TRANSACTION
                   --------------
<S>                <C>
Total net
 revenues........    $ 163,698
                   --------------
Expenses:
 Facility
  operating......      131,244
 
 
 General and
  administrative..       6,638
 Management
  fees...........          --
 Service charges
  paid to
  affiliate......          700
 Depreciation and
  amortization...        3,350
 
 
 
 Facility rent...        9,882
                   --------------
Total expenses...      151,814
                   --------------
Income from
 operations......       11,884
Other:
 Interest
  expense, net...       (5,692)
 
 Loss on
  investment in
  limited
  partnership....         (114)
 Gain on sale of
  facilities,
  net............          --
 Minority
  interest in net
  income of
  combined
  affiliates.....          --
                   --------------
Income before
 income taxes....        6,078
Income taxes.....          --
Pro forma income
 taxes...........        2,371
                   --------------
Pro forma net
 income..........    $   3,707
                   ==============
Pro forma net
 income per
 common share....    $    0.46
Pro forma
 weighted average
 number of shares
 outstanding(S)..    8,052,160
</TABLE>    
 
      See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of
                 Operationsfor the year ended December 31, 1995
 
                                       21
<PAGE>
 
                     NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED
                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                     FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
A. Historical audited combined statement of operations of the Company for the
   year ended December 31, 1995.
 
B. Historical audited combined statement of operations of the New Hampshire
   Facilities for the year ended December 31, 1995.
   
C. To record the effects of the sale of 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock sold
   by the Company hereby and the receipt of the estimated net proceeds of
   $40,750,000, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $12.50
   per share and estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and Offering
   expenses of $4,250,000. Proceeds from the sale in the amount of $25,000,000
   will be used to repay long-term debt and $1,700,000 will be used to pay a
   related prepayment penalty. If the proposed debt repayment had occurred on
   January 1, 1995, the Company's interest expense, including amortization of
   deferred financing costs, would have been reduced by $2,727,000. See "Use
   of Proceeds."     
 
   The following are non-recurring charges resulting from the Offering and are
   therefore not reflected in the pro forma combined statement of operations:
   the prepayment penalty of $1,700,000, the write-off of $572,000 of deferred
   financing costs associated with the retired debt, the establishment of a
   deferred tax asset of $500,000 and the making of bonus payments totaling
   approximately $1,185,000 (of which $225,000 was paid in the form of Common
   Stock pursuant to the Bonus Payment) to a group of key employees of the
   Company and incurred as a result of the Offering. The related tax effect of
   these non-recurring charges at an effective rate of 39% would have been a
   reduction of income tax expense of $1,348,000.
 
D. Historical audited combined statement of operations of the Ohio Facilities
   for the year ended December 31, 1995. The Company anticipates that the Ohio
   Transaction will be consummated in the third quarter of 1996 and has
   categorized the completion of this acquisition as probable.
 
E. Represents $311,000 in real estate taxes and $277,000 of purchased services
   relating to the New Hampshire Facilities which would have been recorded by
   the Company if the New Hampshire Transaction had occurred on January 1,
   1995.
 
F. Represents the elimination of historical amounts recorded with respect to
   the Seven Facilities for letter of credit fees of $253,000, depreciation
   and amortization expense of $2,430,000, and interest expense of $998,000 as
   if the sale of the Seven Facilities and the subsequent Distribution had
   occurred on January 1, 1995.
 
G. Represents $882,000 of historical general and administrative expenses
   associated with the operation of the New Hampshire Facilities as if the New
   Hampshire Transaction had occurred on January 1, 1995. These costs are
   provided in lieu of management fees paid to the seller which included
   predecessor owner's compensation and profit.
 
H. Represents the elimination of the historical combined amounts recorded by
   the New Hampshire Facilities for management fee expenses of $1,832,000,
   depreciation and amortization expenses of $273,000, rent expense of
   $2,382,000 and interest expense of $199,000.
 
I. Represents the amortization of deferred financing costs in the amount of
   $106,000 relating to the New Hampshire Transaction.
 
J. Represents the amortization of deferred financing costs in the amount of
   $94,000 and rent expense of $5,114,000 (recorded on a straight-line basis
   over the initial lease term of ten years) which the Company would have
   recorded if the sale of the Seven Facilities and the subsequent
   Distribution had occurred on January 1, 1995.
 
K. Represents rent expense of $2,861,000 (recorded on a straight-line basis
   over the initial lease term of ten years), net of amortization of deferred
   income, that the Company would have incurred if the New Hampshire
   Transaction had occurred on January 1, 1995.
 
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<PAGE>
 
L. Represents the elimination of the "gain on sale of facilities, net" of
   $4,869,000, and "minority interest in net income of combined affiliates" of
   $6,393,000 as if the sale of the Seven Facilities and the subsequent
   Distribution had occurred on January 1, 1995.
 
M. Represents the elimination of the historical combined amount recorded by
   the New Hampshire Facilities for state income taxes of $27,000.
 
N. Represents adjustments to the Federal and state provision for income taxes
   which the Company would have recorded if the Company had historically been
   subject to taxation, based on an effective income tax rate of 39.0%.
 
O. Represents $680,000 of historical general and administrative expenses
   associated with the operation of the Ohio Facilities as if the Ohio
   Transaction had occurred on January 1, 1995. These costs are provided in
   lieu of management fees paid to the seller which included predecessor
   owners' compensation, related costs and profit.
 
P. Represents the elimination of the historical combined amounts recorded by
   the Ohio Facilities for management fee expenses of $2,664,000, depreciation
   and amortization of $882,000, and interest expense of $1,626,000.
   
Q. Represents depreciation and amortization expense of $1,195,000 (recorded on
   a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of 40 years) and
   interest expense of $4,349,000 (recorded at an assumed interest rate of 8%
   based on quotations received by the Company from recognized lending
   institutions) which the Company would have recorded if the Ohio Transaction
   had occurred on January 1, 1995.     
 
R. Represent the elimination of the historical combined amount recorded by the
   Ohio Facilities for interest income of $440,000.
   
S. Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding include 52,160 dilutive
   common equivalent shares (stock options issued within one year prior to the
   Offering calculated using the treasury stock method and an assumed initial
   public offering price of $12.50 per share) as if they were outstanding for
   all periods presented.     
 
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<PAGE>
 
              UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                   FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996
                (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE AND PER SHARE DATA)
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                          HARBORSIDE               PRO FORMA AS                            PRO FORMA
                          HEALTHCARE    OFFERING     ADJUSTED      OHIO       OHIO        AS ADJUSTED
                          CORPORATION  ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE OHIO  FACILITIES TRANSACTION   INCLUDING OHIO
                              (A)          (B)     TRANSACTION     (C)     ADJUSTMENTS    TRANSACTION
                          -----------  ----------- ------------ ---------- -----------   --------------
<S>                       <C>          <C>         <C>          <C>        <C>           <C>
Total net revenues......    $34,931                 $  34,931     $8,272                   $  43,203
                            -------                 ---------     ------                   ---------
Expenses:
 Facility operating.....     28,120                    28,120      6,343                      34,463
 General and
  administrative........      2,235                     2,235        --      $   170 (E)       2,405
 Management fees........        --                        --         742        (742)(F)         --
 Service charges paid to
  affiliate.............        185                       185        --                          185
 Depreciation and               539                       539        203        (203)(F)         838
  amortization..........                                                         299 (G)
 Facility rent..........      2,545                     2,545        --                        2,545
                            -------                 ---------     ------     -------       ---------
Total expenses..........     33,624                    33,624      7,288       (476)          40,436
                            -------                 ---------     ------     -------       ---------
Income from operations..      1,307                     1,307        984         476           2,767
Other:
 Interest expense, net..       (975)      $680           (295)     (289)         289 (F)      (1,382)
                                                                              (1,087)(G)
 
 Loss on investment in
  limited partnership...       (127)                     (127)       --                         (127)
                            -------       ----      ---------     ------     -------       ---------
Income before income
 taxes..................        205        680            885        695        (322)          1,258
Pro forma income taxes..         80(D)     265(D)         345        --          146 (D)         491
                            -------       ----      ---------     ------     -------       ---------
Pro forma net income....    $   125       $415      $     540     $  695     $  (468)      $     767
                            =======       ====      =========     ======     =======       =========
Pro forma net income per
 common share...........                            $    0.07                              $    0.10
Pro forma weighted
 average number of
 shares outstanding(H)..                            8,052,160                              8,052,160
</TABLE>    
 
 See accompanying Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Combined Statement of Operations
                   for the three months ended March 31, 1996
 
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<PAGE>
 
                     NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA COMBINED
                            STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
                   FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996
 
A. Historical unaudited combined statement of operations of the Company for
   the three months ended March 31, 1996.
   
B. To record the effects of the sale of 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock sold
   by the Company hereby and the receipt of the estimated net proceeds of
   $40,750,000, based on an assumed initial public offering price of $12.50
   per share and estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and Offering
   expenses of $4,250,000. Proceeds from the sale in the amount of $25,000,000
   will be used to repay long-term debt and $1,700,000 will be used to pay a
   related prepayment penalty. If the proposed debt repayment had occurred on
   January 1, 1995, the Company's interest expense for the three months ended
   March 31, 1996, including amortization of deferred financing costs, would
   have been reduced by $680,000. See "Use of Proceeds."     
 
   The following are non-recurring charges resulting from the Offering and are
   therefore not reflected in the pro forma combined statement of operations:
   the prepayment penalty of $1,700,000, the write-off of $572,000 of deferred
   financing costs associated with the retired debt, the establishment of a
   deferred tax asset of $500,000 and the making of bonus payments totaling
   approximately $1,185,000 (of which $225,000 was paid in the form of Common
   Stock pursuant to the Bonus Payment) to a group of key employees of the
   Company and incurred as a result of the Offering. The related tax effect of
   these non-recurring charges at an effective rate of 39% would have been a
   reduction of income tax expense of $1,348,000.
 
C. Historical unaudited combined statement of operations of the Ohio
   Facilities for the three months ended March 31, 1996. The Company
   anticipates that the Ohio Transaction will be consummated in the third
   quarter of 1996 and has categorized the completion of this acquisition as
   probable.
 
D. Represents adjustments to the Federal and state provision for income taxes
   which the Company would have recorded if the Company had historically been
   subject to taxation, based on an effective tax rate of 39.0%.
   
E. Represents $170,000 of historical general and administrative expenses
   associated with the operation of the Ohio Facilities as if the Ohio
   Transaction had occurred on January 1, 1995. These costs are provided in
   lieu of management fees paid to the seller which included predecessor
   owners' compensation, related costs and profit.     
 
F. Represents the elimination of historical combined amounts recorded by the
   Ohio facilities for management fee expenses of $742,000, depreciation and
   amortization expense of $203,000, and interest expense, net, of $289,000.
   
G. Represents depreciation and amortization expense of $299,000 (recorded on a
   straight-line basis over the estimated useful life of 40 years) and
   interest expense of $1,087,000 (recorded at an assumed interest rate of 8%
   based on quotations received by the Company from recognized lending
   institutions) which the Company would have recorded if the Ohio Transaction
   had occurred on January 1, 1995.     
   
H. Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding include 52,160 dilutive
   common equivalent shares (stock options issued within one year prior to the
   Offering calculated using the treasury stock method and an assumed initial
   public offering price of $12.50 per share) as if they were outstanding for
   all periods presented.     
 
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<PAGE>
 
                          SELECTED COMBINED FINANCIAL
                              AND OPERATING DATA
 
  The following table sets forth selected historical combined financial data
and selected pro forma combined financial data for the Company. The selected
historical combined financial data for each of the years in the five year
period ended December 31, 1995 have been derived from the Company's combined
financial statements, which have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.,
independent accountants. The selected historical combined financial data as of
March 31, 1996 and for the three-month periods ended March 31, 1995 and 1996
were derived from unaudited combined financial statements of the Company. In
the opinion of management, the unaudited combined financial statements reflect
all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a
fair presentation of the financial position and results of operations for the
unaudited periods. The results of operations for the interim periods are not
necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the full year.
 
  The pro forma data are derived from the Company's unaudited pro forma
combined financial information and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in
this Prospectus. The pro forma data are not necessarily indicative of the
financial condition or results of operations that would have occurred or that
will occur in the future had the transactions occurred on the dates indicated
in the unaudited pro forma combined financial information. The financial data
set forth below should be read in conjunction with the information under
"Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations" and "Pro Forma Combined Financial Information" and the audited
combined financial statements of the Company, the predecessor owner of the New
Hampshire Facilities and the owners of the Ohio Facilities and the related
notes thereto included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
 
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<PAGE>
 
            (IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE, PER SHARE AND OTHER DATA)
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                            YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,
                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                    1995 PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
                                                                   -----------------------------
                                                                    BEFORE OHIO   INCLUDING OHIO
                      1991     1992     1993     1994      1995    TRANSACTION(2) TRANSACTION(3)
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------  -------------- --------------
 <S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>       <C>            <C>
 STATEMENT OF OP-
  ERATIONS DA-
  TA(1):
 Total net reve-
  nues(6).........   $56,879  $62,623  $75,101  $86,376  $109,425    $ 131,381      $ 163,698
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
 Expenses:
 Facility operat-
  ing.............    43,299   48,413   57,412   68,951    89,378      106,584        131,244
 General and ad-
  ministrative....     3,019    3,079    3,092    3,859     5,076        5,958          6,638
 Service charges
  paid to affili-
  ate.............     1,040      637      746      759       700          700            700
 Depreciation and
  amortization....     5,278    4,655    4,304    4,311     4,385        2,155          3,350
 Facility rent....       --       --       525    1,037     1,907        9,882          9,882
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
  Total expenses..    52,636   56,784   66,079   78,917   101,446      125,279        151,814
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
 Income from oper-
  ations..........     4,243    5,839    9,022    7,459     7,979        6,102         11,884
 Other:
 Interest expense,
  net.............    (4,527)  (4,690)  (4,740)  (4,609)   (5,107)      (1,343)        (5,692)
 Loss on
  investment in
  limited
  partnership(7)..       --       --       --      (448)     (114)        (114)          (114)
 Gain on sale of
  facilities,
  net.............       --       --       --       --      4,869          --             --
 Loss on refinanc-
  ing of debt.....       --       --       --      (453)      --           --             --
 Minority interest
  in net income of
  combined
  affiliates......    (1,709)  (1,472)  (2,297)  (1,575)   (6,393)         --             --
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
 Net income
  (loss)..........   $(1,993) $  (323) $ 1,985  $   374  $  1,234    $   4,645      $   6,078
                     =======  =======  =======  =======  ========    =========      =========
 Pro forma data:
 Historical net
  income (loss)
  (8).............   $(1,993) $  (323) $ 1,985  $   374  $  1,234    $   4,645      $   6,078
 Pro forma income
  taxes(8)........       --       --       774      146       481        1,812          2,371
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
 Pro forma net in-
  come (loss)(8)..   $(1,993) $  (323) $ 1,211  $   228  $    753    $   2,833      $   3,707
                     =======  =======  =======  =======  ========    =========      =========
 Pro forma net in-
  come per
  share(8)........                                                   $    0.35      $    0.46
 Pro forma
  weighted average
  shares outstand-
  ing(9)..........                                                   8,052,160      8,052,160
 OTHER DATA(1):
 Facilities (as of
  end of period)
 Owned(10)(11)....        15       15       15       16         9            9             13
 Leased(11).......       --       --         2        3        11           17             17
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
  Total...........        15       15       17       19        20           26             30
 Licensed beds (as
  of end of peri-
  od)
 Owned(10)(11)....     1,860    1,860    1,860    1,976     1,028        1,028          1,720
 Leased(11).......       --       --       289      389     1,443        1,980          1,980
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------    ---------      ---------
  Total...........     1,860    1,860    2,149    2,365     2,471        3,008          3,700
 Average occupancy
  rate(12)........      93.9%    93.5%    92.5%    91.5%     91.5%        91.9%          92.2%
 Sources of net
  patient service
  revenues(13):
 Private and oth-
  er(14)..........      43.9%    43.0%    39.9%    37.1%     32.3%        33.0%          32.9%
 Medicare.........      14.7%    16.2%    21.2%    24.9%     33.1%        27.4%          27.0%
 Medicaid.........      41.4%    40.8%    38.9%    38.0%     34.6%        39.6%          40.1%
<CAPTION>
                                AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                     --------------------------------------------
                      1991     1992     1993     1994      1995
                     -------  -------  -------  -------  --------
 <S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>       
 BALANCE SHEET DA-
  TA(1):
 Cash and cash
  equivalents.....   $ 7,290  $ 5,935  $10,214  $14,013  $ 40,157
 Working capital..     6,069    6,734    6,511   13,915    10,735
 Total assets.....    87,923   84,865   85,472   93,876    92,632
 Total debt.......    39,673   40,580   40,708   53,296    45,496
 Stockholders' eq-
  uity............     4,119    3,631    4,918    2,866     4,130
<CAPTION>
                                    THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
                     -------------------------------------------------
                                         1996 PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
                                       -------------------------------
                                         BEFORE OHIO   INCLUDING OHIO
                      1995     1996    TRANSACTION(4)  TRANSACTION(5)
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
 <S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>             <C>            
 STATEMENT OF OP-
  ERATIONS DA-
  TA(1):
 Total net reve-
  nues(6).........   $23,777  $34,931     $  34,931         $43,203
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
 Expenses:
 Facility operat-
  ing.............    19,734   28,120        28,120          34,463
 General and ad-
  ministrative....     1,141    2,235         2,235           2,405
 Service charges
  paid to affili-
  ate.............       177      185           185             185
 Depreciation and
  amortization....     1,043      539           539             838
 Facility rent....       392    2,545         2,545           2,545
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
  Total expenses..    22,487   33,624        33,624          40,436
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
 Income from oper-
  ations..........     1,290    1,307         1,307           2,767
 Other:
 Interest expense,
  net.............    (1,264)    (975)         (295)         (1,382)
 Loss on
  investment in
  limited
  partnership(7)..       (81)    (127)         (127)           (127)
 Gain on sale of
  facilities,
  net.............       --       --            --              --
 Loss on refinanc-
  ing of debt.....       --       --            --              --
 Minority interest
  in net income of
  combined
  affiliates......      (185)     --            --              --
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
 Net income
  (loss)..........   $  (240) $   205     $     885       $   1,258
                     ======== ======== =============== ===============
 Pro forma data:
 Historical net
  income (loss)
  (8).............   $  (240) $   205     $     885       $   1,258
 Pro forma income
  taxes(8)........       (94)      80           345             491
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
 Pro forma net in-
  come (loss)(8)..   $  (146) $   125     $     540       $     767
                     ======== ======== =============== ===============
 Pro forma net in-
  come per
  share(8)........                        $    0.07       $    0.10
 Pro forma
  weighted average
  shares outstand-
  ing(9)..........                        8,052,160       8,052,160
 OTHER DATA(1):
 Facilities (as of
  end of period)
 Owned(10)(11)....         9        9             9              13
 Leased(11).......        10       17            17              17
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
  Total...........        19       26            26              30
 Licensed beds (as
  of end of peri-
  od)
 Owned(10)(11)....     1,022    1,028         1,028           1,720
 Leased(11).......     1,343    1,980         1,980           1,980
                     -------- -------- --------------- ---------------
  Total...........     2,365    3,008         3,008           3,700
 Average occupancy
  rate(12)........      90.9%    91.3%         91.3%           91.8%
 Sources of net
  patient service
  revenues(13):
 Private and oth-
  er(14)..........      34.2%    31.8%         31.8%           31.8%
 Medicare.........      30.6%    28.3%         28.3%           27.3%
 Medicaid.........      35.2%    39.9%         39.9%           40.9%
<CAPTION>
                                          AS OF MARCH 31,
                              ----------------------------------------
                                         1996 PRO FORMA AS ADJUSTED
                                       -------------------------------
                                         BEFORE OHIO   INCLUDING OHIO
                               1996    TRANSACTION(15) TRANSACTION(16)
                              -------- --------------- ---------------
 <S>                 <C>      <C>      <C>             <C>             
 BALANCE SHEET DA-
  TA(1):
 Cash and cash
  equivalents.....            $10,000       $23,090       $  17,590
 Working capital..             12,395        26,266          17,164
 Total assets.....             63,378        76,396         133,935
 Total debt.......             43,422        18,422          75,961
 Stockholders' eq-
  uity............              5,001        43,019          43,019
</TABLE>    
 
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<PAGE>
 
 
 (1) Harborside Healthcare has been created in anticipation of the Offering in
     order to combine under its control the operations of the long-term care
     facilities and ancillary businesses that are currently under the control
     of Berkshire and its affiliates. See "The Reorganization." The Company's
     financial and operating data above combine the historical results of
     these business entities.
 
 (2) Gives effect to the consummation of the New Hampshire Transaction on
     January 1, 1996, the sale by KYP of the Seven Facilities on December 31,
     1995 and the subsequent Distribution, the 1995 REIT Lease, the Offering
     and the application of the net proceeds therefrom (assuming an initial
     public offering price of $12.50 per share), as if such transactions had
     occurred on January 1, 1995.
 
 (3) Gives effect to the transactions described in Note (2) above and the
     pending Ohio Transaction as if such transactions had occurred on January
     1, 1995. The Ohio Transaction will be accounted for as a capital lease as
     a result of the bargain purchase option granted at the end of the lease
     term. This accounting treatment will result in an increase in
     depreciation and amortization expense of $1,195,000 and an increase in
     interest expense, net, of $4,349,000. The Company expects to complete the
     Ohio Transaction in the third quarter of 1996, subject to the
     satisfaction of certain customary conditions, including the satisfactory
     completion of the Company's due diligence review and receipt of
     regulatory and other approvals.
   
 (4) Gives effect to the consummation of the Offering and the application of
     the net proceeds therefrom (assuming an initial public offering price of
     $12.50 per share), as if the Offering had occurred on January 1, 1995.
            
 (5) Gives effect to (i) the consummation of the Offering and the application
     of the net proceeds therefrom (assuming an initial public offering price
     of $12.50 per share), and (ii) the pending Ohio Transaction, as if the
     transactions had occurred on January 1, 1995. The Ohio Transaction will
     result in an increase in depreciation and amortization expense for the
     period of $299,000 and an increase in interest expense, net, for the
     period of $1,087,000.     
 
 (6) Total net revenues include net patient service revenues from the
     Company's facilities and revenues from ancillary services provided at
     non-affiliated long-term care facilities. Total net revenues exclude net
     patient service revenues from the Larkin Chase Center, but include
     management fees and rehabilitation therapy service revenues from such
     facility. See "Business--Properties" and Note F to the Company's audited
     combined financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
 (7) Represents the Company's allocation of operating results for the Larkin
     Chase Center which the Company accounts for using the equity method. See
     "Business--Properties" and Note F to the Company's audited combined
     financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
 (8) Prior to the Reorganization, the Company's predecessors operated under
     common control but were not subject to Federal or state income taxation
     and, accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the
     Company's audited combined financial statements. Following the
     Reorganization, these predecessors will be subject to Federal and state
     income taxes. Pro forma net income (loss) and pro forma net income per
     share reflect the combined income tax expense that the Company's
     predecessors would have incurred had they been subject to taxation during
     each of the periods indicated.
   
 (9) Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding include 52,160 dilutive
     common equivalent shares (stock options issued within one year prior to
     the Offering calculated using the treasury stock method and an assumed
     initial public offering price of $12.50 per share) as if they were
     outstanding for all periods presented.     
   
(10) Includes the Larkin Chase Center commencing in 1994.     
   
(11) On December 31, 1995, the Seven Facilities were reclassified as "leased"
     following the sale and concurrent 1995 REIT Lease. See Note (2) above.
     The Ohio Facilities are classified as "owned" reflecting the treatment of
     the Ohio Transaction as a capital lease.     
   
(12) "Average occupancy rate" is computed by dividing the number of occupied
     licensed beds by the total number of available licensed beds during each
     of the periods indicated.     
   
(13) Net patient service revenues exclude all management fees and all
     rehabilitation therapy service revenues and the net patient service
     revenues of the Larkin Chase Center. The Company accounts for its
     investment in this facility using the equity method because of certain
     control and purchase rights held by the minority investor in that
     facility. See "Business--Properties."     
   
(14) Consists primarily of revenues derived from private pay individuals,
     managed care organizations, HMOs, hospice programs and commercial
     insurers.     
   
(15) Gives effect to the consummation of the transactions described in Note
     (4) above and the Bonus Payment, as if such transactions had occurred on
     March 31, 1996.     
   
(16) Gives effect to the transactions described in Note (15) above and the
     Ohio Transaction as if such transactions had occurred on March 31, 1996.
     The Ohio Transaction will be accounted for as a capital lease. See Note
     (3) above. This accounting treatment will result in an increase in total
     debt of $57,539,000.     
 
                                      28
<PAGE>
 
                          MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND
                      ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND
                             RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
OVERVIEW
   
  The Company's predecessors commenced operations in 1988 with the acquisition
of two long-term care facilities. The Company has experienced significant
growth since that time, primarily through the acquisition of additional
facilities. The Company operates 26 long-term care facilities and provides
rehabilitation therapy services to patients at 35 non-affiliated long-term
care facilities. The Company has been created in anticipation of the Offering
in order to combine under its control the operations of long-term care
facilities and ancillary businesses (the "Predecessors") that are currently
under the control of Berkshire and its affiliates. Immediately prior to the
completion of the Offering, the owners of the Predecessors will contribute
their interests in such entities to the Company in exchange for 4,400,000
shares of Common Stock. See "The Reorganization." The Company's audited
combined financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus have been
prepared by combining the historical financial statements of the Predecessors,
similar to a pooling of interests presentation.     
 
  One of the Predecessors is the general partner of KYP, which owned the Seven
Facilities throughout the period from January 1, 1991 to December 31, 1995.
During this period, 95% of the net income of KYP was allocated to the
Unitholders and 5% to the general partner. Effective December 31, 1995, KYP
sold the Seven Facilities to Meditrust for a purchase price of $47,000,000.
Simultaneously, the general partner leased the Seven Facilities from the
purchaser pursuant to the 1995 REIT Lease. The accounts of KYP are included in
the Company's audited combined financial statements and the interest of its
limited partners is reflected as the minority interest. See "Business--
Properties" and Notes B and N to the Company's audited combined financial
statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
  The Company's audited combined financial statements do not include a
provision for Federal or state income taxes because the Predecessors were not
subject to Federal or state income taxation. Accordingly, the Company's
audited combined financial statements reflect a pro forma income tax expense
for each year presented, as if the Predecessors had previously been tax-paying
entities.
 
  The following discussion should be read in conjunction with "Selected
Combined Financial and Operating Data" and the Company's audited combined
financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this
Prospectus.
 
  The following table sets forth the number of facilities owned and leased by
the Company and the number of licensed beds operated by the Company:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                   AS OF DECEMBER 31,                   AS OF MARCH 31,
                  -------------------------           -------------------------
                                                                      1996
                                                                   PRO FORMA
                                                                  AS ADJUSTED
                                                                 INCLUDING OHIO
                   1993   1994        1995            1996        TRANSACTION
                  ------ ------      ------           -----      --------------
<S>               <C>    <C>         <C>              <C>        <C>
Facilities:
  Owned..........     15     16(/1/)      9(/1/)(/2/)     9(/1/)        13(/1/)
  Leased.........      2      3          11(/2/)         17             17
                  ------ ------      ------           -----          -----
    Total........     17     19          20              26             30
                  ====== ======      ======           =====          =====
Licensed beds:
  Owned..........  1,860  1,976(/1/)  1,028(/1/)(/2/) 1,028(/1/)     1,720(/1/)
  Leased.........    289    389       1,443(/2/)      1,980          1,980
                  ------ ------      ------           -----          -----
    Total........  2,149  2,365       2,471           3,008          3,700
                  ====== ======      ======           =====          =====
</TABLE>
 
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(1) Includes the Larkin Chase Center, which is owned by Bowie Center Limited
    Partnership ("Bowie L.P."), a joint venture in which the Company has a 75%
    ownership interest and a non-affiliated investor has a 25% ownership
    interest. See "Business--Properties" and Note F to the Company's audited
    combined financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
(2) On December 31, 1995, KYP sold the Seven Facilities which were
    concurrently leased by the Company pursuant to the 1995 REIT Lease. See
    "Business--Properties" and Note D to the Company's audited combined
    financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
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  The following table sets forth certain operating data for the periods
indicated:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                                                        FOR THE THREE MONTHS
                            FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,               ENDED MARCH 31,
                         ----------------------------------------- --------------------------------
                                                         1995                             1996
                                                      PRO FORMA                        PRO FORMA
                                                     AS ADJUSTED                      AS ADJUSTED
                                                    INCLUDING OHIO                   INCLUDING OHIO
                          1993     1994     1995     TRANSACTION    1995     1996     TRANSACTION
                         -------  -------  -------  -------------- -------  -------  --------------
<S>                      <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>            <C>      <C>      <C>
Patient days:
  Private and other..... 258,847  258,585  257,864      397,675     62,296   74,365      94,028
  Medicare..............  60,459   68,256   90,107      117,756     22,223   23,496      30,206
  Medicaid.............. 366,105  404,372  432,392      684,331    100,887  142,226     174,929
                         -------  -------  -------    ---------    -------  -------     -------
    Total............... 685,411  731,213  780,363    1,199,762    185,406  240,087     299,163
                         =======  =======  =======    =========    =======  =======     =======
Average occupancy
 rate(1)................    92.5%    91.5%    91.5%        92.2%      90.9%    91.3%       91.8%
Net patient service
 revenues(2):
  Private and other.....    39.9%    37.1%    32.3%        32.9%      34.2%    31.8%       31.8%
  Medicare..............    21.2     24.9     33.1         27.0       30.6     28.3        27.3
  Medicaid..............    38.9     38.0     34.6         40.1       35.2     39.9        40.9
                         -------  -------  -------    ---------    -------  -------     -------
    Total...............   100.0%   100.0%   100.0%       100.0%     100.0%   100.0%      100.0%
                         =======  =======  =======    =========    =======  =======     =======
</TABLE>    
- --------
(1) "Average occupancy rate" is computed by dividing the number of occupied
    licensed beds by the total number of available licensed beds during each
    of the periods indicated.
(2) Net patient service revenues exclude all management fees and all
    rehabilitation therapy service revenues and the net patient service
    revenues of the Larkin Chase Center. See "Business--Properties."
 
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
  The Company's total net revenues include net patient service revenues
(excluding those recorded at the Larkin Chase Center), management fees from
the Larkin Chase Center, and rehabilitation therapy service revenues from
contracts with the Larkin Chase Center and, beginning in 1995, non-affiliated
long-term care facilities. Private net patient service revenues are recorded
at established per diem billing rates. Net patient service revenues to be
reimbursed under contracts with third-party payors, primarily the Medicare and
Medicaid programs, are recorded at amounts estimated to be realized under
these contractual arrangements. Estimated Medicare and Medicaid revenues may
be adjusted after the year of origination based on payor audits, improved
revenue estimates or final settlements. Such adjustments are included in the
net revenues for the period in which the adjustment occurs.
 
  The Company's facility operating expenses consist primarily of payroll and
employee benefits related to nursing, housekeeping and dietary services
provided to patients, as well as maintenance and administration of the
facilities. Other significant facility operating expenses include the cost of
rehabilitation therapy services provided by third parties, medical and
pharmacy supplies, food, utilities, insurance and taxes. The Company's
facility operating expenses also include the general and administrative costs
associated with the operation of the Company's rehabilitation therapy
business. The Company's general and administrative expenses include all costs
associated with its regional and corporate operations.
 
  The "loss on investment in limited partnership" reflects the Company's 75%
allocation of the net loss of the Larkin Chase Center. The Company accounts
for its investment in this facility using the equity method because of certain
purchase rights held by the minority investor in the facility and because the
Company does not exercise control over the operations. As described in Note N
to the Company's audited combined financial statements, KYP sold the Seven
Facilities in December 1995 and recognized a net gain of $4,869,000, all of
which was allocated to the KYP Unitholders and is reflected in "minority
interest in net income of combined affiliates."
 
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<PAGE>
 
  The following table presents certain combined financial data of the Company
expressed as a percentage of total net revenues for the historical periods
presented and for the year ended December 31, 1995 on a pro forma basis after
giving effect to the consummation of the New Hampshire Transaction, the sale
by KYP of the Seven Facilities and the subsequent Distribution, the 1995 REIT
Lease, the Offering and the application of the net proceeds therefrom and the
pending Ohio Transaction.
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                                                 FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
                          FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                MARCH 31,
                          -------------------------------------- ------------------------------
                                                       1995                           1996
                                                    PRO FORMA                      PRO FORMA
                                                   AS ADJUSTED                    AS ADJUSTED
                                                  INCLUDING OHIO                 INCLUDING OHIO
                          1993    1994    1995     TRANSACTION   1995    1996     TRANSACTION
                          -----   -----   -----   -------------- -----   -----   --------------
<S>                       <C>     <C>     <C>     <C>            <C>     <C>     <C>
Total net revenues......  100.0%  100.0%  100.0%      100.0%     100.0%  100.0%      100.0%
                          -----   -----   -----       -----      -----   -----       -----
Expenses:
 Facility operating.....   76.5    79.8    81.7        80.2       83.0    80.5        79.8
 General and administra-
  tive..................    4.1     4.5     4.6         4.1        4.8     6.4         5.6
 Service charges paid to
  an affiliate..........    1.0     0.9     0.6         0.4        0.7     0.5         0.4
 Depreciation and
  amortization..........    5.7     5.0     4.0         2.0        4.4     1.6         1.9
 Facility rent..........    0.7     1.2     1.8         6.0        1.7     7.3         5.9
                          -----   -----   -----       -----      -----   -----       -----
   Total expenses.......   88.0    91.4    92.7        92.7       94.6    96.3        93.6
                          -----   -----   -----       -----      -----   -----       -----
Income from operations..   12.0     8.6     7.3         7.3        5.4     3.7         6.4
Other:
 Interest expense, net..   (6.3)   (5.4)   (4.6)       (3.5)      (5.3)   (2.7)       (3.2)
 Loss on investment in
  limited partnership...    --     (0.5)   (0.1)       (0.1)      (0.3)   (0.4)       (0.3)
 Gain on sale of facili-
  ties, net.............    --      --      4.4         --         --      --          --
 Loss on refinancing....    --     (0.5)    --          --         --      --          --
 Minority interest in
  net income of combined
  affiliates............   (3.1)   (1.8)   (5.9)        --        (0.8)    --          --
                          -----   -----   -----       -----      -----   -----       -----
Net income (loss).......    2.6 %   0.4 %   1.1 %       3.7 %     (1.0)%   0.6 %       2.9 %
Pro forma data:
 Pro forma income tax-
  es....................   (1.0)%  (0.2)%  (0.4)%      (1.4)%      0.4 %  (0.2)%      (1.1)%
                          -----   -----   -----       -----      -----   -----       -----
 Pro forma net income
  (loss)................    1.6 %   0.2 %   0.7 %       2.3 %     (0.6)%   0.4 %       1.8 %
                          =====   =====   =====       =====      =====   =====       =====
</TABLE>    
 
  The Company experienced an increase in average net patient service revenues
per patient day as a result of an increase in the proportion of patients
requiring higher levels of medical care, including subacute care. In 1993, the
Company anticipated a decline in revenues from traditional custodial care
private pay patients and sought to offset this potential loss through the
expansion of subacute care and other specialty medical services. As a result,
the percentage of net patient service revenues attributable to the Medicare
program was 33.1% in 1995, a substantial increase from the 24.9% and 21.2%
experienced in 1994 and 1993, respectively.
 
Year Ended December 31, 1995 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 1994
 
  Total Net Revenues. Total net revenues increased by $23,049,000, or 26.7%,
from $86,376,000 in 1994 to $109,425,000 in 1995. This increase resulted
primarily from the operation of two additional facilities, the generation of
revenues from rehabilitation therapy services provided to patients at the
Larkin Chase Center and non-affiliated long-term care facilities and increased
net patient service revenues per patient day at the Company's existing
facilities. Of such increase, $6,279,000, or 27.2%, resulted from the
operation of the Brevard facility, which the Company began leasing in October
1994, and the Swanton facility, which the Company began leasing in April 1995.
In 1995, the Company began providing rehabilitation therapy services at non-
affiliated long-term care facilities, which generated revenues of $3,045,000,
or 13.2% of such increase. In addition,
 
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<PAGE>
 
   
rehabilitation therapy service revenues from the Larkin Chase Center increased
by $687,000, or 3.0% of such increase, to $1,031,000 in 1995. The remaining
$13,038,000, or 56.6% of such increase, is attributable to higher average net
patient service revenues per patient day at the Company's existing facilities,
primarily resulting from increased care levels provided to patients with
medically complex conditions. Average net patient service revenues per patient
day increased by 14.4% from $117.54 in 1994 to $134.45 in 1995. The average
occupancy rate at the Company's facilities remained unchanged in 1995 at
91.5%.     
 
  Facility Operating Expenses. The increase in the number of facilities
operated by the Company and the expansion of the Company's rehabilitation
therapy services to include non-affiliated facilities, as well as the greater
percentage of patients receiving higher levels of care, resulted in an
increase in facility operating expenses of $20,427,000, or 29.6%, from
$68,951,000 in 1994 to $89,378,000 in 1995. Facilities added during 1994 and
1995 accounted for $4,962,000, or 24.3%, of the increase in facility operating
expenses. As described above, in 1995 the Company began providing
rehabilitation therapy services to patients at non-affiliated facilities.
During 1995, the Company entered into rehabilitation therapy service contracts
with 16 non-affiliated facilities and expensed all related contract
development costs as incurred, including marketing, recruiting and other
related expenses. These expenses, together with the cost of providing
rehabilitation therapy services at these facilities, increased the Company's
facility operating expenses by $3,290,000, which approximated the revenues
derived from such activities in 1995. The remainder of the increase in
facility operating expenses, approximately $12,175,000, is due to significant
increases in the costs of labor, medical supplies and rehabilitation therapy
services purchased from third parties. The Company's efforts to enhance its
clinical capabilities required it to significantly increase facility staffing
levels in 1995 as compared to 1994.
 
  General and Administrative; Service Charges Paid to Affiliate. Expenses
associated with the Company's regional and corporate offices increased by
$1,217,000, or 31.5%, from $3,859,000 in 1994 to $5,076,000 in 1995. The
majority of this increase resulted from the creation of new positions to
support the development of subacute programs, as well as from the addition of
administrative services needed to support facilities added during 1995 and
late in 1994. The Company reimbursed Berkshire in 1995 for rent and other
expenses related to its corporate headquarters, as well as for certain data
processing and administrative services. See "Certain Transactions." In 1995,
such reimbursements totaled $700,000, compared to $759,000 in 1994. The
reduction in this expense is attributable to functions assumed by employees of
the Company during 1995.
 
  Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization remained
relatively unchanged at $4,385,000 in 1995 as compared to $4,311,000 in 1994.
 
  Facility Rent. Facility rent expense increased by $870,000, or 83.9%, from
$1,037,000 in 1994 to $1,907,000 in 1995. The increase in rent is attributable
to the addition of two facilities financed pursuant to long-term leases. In
April 1995, the Company began leasing its Swanton facility. In October 1994,
the Company entered into a lease for its Brevard facility with an affiliate.
See "Certain Transactions."
 
  Interest Expense, net. Interest expense, net, increased from $4,609,000 in
1994 to $5,107,000 in 1995. This increase of $498,000, or 10.8%, related to
the incurrence of approximately $13,100,000 of additional debt in October
1994, and was offset in part by the refinancing of certain high cost debt at a
lower interest rate. The increase in interest expense was partially offset by
increased interest income resulting from a higher average cash balance held
during 1995 following the incurrence of additional debt in October 1994 and
prior to the use of these funds for facility acquisitions.
 
  Loss on Investment in Limited Partnership. The Company accounts for its
investment in the Larkin Chase Center using the equity method. The Company's
75% allocation of the net loss from this facility was reduced from $448,000 in
1994 to $114,000 in 1995. Most of the improvement resulted from an increase in
occupancy at this facility in 1995 and the recognition of start-up losses
during 1994. The Larkin Chase Center opened on April 30, 1994 and achieved
stabilized occupancy by the fourth quarter of 1995.
 
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<PAGE>
 
  Gain on Sale of Facilities. The net gain on sale of facilities of
approximately $4,869,000 in 1995 resulted from the sale on December 31, 1995
of the Seven Facilities. All of the net gain from this sale has been allocated
to the Unitholders in accordance with the partnership agreement and is
reflected in the increased minority interest charge in 1995. At the time of
the sale, the Company entered into the 1995 REIT Lease. See "Business--
Properties" and Note N to the Company's audited combined financial statements
included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
  Minority Interest in Net Income of Combined Affiliates. The minority
interest charge increased from $1,575,000 in 1994 to $6,393,000 in 1995, an
increase of $4,818,000. Substantially all of the increase is attributable to
the allocation of the net gain on the sale of the Seven Facilities. Following
the Distribution and subsequent dissolution of the partnership, the minority
interest charge will be eliminated.
 
  Net Income. Net income was $374,000 in 1994 as compared to $1,234,000 in
1995. The increase of $860,000 was primarily the result of increased operating
income in 1995 and a reduced loss from the Company's equity investment in the
Larkin Chase Center in 1995. In addition, in 1994 the Company incurred a loss
of $453,000 relating to the refinancing of certain indebtedness.
 
Year Ended December 31, 1994 Compared to Year ended December 31, 1993
 
  Total Net Revenues. Total net revenues increased by $11,275,000, or 15.0%,
from $75,101,000 in 1993 to $86,376,000 in 1994. This increase resulted
primarily from the operation of three additional facilities and increased net
patient service revenues per patient day. Of such increase, $5,146,000, or
45.6%, resulted from the operation of these additional facilities. The
remaining $6,129,000, or 54.4%, of such increase in revenues was the result of
higher average net patient service revenues per patient day associated with
increased levels of care to patients with medically complex conditions.
Average net patient service revenues per patient day increased by 7.3% from
$109.57 in 1993 to $117.54 in 1994, while the average occupancy rate decreased
from 92.5% to 91.5% during the same period. Part of the reduction in average
occupancy rate was the result of the opening of the newly constructed Larkin
Chase Center in April 1994. Excluding the Larkin Chase Center, the average
occupancy rate at the Company's facilities was 92.1% in 1994, only a slight
reduction from 1993. Additionally, the Company closed certain Medicare and
Medicaid cost reports in 1994 and 1993 which resulted in additional net
patient service revenues of $1,000,000 and $2,000,000, respectively.
 
  Facility Operating Expenses. Facility operating expenses increased by
$11,539,000, or 20.1%, from $57,412,000 in 1993 to $68,951,000 in 1994. Of
this increase, $4,361,000, or 37.8%, resulted from increased expenses
associated with the addition of three facilities in 1993 and 1994. The
remaining $7,178,000, or 62.2%, of such increase resulted from increased
expenses associated with higher skilled staffing levels and increased use of
rehabilitation therapy and medical supplies. The incurrence of higher
operating expenses is consistent with the Company's objective of providing
care to patients requiring higher levels of medical care or specialized
treatment. Beginning in 1993, the Company began providing its own
rehabilitation therapy services to patients at certain of its facilities. The
closing of certain Medicare and Medicaid cost reports in 1993 and 1994 had the
effect of reducing facility operating expenses as a percentage of net
revenues.
 
  General and Administrative; Service Charges Paid to Affiliate. General and
administrative expenses increased by $767,000, or 24.8%, from $3,092,000 in
1993 to $3,859,000 in 1994. This increase resulted from higher expenses
associated with expansion of regional and corporate support as well as
increases in salaries. During 1994, the Company added corporate marketing and
clinical positions as it expanded subacute care and other forms of specialty
medical care. The Company reimbursed Berkshire in 1994 for rent and other
expenses related to its corporate headquarters as well as for certain data
processing and administrative services which were provided to the Company. In
1994, reimbursements to Berkshire totaled $759,000 as compared to $746,000 in
1993.
 
  Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization remained
relatively unchanged at $4,311,000 in 1994 as compared to $4,304,000 in 1993.
 
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<PAGE>
 
  Facility Rent. Facility rent expense increased by $512,000, or 97.5%, from
$525,000 in 1993 to $1,037,000 in 1994. This increase was primarily due to the
addition of two facilities in June 1993 and one facility in October 1994, all
of which were financed pursuant to long-term leases.
 
  Interest Expense, net. Interest expense, net, was $4,740,000 in 1993 as
compared to $4,609,000 in 1994. The Company refinanced the majority of its
long-term debt in October 1994. As a result, the Company incurred
approximately $13,100,000 of additional debt at a reduced interest rate. The
Company recorded a loss on refinancing of $453,000 in connection with this
transaction.
 
  Loss on Investment in Limited Partnership. The Company recorded a loss of
$448,000 in 1994 in connection with its 75% ownership interest in the Larkin
Chase Center. The loss recognized in 1994 is primarily the result of the
recognition of start-up costs incurred before the facility achieved stabilized
occupancy.
 
  Minority Interest in Net Income of Combined Affiliates. Minority interest
declined from $2,297,000 in 1993 to $1,575,000 in 1994, a decrease of
$722,000. Minority interest in net income of combined affiliates reflects the
allocation of 95% of the net income of KYP to the Unitholders. KYP generated
less net income in 1994 than in 1993 and the minority interest was
correspondingly reduced.
 
  Net Income. Net income was $1,985,000 in 1993 as compared to $374,000 in
1994. The decrease of $1,611,000 was primarily the result of reduced Medicare
and Medicaid settlements in 1994, the loss related to the Company's equity
investment in the Larkin Chase Center, and the loss on refinancing recorded by
the Company in October 1994. A reduction in minority interest partially offset
these factors.
 
Year Ended December 31, 1995, Pro Forma As Adjusted Including the Ohio
Transaction, Compared to  Historical Year Ended December 31, 1995
 
  Total Net Revenues. Total net revenues on a pro forma basis in 1995
increased by $54,273,000, or 49.6%, to $163,698,000 as compared to the
Company's historical 1995 net revenues of $109,425,000. The addition of the
six New Hampshire Facilities represented $21,956,000, or 40.5%, of such
increase and the four Ohio Facilities represented $32,317,000, or 59.5%, of
such increase.
 
  Facility Operating Expenses. Facility operating expenses on a pro forma
basis increased 46.8%, or $41,866,000, to $131,244,000 in 1995 as compared to
the Company's historical 1995 facility operating expenses of $89,378,000. The
increase resulted from the addition of the New Hampshire and Ohio Facilities.
Facility operating expenses as a percentage of total net revenues were 80.2%
on a pro forma basis in 1995 and 81.7% on a historical basis. The operating
expenses of these facilities are lower as a percentage of total net revenues
than the Company's historical percentage due to differences in levels of
medical care provided and start-up expenses incurred by the Company in
connection with its rehabilitation therapy business.
 
  General and Administrative Expenses. General and administrative expenses on
a pro forma basis in 1995 increased by $1,562,000, or 30.8%, to $6,638,000 as
compared to the Company's historical 1995 general and administrative expenses
of $5,076,000. This increase resulted from costs associated with the addition
of the New Hampshire and Ohio Facilities. The New Hampshire Facilities operate
as a new region of the Company and correspondingly require a higher level of
general and administrative expenses than the Ohio Facilities, which are
expected to be integrated into the Company's existing Midwest region.
 
  Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense on a
pro forma basis in 1995 decreased by $1,035,000, or 23.6%, to $3,350,000 as
compared to the Company's historical 1995 depreciation and amortization
expense of $4,385,000. The net reduction was largely the result of the
elimination of $2,430,000 in depreciation and amortization expense recorded by
the Seven Facilities owned by KYP after giving effect to the sale and
subsequent lease of the Seven Facilities. This amount was partly offset by a
$1,195,000 increase relating to the Ohio Transaction which has been recorded
as a capital lease.
 
 
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<PAGE>
 
  Facility Rent. Facility rent expense on a pro forma basis in 1995 increased
by $7,975,000 to $9,882,000 as compared to the Company's historical 1995
expense of $1,907,000. The increase in rent expense was solely the result of
the effect of the sale and subsequent lease of the Seven Facilities and the
lease of the New Hampshire Facilities.
   
  Interest Expense, net. Interest expense, net, on a pro forma basis in 1995
increased by $585,000, or 11.5%, to $5,692,000 as compared to the Company's
historical interest expense, net, of $5,107,000. Interest expense increased by
$4,349,000 as the result of the Ohio Transaction, which has been recorded as a
capital lease. This increase was partially offset by a pro forma adjustment of
$2,727,000 as a result of the repayment of $25,000,000 of Meditrust debt with
the proceeds of the Offering. All non-recurring items such as the prepayment
penalty of $1,700,000 and the write-off of deferred financing costs of
$572,000 have been excluded from the unaudited pro forma combined statement of
operations.     
 
  Net Income. Net income on a pro forma basis in 1995 increased by $2,954,000
to $3,707,000 as compared to the Company's historical net income of $753,000
(after reflecting a pro forma tax expense). Net income increased primarily as
the result of reduced interest expense following the Debt Repayment as well as
the addition of the New Hampshire Facilities and the Ohio Facilities.
 
Three Months Ended March 31, 1996 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31,
1995
   
  Total Net Revenues. Total net revenues increased by $11,154,000, or 46.9%,
from $23,777,000 in 1995 to $34,931,000 in 1996. This increase resulted
primarily from the operation of seven additional facilities in 1996, and the
generation of revenues from additional contracts to provide rehabilitation
therapy services to patients at non-affiliated long-term care facilities. Of
such increase, $6,345,000, or 56.9%, resulted from the operation of the
Swanton facility, which the Company began leasing on April 1, 1995, and the
six New Hampshire Facilities, which the Company began leasing on January 1,
1996. In 1995 the Company began providing rehabilitation therapy services to
patients at non-affiliated long-term care facilities. As of March 31, 1995 the
Company had one contract with a non-affiliated long-term care facility as
compared to 35 contracts with such facilities as of March 31, 1996. Revenues
during the first quarter of 1995 from non-affiliated rehabilitation therapy
services were $136,000 as compared to $2,141,000 for the first quarter of
1996, an increase of $2,005,000, or 18.0% of the overall increase in net
revenues. The remaining $2,804,000, or 25.1% of such increase, is attributable
to higher average net patient service revenues per patient day at the
Company's previously existing facilities, primarily resulting from increased
care levels provided to patients with medically complex conditions. Total net
revenues on a pro forma basis adjusted for the Offering and the Ohio
Transaction for the three months ended March 31, 1996 increased by $8,272,000,
or 23.7%, to $43,203,000 as compared to the Company's historical net revenues
of $34,931,000 as a result of the addition of the Ohio Facilities.     
   
  Facility Operating Expenses. The increase in the number of facilities
operated by the Company and the expansion of the Company's rehabilitation
therapy services at non-affiliated facilities, as well as the greater
percentage of patients receiving higher levels of care, resulted in an
increase in facility operating expenses of $8,386,000, or 42.5%, from
$19,734,000 during the first quarter of 1995 to $28,120,000 during the first
quarter of 1996.  Facilities operated by the Company during the first quarter
of 1996 but not during the prior year period accounted for $4,933,000, or
58.8%, of the increase in facility operating expenses. During 1995 the Company
began providing rehabilitation services to patients at non-affiliated
facilities. At the end of the first quarter of 1995 the Company had entered
into only one contract with a non-affiliated facility but by the end of the
first quarter of 1996, the Company had entered into 35 such contracts. The
costs associated with the development of these contracts (including marketing
and recruiting) together with the costs of providing rehabilitation therapy
services at these facilities increased the Company's facility operating
expenses by approximately $1,642,000, or 19.6%, of the total increase in these
costs. The remainder of the increase in facility operating expenses,
approximately $1,811,000, is primarily due to increases in the costs of labor,
medical supplies and rehabilitation therapy services purchased from third
parties. Facility operating expenses on a pro forma basis adjusted for the
Offering and the Ohio Transaction for the three months ended March 31, 1996
increased by $6,343,000, or 22.6%,     
 
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to $34,463,000 as compared to the Company's historical facility operating
expenses of $28,120,000 as a result of the addition of the Ohio Facilities.
       
  General and Administrative; Services Charges Paid to Affiliate. Expenses
associated with the Company's regional and corporate offices increased by
$1,094,000, or 95.9%, from $1,141,000 during the first quarter of 1995 to
$2,235,000 during the first quarter of 1996. General and administrative
expenses for the first quarter of 1996 included a compensation charge of
$438,000 as a result of a special bonus paid to the President of the Company.
Most of the remaining increase, $656,000, resulted from the creation of new
positions and additional administrative costs required to support the addition
of the new facilities and the development of subacute programs. The Company
reimbursed Berkshire during the first quarter of 1995 and 1996 for rent and
other expenses related to its corporate headquarters, as well as for certain
data processing and administrative services. See "Certain Transactions."
During the first quarter of 1995, such reimbursements totalled $177,000,
compared to $185,000 during the first quarter of 1996. The level of services
provided by Berkshire on behalf of the Company was comparable in each period.
General and administrative expenses on a pro forma basis adjusted for the
Offering and the Ohio Transaction for the three months ended March 31, 1996
increased by $170,000, or 7.6%, to $2,405,000, as compared to the Company's
historical general and administrative expenses of $2,235,000 as a result of
the addition of the Ohio Facilities.     
   
  Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and amortization expense
decreased by $504,000, from $1,043,000 during the first quarter of 1995 to
$539,000 during the first quarter of 1996. This decrease is the result of the
sale of the Seven Facilities, which accounted for $601,000 of depreciation and
amortization during the prior period, partially offset by additional expenses
recorded at newly acquired facilities during the first quarter of 1996.
Depreciation and amortization expense on a pro forma basis adjusted for the
Offering and the Ohio Transaction for the three months ended March 31, 1996
increased by $299,000, or 55.5%, to $838,000 as compared to the Company's
historical depreciation and amortization expense of $539,000 as a result of
the Ohio Transaction, which has been recorded as a capital lease.     
   
  Facility Rent. Facility rent expense increased by $2,153,000, from $392,000
during the first quarter of 1995 to $2,545,000 during the first quarter of
1996. The increase in rent is attributable to the addition of the Swanton
facility on April 1, 1995, the sale and subsequent lease of the Seven
Facilities on December 31, 1995, and the addition of New Hampshire Facilities
effective January 1, 1996.     
   
  Interest Expense, net. Interest expense, net, decreased by $289,000 from
$1,264,000 during the first quarter of 1995 to $975,000 during the first
quarter of 1996. This decrease was primarily the result of the retirement of
the KYP Medium-Term Notes and the elimination of the related interest expense
of $248,000 which was incurred during the first quarter of 1995. Interest
expense, net, on a pro forma basis adjusted for the Offering and the Ohio
Transaction for the three months ended March 31, 1996 increased by $407,000,
or 41.7%, to $1,382,000 as compared to the Company's historical interest
expense, net, of $975,000. Interest expense increased by $1,087,000 as the
result of the Ohio Transaction, which has been recorded as a capital lease.
This increase was partially offset by a pro forma adjustment of $680,000 as a
result of the repayment of $25,000,000 of Meditrust debt with the proceeds of
the Offering. All non-recurring items such as the prepayment penalty of
$1,700,000 and the write-off of deferred financing costs of $572,000 have been
excluded from the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations.     
 
  Loss on Investment in Limited Partnership. The Company accounts for its
investment in the Larkin Chase Center using the equity method. The Company's
75% allocation of the net loss from this facility increased from $81,000
during the first quarter of 1995 to $127,000 during the first quarter of 1996.
   
  Net Income (Loss). The Company recorded a net loss of $240,000 during the
first quarter of 1995 compared to net income of $205,000 during the first
quarter of 1996, which is net of the $438,000 special bonus compensation
charge included in general and administrative expenses. The improved
performance was primarily the result of increased operating income during the
first quarter of 1996 together with higher interest income.     
 
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Net income on a pro forma basis adjusted for the Offering and the Ohio
Transaction for the three months ended March 31, 1996 increased by $642,000 to
$767,000 (after reflecting a pro forma tax expense of $491,000). Pro forma net
income increased primarily as the result of reduced interest expense following
the Debt Repayment as well as the addition of the Ohio Facilities.     
 
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
 
  The Predecessors historically financed their operations and acquisitions
growth primarily through a combination of mortgage financing, operating
leases, and capital contributed by the KYP Unitholders. Although the Company
had cash and cash equivalents totalling $40,157,000 as of December 31, 1995,
approximately $33,493,000 of such amount was held pending the Distribution,
which occurred in March 1996. As of March 31, 1996 the Company had cash and
cash equivalents totaling $10,000,000.
   
  The Company had two mortgage loans outstanding as of March 31, 1996. The
mortgage loan from Meditrust had an outstanding principal balance of
$41,809,000 and bears interest at an annual rate of 10.65% plus additional
interest equal to 0.3% of the difference between the annual operating revenues
of the mortgaged facilities and actual revenues during the twelve-month base
period commencing October 1, 1995. Such additional interest begins to accrue
on October 1, 1996. The loan is secured by mortgages in favor of Meditrust on
seven of the Company's facilities. The Company plans to use $25,000,000 of the
net proceeds of the Offering to prepay a portion of this debt. In connection
with this prepayment the Company expects to incur a cash prepayment penalty of
approximately $1,700,000. See "Use of Proceeds." After giving effect to the
Debt Repayment as of March 31, 1996, the outstanding principal as of such date
would have been reduced to $16,809,000 and the outstanding principal due at
maturity in 2004 would be $14,598,000. The Company's other mortgage loan,
which encumbers a single facility, had an outstanding principal balance of
$1,613,000 as of March 31, 1996 and bears interest at 14% per annum. This
mortgage matures in the year 2010.     
 
  The Company's existing facility leases generally require it to make monthly
lease payments, establish escrow funds to serve as debt service reserve
accounts, and pay all property operating costs. The Company generally
negotiates leases which provide for extensions beyond the initial lease term
and an option to purchase the leased facility. See "Business--Properties." The
Company expects that such leasing arrangements will continue to provide it
with the most attractive form of financing to support its growth.
   
  The Company expects that cash on hand and the net proceeds of the Offering
will be sufficient to meet its operating requirements and to finance
anticipated growth over the next twelve months. The Company has been and will
continue to be dependent on third-party financing to fund its acquisition
strategy. The Company is currently involved in discussions with several
financial institutions to obtain acquisition financing and to establish a
working capital line of credit secured by its receivables. There can be no
assurances that such financing will be available to the Company on acceptable
economic terms, or at all. From time to time, the Company expects to pursue
certain expansion and new development opportunities associated with existing
facilities. In connection with a Certificate of Need received by its Ocala
facility in March 1996, the Company expects to commence construction of a
sixty-bed addition and a rehabilitation therapy area within approximately six
months. The costs of this project are estimated to be approximately
$2,800,000. In addition, in connection with a Certificate of Need held by its
Larkin Chase facility, the Company expects to commence construction of a
sixty-bed addition during 1996. The costs associated with the Larkin Chase
project are estimated to be approximately $2,500,000. The Company intends to
seek separate financing for each of these projects. There can be no assurances
that financing of either project will be available to the Company on
acceptable terms.     
 
  The Company's operating activities in 1995 generated net cash of $1,886,000
as compared to $4,939,000 in 1994, a decrease of $3,053,000. Most of the
reduction in cash provided by operations was the result of an increase in
accounts receivable of $7,573,000. This increase is the result of a
substantial growth in revenues as well as a shift in payor mix toward slower-
paying sources such as Medicare.
 
  Net cash provided by investing activities was $36,818,000 in 1995. After
deducting the gross proceeds of $47,000,000 from the sale of the Seven
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investing activities was $9,298,000 in 1995 as compared to $6,078,000 used in
1994. In each year the primary use of invested cash related to additions to
property and equipment ($2,585,000 in 1994 compared to $3,081,000 in 1995),
the funding of escrow accounts in connection with debt or lease financing
arrangements ($1,995,000 in 1994 compared to $760,000 in 1995), and additions
to deferred financing costs associated with these financings ($1,410,000 in
1994 compared to $1,202,000 in 1995). In 1995, the Company loaned $1,255,000
to Bowie L.P. to finance its working capital requirements. The Company expects
that this loan will be repaid during 1996. In 1995, the Company also paid
acquisition deposits totalling $3,000,000 in connection with two groups of
facilities for which it was negotiating leases. The Company began leasing the
first group (the New Hampshire Facilities) on January 1, 1996 and received its
$1,000,000 deposit back upon the closing of the transaction. The Company's
offer to lease the second group of facilities was rescinded by the Company and
it received its $2,000,000 deposit back in March 1996. The Company borrowed
$2,000,000 from Berkshire to pay this acquisition deposit and repaid Berkshire
in March 1996. See "Certain Transactions."
 
  Net cash used by financing activities was $12,560,000 in 1995. The repayment
of debt and the incurrence of a related prepayment penalty upon the sale of
the Seven Facilities and liquidation of KYP required the use of $10,954,000.
In 1994 the Company refinanced existing debt by incurring approximately
$13,100,000 in additional debt at a lower effective interest rate. A portion
of the funds raised through this refinancing, $2,200,000, was distributed to
shareholders of the Company's Predecessors.
 
  The Company's operating activities in the first three months of 1995
generated net cash of $2,000 as compared to $1,097,000 in the comparable
period of 1996, an increase of $1,095,000. Most of the increase in cash
provided by operations was the result of an increase in accrued employee
compensation offset by an increase in prepaid expenses and a decrease in
accounts payable.
 
  Net cash used by investing activities was $275,000 in the three months ended
March 31, 1995 as compared to $224,000 provided in the comparable period of
1996. In each period the primary use of invested cash related to additions to
property and equipment ($486,000 in 1995 compared to $504,000 in 1996),
changes in escrow account balances established in connection with debt or
lease financing arrangements (a decrease of $247,000 in 1995 and an increase
of $1,576,000 in 1996), and additions to deferred financing costs associated
with these financings ($36,000 in 1995 compared to $696,000 in 1996).
Additionally, in 1996 the Company received $3,000,000 in refunded acquisition
deposits in connection with two groups of facilities which it was negotiating
to acquire.
 
  Net cash used by financing activities was $1,068,000 in the three months
ended March 31, 1995 as compared to $31,478,000 in 1996. Distributions to
minority interest required the use of $909,000 in 1995 compared to $33,727,000
in 1996. The 1996 distribution consisted of the liquidating distribution to
the KYP Unitholders. During the first three months of 1996 the Company also
repaid a $2,000,000 note payable to an affiliate, but received a cash lease
inducement from a landlord of $3,685,000 and received $803,000 in capital
contributions through the Executive Equity Purchase and the Director Equity
Purchase. The note payable was incurred when the Company borrowed funds from
an affiliate to finance a deposit related to the acquisition of a group of
facilities. The lease inducement was received as the result of the leasing of
the New Hampshire Facilities.
 
INFLATION
 
  The healthcare industry is labor intensive. Wages and other labor related
costs are especially sensitive to inflation. Certain of the Company's other
expense items, such as supplies and real estate costs are also sensitive to
inflationary pressures. Shortages in the labor market or general inflationary
pressure could have a significant effect on the Company. In addition,
suppliers pass along rising costs to the Company in the form of higher prices.
When faced with increases in operating costs, the Company has sought to
increase its charges for services and its requests for reimbursement from
government programs. The Company's private pay customers and third party
reimbursement sources may be less able to absorb increased prices for the
Company's services. The Company's operations could be adversely affected if it
is unable to recover future cost increases or experiences significant delays
in increasing rates of reimbursement of its labor or other costs from Medicare
and Medicaid revenue sources. See "Business--Governmental Regulation."
 
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                                   BUSINESS
 
THE COMPANY
 
  Harborside Healthcare provides high quality long-term care, subacute care
and other specialty medical services in four principal regions: the Southeast
(Florida), the Midwest (Ohio and Indiana), New England (New Hampshire) and the
Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey and Maryland). Within these regions, the Company
operates 26 licensed long-term care facilities (9 owned and 17 leased) with a
total of approximately 3,000 licensed beds. After giving effect to the pending
acquisition of the four Ohio Facilities, the Company will operate 30 long-term
care facilities (13 owned and 17 leased) with a total of 3,700 licensed beds.
The Company provides traditional skilled nursing care, a wide range of
subacute care programs (such as orthopedic, CVA/stroke, cardiac, pulmonary and
wound care), as well as distinct programs for the provision of care to
Alzheimer's and hospice patients. In addition, the Company provides certain
rehabilitation therapy and behavioral health services both at Company-operated
and non-affiliated facilities. The Company seeks to position itself as the
long-term care provider of choice to managed care and other private referral
sources in its target markets by achieving a strong regional presence and by
providing a full range of high quality, cost effective nursing and specialty
medical services.
 
  Since commencing operations in 1988, the Company has experienced significant
growth through strategic acquisitions in states it believes possess favorable
demographic and regulatory environments, as well as through the expansion of
subacute care and other specialty medical services provided at its long-term
care facilities. Since 1993 and after giving effect to the recent and pending
transactions, the Company increased its overall patient capacity by
approximately 1,550 licensed beds, or 72.2%. During the same period, the
Company also improved its overall quality mix (defined as net patient service
revenues derived from Medicare, commercial insurance and other private payors)
from 61.1% to 65.4% of net patient service revenues for the years ended
December 31, 1993 and 1995, respectively, primarily as a result of the
Company's rapid expansion of its subacute care and other specialty medical
services. For the three months ended March 31, 1996, during which the Company
began leasing the New Hampshire Facilities, the Company's quality mix was
60.1% (31.8% private and other and 28.3% Medicare) and its average occupancy
rate was 91.3%. The Company believes that its quality mix and its average
occupancy rate have consistently been among the highest in the long-term care
industry.
 
  The Company believes that it is favorably positioned to benefit from trends
impacting the healthcare industry, including favorable demographic shifts,
advances in medical technology and continuing public and private pressures to
contain growing healthcare costs. At the same time, government restrictions
and high construction and start-up costs are expected to continue to constrain
the supply of long-term care and subacute facilities. The Company further
believes that an increasingly complex operating environment is motivating
smaller, less efficient long-term care facility operators to combine with or
sell to established operators. Harborside Healthcare expects that such recent
trends toward industry consolidation will continue and will provide it with
future acquisition opportunities.
 
GROWTH STRATEGY
 
  The Company intends to continue to grow by (i) selectively acquiring
additional long-term care facilities in its existing and in new geographic
regions, (ii) expanding the range of subacute care provided, including the
addition of distinct COMPASS (COMprehensive Patient Active Subacute Systems)
subacute care units, (iii) expanding its existing rehabilitation therapy and
behavioral healthcare businesses, (iv) developing and acquiring new ancillary
service operations, such as institutional pharmacy, home healthcare and
infusion therapy and (v) expanding its Alzheimer's and hospice care programs.
The Company believes that its strategy of concentrating its operations in
selected geographic markets and complementing its long-term care platform with
a wide range of specialty medical services and ancillary services will enable
the Company to benefit from economies of scale and improve its ability to
penetrate regional managed care markets.
 
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Acquisition Strategy
 
  The Company generally seeks to acquire long-term care facilities in its
existing regions as well as in new geographic markets it believes possess
favorable demographic and regulatory environments. The Company believes that
concentrating its long-term care facilities within selected geographic regions
enables it to achieve certain operating efficiencies through economies of
scale, reduced corporate overhead and more effective management supervision
and financial controls. Geographic concentration also allows the Company to
establish more effective working relationships with referral sources and
regulatory authorities in the states in which it operates. The Company
believes that this strategy complements its operating approach of building
integrated networks of healthcare services targeted at managed care and other
private insurance organizations.
 
  Harborside Healthcare generally seeks to acquire long-term care facilities
that: (i) have a history of stable occupancy and operations, (ii) are in good
physical condition, (iii) have been constructed or renovated in the past
fifteen years, (iv) have an overall size generally ranging from 100 to 200
licensed beds, (v) have a good reputation in the community, (vi) operate in
markets with favorable competitive climates and (vii) provide opportunities
for additional growth through the expansion of the range and scope of services
offered. All acquisition opportunities considered by the Company are subject
to the availability of financing on acceptable terms. See "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--
Liquidity and Capital Resources."
 
  The Company employs a full-time acquisitions staff to locate, evaluate,
negotiate and complete the acquisition of long-term care facilities. The
Company believes that maintaining a dedicated acquisitions staff enables it to
complete acquisitions without disruption of its operations. Prior to
consummating an acquisition, the Company conducts a comprehensive due
diligence review, including analyses of (i) financial and operating
performance, (ii) survey results and compliance with Federal and state
regulations, (iii) competition and market assessments, (iv) regulatory and
reimbursement issues, (v) engineering and environmental matters and (vi) legal
and ancillary risk issues. Upon completion of the due diligence process, the
Company's acquisition staff, in conjunction with its operating and marketing
personnel, develops a business plan for each facility or group of facilities
to be acquired. The plan is subsequently reviewed by the Company's senior
management and a decision whether to proceed is made.
 
  In keeping with its growth strategy, the Company leased six additional long-
term care facilities with 537 beds in New Hampshire in January 1996. The
Company believes that a significant opportunity exists to improve the quality
mix revenues of its New Hampshire Facilities through the addition of Medicare,
subacute care and other specialty medical services at these facilities.
Subsequently, the Company also entered into an agreement to lease the Ohio
Facilities pursuant to a capital lease. This transaction is expected to
strengthen the Company's existing network of five long-term care facilities in
Ohio and to provide the Company with an opportunity to achieve regional
overhead cost efficiencies while further enhancing its ability to attract
managed care payors in that state. Together, the New Hampshire Facilities and
Ohio Facilities represented approximately $54.3 million in combined total net
revenues for the year ended December 31, 1995. See "--The Ohio Transaction."
Since 1993 and after giving effect to the New Hampshire Transaction and the
Ohio Transaction, the Company increased its overall patient capacity by
approximately 1,550 licensed beds, or approximately 72.2%.
 
  The Company is continuously discussing with third parties the possible
acquisition of long-term care facilities. Although the Company regularly
considers and evaluates opportunities for expansion and from time to time
enters into letters of intent that provide the Company with an exclusivity
period during which it considers possible acquisitions, the Company does not
at this time have any firm commitments to make any material acquisitions of
long-term care facilities other than the Ohio Transaction, nor has it
identified any material, specific ancillary business.
 
Expansion of Specialty Medical Services
 
  The Company also expects to continue to expand the range of subacute care
and other specialty medical services provided at its long-term care
facilities. Since its inception, the Company has developed strong
 
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capabilities in the areas of subacute care and other specialty medical service
design and delivery and has implemented subacute care services at each of its
current long-term care facilities, other than two of the recently acquired New
Hampshire Facilities. The Company is evaluating opportunities to further
introduce subacute care and other specialty medical services at its New
Hampshire Facilities.     
 
  Where demand for subacute care is particularly strong, the Company has
developed distinct subacute care units. Where appropriate, the Company expects
to continue to add distinct subacute care units within its existing facilities
or within newly acquired long-term care facilities. Within these units, the
Company has designed and implemented several clinical pathways designed to
achieve specified, measurable treatment outcomes in an efficient and cost-
effective manner. The Company believes that its subacute services and clinical
pathways are attractive to managed care organizations and other private payors
as a result of the Company's emphasis on quality and cost efficiency. The
Company has also developed and expects to continue to develop specialized care
units for patients with Alzheimer's disease and hospice units for patients
with terminal illnesses. See "--Patient Services." Primarily as a result of
the Company's expansion of specialty medical services, net revenues per
patient day have increased from $109.57 in 1993 to $134.45 in 1995.
 
Expansion of Ancillary Businesses
   
  The Company currently provides a range of ancillary services, including
physical, occupational and speech rehabilitation therapy, at 13 Company-
operated and 35 non-affiliated long-term care facilities. Where appropriate,
the Company expects to add its rehabilitation therapy programs at newly
acquired long-term care facilities and to selectively expand its ancillary
business with non-affiliated long-term care facilities. The Company also
recently began providing behavioral health services at selected Company-
operated, as well as non-affiliated, long-term care facilities.     
 
  The Company is currently evaluating opportunities to acquire or develop
additional ancillary businesses, including home healthcare, institutional
pharmacy and infusion therapy. The Company believes that providing home
healthcare services will make it more attractive to managed care and other
private payors, allow it to retain patients within a broader continuum of care
and provide wider access to its current nursing capacity. The Company further
believes that entry into institutional pharmacy and infusion therapy
businesses will offer it opportunities to reduce operating costs and capture
additional profits by bringing within its organization services typically
purchased from third-party contractors. Although such activities are under
consideration, the Company has not at this time identified any specific
acquisitions or new business developments of these businesses. See "--
Ancillary Businesses."
 
OPERATING STRATEGY
 
  The Company's operating strategy emphasizes (i) providing high quality
healthcare on a cost-effective basis and expanding the range of medical
services it provides, (ii) maintaining high occupancy rates and further
improving its quality mix and (iii) achieving operating efficiencies and
actively managing overhead costs.
 
  The Company will continue to focus its efforts to ensure the efficient and
cost-effective delivery of high quality healthcare to its medically demanding
patients. To achieve these goals, the Company will continue to recruit highly
qualified administrators, nurses and medical directors. Performance
improvement standards and committees at each facility (comprised of the
facility administrator and the facility's senior medical professionals)
continually monitor the quality of care provided. The Company uses
interdisciplinary teams to provide high quality care and case managers to
coordinate, monitor and evaluate the delivery of care. The Company believes
that its commitment to providing high quality care has established its
favorable reputation in the markets it serves. The Company also seeks to
continually expand the range of medical services provided through its distinct
units and otherwise. In addition, the Company employs corporate-level staff in
the areas of specialty medical services, professional services and managed
care who are responsible for evaluating and expanding the range of medical
services provided at its facilities.
 
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  The Company also seeks to maintain high occupancy rates at its facilities
while further improving its quality mix. The Company intends to achieve this
goal by: (i) expanding the breadth and improving the quality of services
offered, including the addition of speciality medical services in order to
attract Medicare, managed care and other private pay patients; (ii) developing
additional referral sources and marketing programs designed to increase
occupancy; and (iii) closely monitoring census information and other patient
data at the corporate, regional and facility levels.
 
  The Company believes that concentrating its long-term care facilities within
selected geographic regions enables it to achieve operating efficiencies
through economies of scale, reductions in corporate overhead and improvements
in supervision and financial controls. Geographic concentration facilitates
the centralization of purchasing, training, marketing and other management
services and also allows the Company to establish more effective working
relationships with referral sources and regulatory authorities. As a result,
the Company believes it is better able to attract managed care and other
private payors and thereby improve its quality mix.
 
  The Company actively monitors and manages operating costs in order to
maintain and improve the profitability of its operations. The Company's
management philosophy stresses close oversight of facility operations by all
three levels of management (corporate headquarters, regional and facility).
The Company's centralized, automated financial reporting system enables
corporate financial personnel to monitor key operating and financial data and
budget variances on a timely basis, as well as to respond quickly to unusual
developments at its facilities. See "--Operations" and "--Sources of
Revenues."
 
PATIENT SERVICES
 
Basic Patient Services
 
  Basic patient services are those traditionally provided to elderly patients
in long-term care facilities to assist with the activities of daily living and
to provide general medical care. The Company provides 24-hour skilled nursing
care by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and certified nursing
aides in all of its facilities. Each facility is managed by an on-site
licensed administrator who is responsible for the overall operation of the
facility, including the quality of care provided. The medical needs of
patients are supervised by a medical director, who is a licensed physician.
Although treatment of patients is the responsibility of their own attending
physicians, who are not employed by the Company, the medical director monitors
all aspects of delivery of care. The Company also provides a broad range of
support services, including dietary services, therapeutic recreational
activities, social services, housekeeping and laundry services, pharmaceutical
and medical supplies and routine rehabilitation therapy.
 
  Each facility offers a number of individualized therapeutic activities
designed to enhance the quality of life of its patients. These activities
include entertainment events, musical productions, trips, arts and crafts and
volunteer and other programs that encourage community interaction.
 
Specialty Medical Services
 
  Specialty medical services are those provided to patients with medically
complex needs, who generally require more extensive treatment and a higher
level of skilled nursing care. These services typically generate higher net
patient service revenues per patient day than basic patient services as a
result of increased levels of care and the provision of ancillary services.
The Company intends to expand the scope and range of its specialty medical
services and programs in order to further enhance revenues, profitability and
the reputation of its facilities for providing quality care.
   
  Subacute Care. Subacute care is goal-oriented, comprehensive care designed
for an individual who has had an acute illness, injury, or exacerbation of a
disease process. Subacute care is typically rendered immediately after, or
instead of, acute hospitalization in order to treat one or more specific,
active, complex medical conditions or in order to administer one or more
technically complex treatments. The Company provides subacute care services at
all of its existing facilities (other than at two of its recently acquired New
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such areas as complex medical, cardiac recovery, digestive, immuno-suppressed
disease, post-surgical, wound, and CVA/stroke care, hemodialysis, infusion
therapy, and diabetes and pain management.
 
  In facilities that have shown strong demand for subacute services, the
Company has developed distinct subacute units marketed under the name
"COMprehensive Patient Active Subacute System" or "COMPASS." Each COMPASS unit
contains 20 to 60 beds and is specially staffed and equipped for the delivery
of subacute care. Patients in COMPASS units typically range in age from late
teens to the elderly, and typically require high levels of nursing care and
the services of physicians, therapists, dietitians, clinical pharmacists or
psycho/social counselors. Certain patients may also require life support or
monitoring equipment. Because patient goals are generally rehabilitation-
oriented, lengths of stay in COMPASS units are generally expected to be less
than 30 days each. The Company recently opened its first five COMPASS units at
its Gulf Coast, Larkin Chase, Tampa Bay, Sarasota and Troy facilities
containing a total of approximately 170 licensed beds. Four additional COMPASS
units are expected to open during 1996.
 
  The Company has designed clinical pathways for these COMPASS units in the
areas of orthopedic rehabilitation, CVA/stroke recovery, cardiac recovery,
pulmonary rehabilitation and wound care management. These clinical pathways
are designed to achieve specified measurable outcomes in an efficient and
cost-effective manner. The Company's COMPASS units and the clinical pathways
used in these units are designed to attract commercial insurance and managed
care organizations, such as HMOs and PPOs. The Company has personnel dedicated
to actively marketing its COMPASS units to commercial insurers and managed
care organizations. The Company is currently developing five additional
clinical pathways in the areas of oncology, HIV/AIDS, post-surgical recovery,
ventilator care and neuro-trauma rehabilitation, and expects to introduce
these pathways in selected COMPASS units at various times during 1996.
 
  The Company is seeking to establish a Medical Services Organization network
in conjunction with Humana Health Care Plans in the Pasco County, Florida
area. The Company will develop a network of healthcare providers and manage a
continuum of care ranging from subacute care to home healthcare services. The
network is expected to include the Company's Gulf Coast and Palm Harbor
facilities and is expected to commence operation in the third quarter of 1996.
   
  Alzheimer's and Hospice Care. The Company has also developed distinct units
that provide care for patients with Alzheimer's disease and hospice units for
patients with terminal illnesses. As of March 31, 1996, the Company operates
three dedicated Alzheimer's units at its Pinebrook, Swanton and Northwood
facilities, with a total of 88 licensed beds. One of the Ohio Facilities
operates a dedicated Alzheimer's unit with 50 licensed beds. The Company
expects to open two additional Alzheimer's units at its Naples and Troy
facilities during 1996. The Company also operates three distinct hospice units
with a total of 46 licensed beds at its Tampa Bay, Clearwater and Sarasota
facilities, where it provides care to terminally ill patients and counseling
to their families. The Company expects to open an additional hospice unit with
ten licensed beds during 1996 at its Pinebrook facility.     
 
ANCILLARY BUSINESSES
 
  The Company currently provides rehabilitation therapy services and
behavioral health services, principally at its own long-term care facilities
and, beginning in 1995, at selected non-affiliated long-term care facilities.
The Company believes it can improve the operating performance of its long-term
care facilities by further expanding the scope of ancillary services provided.
In this regard, the Company intends to pursue selected opportunities to
acquire or develop additional ancillary businesses, such as home healthcare,
institutional pharmacy, and infusion therapy, in order to complement existing
Company services. See "--Growth Strategy."
 
  Rehabilitation Therapy Services. Commencing in January 1994, the Company
began to provide comprehensive physical, occupational and speech therapy
programs. As of March 31, 1996, the Company provided rehabilitation therapy
services at 13 of the Company's facilities and had therapy contracts with 35
non-affiliated long-term care providers. The Company currently employs
approximately 430 therapists.
       
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  Behavioral Health Services. The Company recently commenced its behavioral
health business, which offers services provided by teams of licensed
professionals who assist patients with emotional and psychological issues
relating to their loss of functioning and relocation to a long-term care
setting. These teams of professionals also provide a range of therapy and
emotional support services to assist patients and their families in improving
the quality of their lives. The Company provides behavioral health services at
five of the Company's facilities in Florida and at seven non-affiliated
facilities in that region.
 
PROPERTIES
 
  The Company operates 26 long-term care facilities, nine of which are owned
and 17 of which are leased. All nine of the properties owned by the Company
are subject to mortgages. See "Use of Proceeds," "Management's Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and
Capital Resources" and Note E to the Company's audited combined financial
statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus. Of the Company's leased
facilities, fourteen are leased from subsidiaries of Meditrust. The Company's
Northwestern Ohio and Defiance facilities are leased from a non-affiliated
lessor and the Company's Brevard facility is leased from an affiliate. See
"Certain Transactions." The Company has also entered into an agreement to
acquire the Ohio Facilities from a non-affiliated lessor pursuant to a capital
lease. See "--The Ohio Transaction."
   
  The Company's leases with Meditrust have initial terms which expire on
various dates in the year 2005 and provide for up to two five-year renewals.
The Company's annual rental expense under its leases with Meditrust for the
year ended December 31, 1995, were $0.5 million and are expected to be $8.7
million for the year ended December 31, 1996 (without giving effect to any
additional leases that might be entered into following the Offering). The
Company's lease for its Northwestern Ohio and Defiance facilities has a ten-
year term expiring in the year 2003 with no renewal options. The Company's
lease for its Brevard facility has an initial term expiring in the year 2004
and provides for up to two five-year renewal terms. Each of the Company's
leases provides for the payment of annual rent which in most cases increases
by a formula or by a fixed percentage each year. The lease with Meditrust for
the Company's Swanton facility provides for additional rent of up to $14,650
based on increases in that facility's revenues as compared to a base year. The
Company's leases also generally provide that the Company is responsible for
expenses such as taxes, insurance and maintenance and repairs.     
 
  Each of the Company's leases with Meditrust provides the Company with
options to purchase the leased facilities which are exercisable on the eighth
anniversary of the lease (the ninth anniversary in the case of the New
Hampshire Facilities), at the end of the initial term and at the end of each
renewal term at a price equal to the greater of (i) the fair market value of
the facilities subject to the purchase option (90% of the fair market value in
the case of the New Hampshire Facilities), excluding capital expenditures made
by the Company or (ii) Meditrust's purchase price for the facilities subject
to the purchase option. The lease with Meditrust for the Company's Swanton
facility grants the Company a right of first refusal to purchase the facility
which the Company may exercise if it exercises its first renewal option under
the lease. Each of the Company's other leases with Meditrust grants the
Company a right of first refusal to purchase the facility subject to the lease
exercisable at any time during the term of the lease. The leases for the
Company's Northwestern Ohio and Defiance facilities provides for a purchase
option to acquire both of the facilities, which the Company may exercise
during the final year of the lease term for an aggregate purchase price of
$8,500,000. In the event the Company does not exercise its purchase option
under the lease, the Company will be required to pay a one-time termination
fee of $500,000 to the lessor. The lease also grants the Company a right of
first refusal during the lease term. See Note D to the Company's audited
combined financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus. The
Company's lease for its Brevard facility also contains a purchase option. See
"Certain Transactions."
 
  The Company's leases with Meditrust are secured by the facilities, the
facilities' accounts receivable, cash collateral and a pledge of the ownership
interests in the subsidiary lessees and the general partners of such lessees.
The facilities subject to the Meditrust leases are also cross-collateralized
and contain cross-default provisions, so that a default under one of the
leases would trigger a default under each of the other Meditrust leases. As a
result, the Company could lose all of the facilities subject to such leases in
the event of a default
 
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under one such lease. In addition, the leases permit Meditrust to require the
Company to purchase the facilities at a specified purchase price upon the
occurrence of a default. The Meditrust leases also subordinate all
intercompany obligations and distributions of the subsidiary lessees to the
obligations owing to Meditrust pursuant to the leases.
   
  Although many of the Company's leases provide for non-disturbance from
mortgagees of the leased properties, the lease for the Company's Northwood
facility is not so protected and is subject to termination in the event the
mortgage is foreclosed following a default by the owner-lessor. However, the
Company has the right to make mortgage payments on behalf of the owner-lessor
in order to prevent such foreclosure. In the case of the Company's Brevard
facility, the assets of the facility are subject to security interests in
favor of a mortgagee of the property and intercompany payments from the
subsidiary lessee are subordinate to payments under the mortgage. All of the
Company's lease obligations and certain of the Company's debt obligations are
guaranteed by Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership ("HHLP"), the
Company's principal operating subsidiary. The Company has agreed that it will
also guaranty all of the current leases and loans between its subsidiaries and
Meditrust. In addition, the Company and HHLP have also agreed to indemnify
Meditrust, as lessor under the Meditrust leases, and HHLP has agreed to
indemnify the senior mortgage holder on the Company's Brevard facility, for
certain environmental liabilities.     
 
  One of the Company's owned facilities, the Larkin Chase Center, is owned by
Bowie L.P., a joint venture which is owned 75% by the Company and 25% by a
non-affiliated investor. Bowie L.P. subleases the land on which the facility
is located from an affiliate of the minority investor. The Company manages the
facility for a fee equal to 6.0% of the facility's annual total net revenues.
The minority investor has an option to purchase the Company's interest in
Bowie L.P. at fair market value, which option is exercisable during a sixty-
day period each year commencing in 2001. The Company accounts for the Larkin
Chase Center using the equity method and its share of the facility's operating
results is reflected in the Company's audited combined financial statements as
a "loss on investment in limited partnership." See "Selected Combined
Financial and Operating Data" and Note F to the Company's audited combined
financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
 
  The following table summarizes certain information regarding the Company's
facilities and the facilities included in the Ohio Transaction:
 
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SUMMARY OF FACILITIES
 
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<CAPTION>
                                        YEAR     OWNED/    LICENSED      AVERAGE
   FACILITY           LOCATION        ACQUIRED   LEASED      BEDS   OCCUPANCY RATE(1)
- -----------           --------        --------   ------    -------- -----------------
<S>                   <C>             <C>      <C>         <C>      <C>
SOUTHEAST REGION
 FLORIDA
  Brevard             Rockledge          1994  Leased(/2/)    100         91.6%
  Clearwater          Clearwater         1990  Owned(/3/)     120         94.1%
  Gulf Coast          New Port Richey    1990  Owned(/3/)     120         90.7%
  Naples              Naples             1989  Leased(/4/)    120         93.3%
  Ocala               Ocala              1990  Owned(/3/)     120         95.5%
  Palm Harbor         Palm Harbor        1990  Owned(/3/)     120         90.8%
  Pinebrook           Venice             1989  Leased(/4/)    120         93.6%
  Sarasota            Sarasota           1990  Leased(/4/)    120         92.4%
  Tampa Bay           Oldsmar            1990  Owned(/3/)     120         93.2%
                                                            -----
                                                            1,060
MIDWEST REGION
 OHIO
  Defiance            Defiance           1993  Leased         100         87.9%
  Northwestern Ohio   Bryan              1993  Leased         189         80.4%
  Swanton             Swanton            1995  Leased(/4/)    100         97.2%
  Toledo              Perrysburg         1990  Owned(/3/)     100         95.7%
  Troy                Troy               1989  Leased(/4/)    195         95.2%
  The Ohio Facilities --              Pending  Owned(/5/)     692         93.0%
 INDIANA
  Decatur             Indianapolis       1988  Owned(/6/)      88         90.6%
  Indianapolis        Indianapolis       1988  Leased(/4/)    103         91.5%
  New Haven           New Haven          1990  Leased(/4/)    120         92.4%
  Terre Haute         Terre Haute        1990  Owned(/3/)     120         91.9%
                                                            -----
                                                            1,807
NEW ENGLAND REGION
 NEW HAMPSHIRE
  Applewood           Winchester         1996  Leased(/4/)     70         91.4%
  Crestwood           Milford            1996  Leased(/4/)     82         96.6%
  Milford             Milford            1996  Leased(/4/)     52         96.2%
  Northwood           Bedford            1996  Leased(/7/)    147         95.9%
  Pheasant Wood       Peterborough       1996  Leased(/4/)     99         96.7%
  Westwood            Keene              1996  Leased(/4/)     87         86.7%
                                                            -----
                                                              537
MID-ATLANTIC REGION
 MARYLAND
  Larkin Chase Center Bowie              1994  Owned(/8/)     120         81.5%(9)
 NEW JERSEY
  Woods Edge          Bridgewater        1988  Leased(/4/)    176         94.6%
                                                            -----
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  TOTAL                                                     3,700
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(1) Average occupancy rate is computed by dividing the number of occupied
    licensed beds by the total number of available licensed beds during 1995.
(2) Leased from Rockledge T. Limited Partnership ("RTLP"), an affiliate of the
    Company. See "Certain Transactions."
(3) Subject to a mortgage in favor of Meditrust which secures a loan in the
    aggregate principal amount of $42.3 million. A portion of the proceeds of
    the Offering will be used to repay a portion of this loan pursuant to the
    Debt Repayment. See "Use of Proceeds." The loan bears interest at a 10.65%
    annual rate. Additional interest payments may also be required commencing
    on January 1, 1997 in an amount equal to 0.3% of the difference between
    the operating revenues of the borrowers after that date and the operating
    revenues during a 12 month base period which commenced October 1, 1995.
    Following the Debt Repayment the loan may be voluntarily prepaid, subject
    to a 1.5% prepayment penalty commencing in 1999. The prepayment penalty
    declines to zero in 2002. See Note E to the Company's combined financial
    statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
(4) Leased from Meditrust.
(5) To be acquired in connection with the pending Ohio Transaction. The
    capital lease for each of these facilities does not provide non-
    disturbance protection from, and is subject to, prior mortgages. See "--
    The Ohio Transaction."
 
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(6) This property is subject to a first mortgage loan which the Company
    assumed in connection with its purchase of the facility in 1988. The
    outstanding principal balance on the loan as of March 31, 1996 is
    $1,613,000. The loan bears interest at 14% and requires the annual
    retirement of $20,000 of principal each year. The final maturity of the
    loan is in 2010 and the loan may be prepaid commencing in 1999 without
    penalty. See Note E to the Company's combined financial statements
    included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
(7) Leased from Meditrust. The lease for the Northwood facility does not
    provide non-disturbance protection from, and is subject to, a prior
    mortgage.
(8) Owned by Bowie L.P. The Company's interest in Bowie L.P. is pledged to the
    facility's mortgage lender. HHLP has guaranteed the indebtedness of Bowie
    L.P. See Note F to the Company's audited combined financial statements
    included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
(9) Average occupancy rate for the fourth quarter of 1995. The Larkin Chase
    Center was opened in April 1994 and did not reach stabilized occupancy
    until the fourth quarter of 1995.
 
  The Company's corporate offices in Boston are subleased from Berkshire. See
"Certain Transactions." The Company also leases regional offices in
Clearwater, Florida and Indianapolis, Indiana, maintains a regional office at
its facility in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and owns a regional office in
Peterborough, New Hampshire. An accounting and data processing office is
leased by the Company in Fort Wayne, Indiana and the Company's ancillary
services companies lease offices in Palm Harbor, Florida and Indianapolis,
Indiana.
 
  The Company considers its properties to be in good operating condition and
suitable for the purposes for which they are being used. See "--The Ohio
Transaction" and "--Selected Expansion Projects" for a description of pending
property acquisitions and expansions.
 
THE OHIO TRANSACTION
   
  The Company has entered into an agreement to lease the four Ohio Facilities,
with a total of approximately 700 licensed beds, which will be accounted for
as a capital lease for financial statement purposes. The Company expects to
complete the Ohio Transaction in the third quarter of 1996, subject to the
satisfaction of certain customary conditions, including the satisfactory
completion of the Company's due diligence review, and receipt of regulatory
and other approvals. The Company has agreed to lease these facilities for an
initial term ending in the year 2001. During the first six months of the final
year of the initial term, the Company may exercise an option to purchase all
four facilities (the "Ohio Purchase Option") for approximately $57.1 million
(the "Ohio Purchase Price").     
   
  If the Company exercises the Ohio Purchase Option but is unable to finance
the Ohio Purchase Price, the lease may be extended (subject to the terms of
the lease) for up to two additional years, during which time the Company must
finance, either directly or through lease financing, and complete the purchase
of the Ohio Facilities. The annual aggregate base rent (which is payable
monthly) will be $5.0 million during the initial term and $5.5 million during
the extension term, if any. The Company will be responsible for expenses such
as taxes, insurance and maintenance and repairs.     
   
  The Company has agreed to pay a total of $8 million for the Ohio Purchase
Option (the "Ohio Purchase Option Price"), which will be applied toward the
Ohio Purchase Price upon the closing of the purchase of the Ohio Facilities.
The Company paid $600,000 (the "Initial Deposit") of the Ohio Purchase Option
Price upon execution of the agreement to lease, which will be refunded if the
Company terminates the Ohio Transaction after completing its due diligence
investigation. The Company paid an additional $600,000 of the Ohio Purchase
Option Price (together with the Initial Deposit, the "Deposit") upon the
satisfactory completion of the Company's due diligence. The Deposit is non-
refundable except under certain limited circumstances, including an inability
to obtain necessary governmental approvals. An additional $3.8 million of the
Ohio Purchase Option Price will become payable upon the commencement of the
lease term and will be funded with a portion of the net proceeds of the
Offering. See "Use of Proceeds." The remaining $3.0 million of the Ohio
Purchase Option Price will be paid by the Company at the end of the lease term
whether or not the Company exercises the Ohio Purchase Option. If the Company
exercises the Ohio Purchase Option, the balance of the Ohio Purchase Option
Price will be paid upon the closing of the purchase or at the end of the two-
year extension term, if applicable.     
   
  The Company will account for the Ohio Transaction as a capital lease for
financial statement purposes. The Company has chosen this treatment because it
believes that the Ohio Purchase Price constitutes a bargain     
 
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purchase within the meaning of paragraph 7(b) of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 13, "Accounting for Leases." The Company has a strong
economic incentive to exercise the Ohio Purchase Option at the end of the
lease term, in part because the Company will forfeit the $8 million Ohio
Purchase Option Price if it fails to exercise the Ohio Purchase Option. In
addition, the incremental cost to the Company to purchase the Ohio Facilities
is $49.1 million, net of the Ohio Purchase Option Price. Further, the Company
believes the Ohio Purchase Price constitutes a bargain purchase based on a
review of comparable facility valuations, although there can be no assurance
as to the current or future actual value of the Ohio Facilities. Based upon
current and forecasted operating results, the Company intends to exercise the
Ohio Purchase Option, although there can be no assurance that unanticipated
events or circumstances may cause the Company not to exercise the Ohio
Purchase Option.     
 
  In connection with the Ohio Transaction, the Company has agreed to engage an
executive and principal owner of the lessor as a consultant. As compensation
for these services, the consultant will receive up to $120,000 per year during
the term of the lease and the extension term, if any. The consultant will also
receive $500,000 payable at the end of the initial lease term and an
additional $500,000 payable upon termination of the lease.
   
  HHLP will guarantee the performance of the obligations of the leasees and
their affiliates under the Ohio Transaction and the Ohio Purchase Option.
While the guarantee is in effect, payments by HHLP to its affiliates will be
permitted subject to maintaining certain financial covenants. These covenants,
and a requirement that the Company maintain a $5.0 million security deposit,
will be waived upon delivery of an additional guaranty by the Company
following the Offering.     
 
  The leases under the Ohio Transaction are subordinate to certain mortgages
insured by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development ("HUD"). The
lessors are responsible for debt service payments made in connection with such
mortgages, but the Company may satisfy any lessor's debt service obligations
should the lessor default in the payment of its debt service obligations under
its respective mortgage. The leases provide for non-disturbance protection
with respect to subsequent mortgages placed on the Ohio Facilities by the
lessors but do not provide for non-disturbance protection against the HUD
insured mortgages. The Ohio Transaction is subject to HUD approval, and no
assurance can be given that such approval will be obtained.
   
  Certain portions of one of the Ohio Facilities are currently leased to third
parties. During the lease term, the Company will assume all of the lessor's
rights under the leases, and the lessor will remain responsible for obtaining
the necessary HUD approval for such leases or terminating the leases if
approval is not obtained.     
 
SELECTED EXPANSION PROJECTS
 
  From time to time, the Company expects to pursue select expansion and new
development opportunities which (i) complement its existing operations, (ii)
enable the Company to broaden the range of services offered at its facilities
or (iii) enhance its ability to compete effectively in a particular market.
The Company is currently in the initial phases of the following expansion
projects:
 
  Ocala Expansion. In March 1996, the Company received a CON to construct an
addition to its existing 120-bed facility in Ocala, Florida. The CON permits
the addition of 60 licensed beds and a rehabilitation therapy area. The CON
also provides for a 21-bed COMPASS unit and a 20-bed distinct Alzheimer's unit
to be located within the addition. The CON permits project costs of up to
approximately $2.8 million. The Company expects to commence construction
within approximately six months.
 
  Larkin Chase Center Expansion. Bowie L.P. has received a CON permitting it
to construct a 60-bed addition to its existing 120-bed facility, the Larkin
Chase Center, located in Bowie, Maryland. The total permitted project cost is
approximately $2.5 million including allowances for inflation. Bowie L.P.
expects to commence construction during 1996.
 
  The Company expects to finance these expansion projects with debt or lease
financings. There can be no assurance that sufficient financing will be
available on favorable terms, that all required licenses and governmental
approvals will be received or that the Company will be able to successfully
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projects. See "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and
Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital Resources."
 
OPERATIONS
 
  Facilities. Each of the Company's facilities is supervised by a licensed
facility administrator who is responsible for all aspects of the facility's
operations. The facility administrator oversees (i) a director of nursing who
supervises a staff of registered nurses, licensed practical nurses and
certified nursing aides, (ii) a director of admissions who is responsible for
developing local marketing strategies and programs and (iii) various other
departmental supervisors. The Company also contracts with one or more licensed
physicians at each facility to serve as medical directors for the purpose of
supervising the medical management of patients. Facilities with subacute or
specialty medical units or programs may also contract with physician
specialists to serve as rehabilitation or specialty program medical directors
in areas such as physiatry (physical medicine), neurology or gero-psychology.
Facilities may also employ or contract for additional clinical staff such as
case managers, respiratory therapists and program directors. Department
supervisors at each of the Company's facilities oversee personnel who provide
dietary, maintenance, laundry, housekeeping, therapy and social services. In
addition, a business office staff at each facility routinely performs
administrative functions, including billing, payroll, accounts payable and
data processing. The Company's corporate and regional staff provide support
services such as quality assurance, management training, clinical consultation
and support, management information systems, risk management, human resource
policies and procedures, operational support, accounting and reimbursement
expertise.
 
  Regions. The Company seeks to cluster its long-term care facilities and
ancillary businesses in selected geographic regions to establish a strong
competitive position as well as to position the Company as a healthcare
provider of choice to managed care and private payors in these markets. The
Company's facilities currently serve four principal geographic regions: the
Southeast (Florida), the Midwest (Ohio and Indiana), New England (New
Hampshire), and the Mid-Atlantic (New Jersey and Maryland). The Company
maintains regional operating offices in Clearwater, Florida; Indianapolis,
Indiana; Bridgewater, New Jersey; and Peterborough, New Hampshire. Geographic
concentration enables the Company to take advantage of economies of scale in
operations support, purchasing, training and other management services. Each
region is supervised by a regional director of operations who directs the
efforts of a team of professional support staff in the areas of clinical
services, marketing, bookkeeping, human resources and engineering. Other
Company staff, who are principally based in the regions, provide support and
assistance to all of the Company's facilities in the areas of subacute
services, managed care contracting, reimbursement services, risk management,
data processing and training. Financial control is maintained through
financial and accounting policies established at the corporate level for use
at each facility. The Company has standardized operating policies and
procedures and continually monitors operating performance to assure
consistency and quality of operations. In addition to its principal executive
office in Boston, an accounting and data processing office is maintained in
Fort Wayne, Indiana. The Company's ancillary services businesses maintain
offices in Palm Harbor, Florida, and Indianapolis, Indiana.
 
  Management and Financial Systems. The Company maintains a comprehensive
system of management and financial controls which is designed to enable the
Company to monitor operating costs closely and to quickly distribute financial
and other operational information to appropriate levels of management. All of
the Company's existing long-term care facilities, other than the recently
acquired New Hampshire Facilities, together with its ancillary service
companies, share common data processing systems for all financial
applications, including the processing of billing, accounts payable, payroll
and general ledger transactions. In addition, each of the Company's long-term
care facilities processes clinical data through facility-based information
systems.
 
  The Company expects that as new facilities are acquired, the Company will
initially integrate their operations on the basis of their existing computer
systems with a view toward ultimately converting all of its facilities to
operate under a common management information system. In this regard, the
Company expects to continue to use existing information systems to operate its
six recently-acquired New Hampshire Facilities as well as those to be leased
pursuant to the Ohio Transaction.
 
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  Continuous Quality Improvement Program. The Company has developed a
continuous quality improvement program which is designed to monitor, evaluate
and improve the delivery of patient care. The program is supervised by the
Company's Vice President of Professional Services and consists of the
standardization of policies and procedures, routine site visits and
assessments and a quality control system for patient care and physical plant
compliance. Pursuant to its quality control system, the Company routinely
collects information from patients, family members, referral sources,
employees and state survey agencies which is then compiled, analyzed and
distributed throughout the Company in order to monitor the quality of care and
services provided.
 
  The Company's continuous quality improvement program is modeled after
guidelines for long-term care and subacute facilities promulgated by the Joint
Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations ("JCAHO"), a
nationally recognized accreditation agency for hospitals and other healthcare
organizations. The Company has received accreditation "with commendation" by
JCAHO for its Pinebrook and Tampa Bay facilities. JCAHO recently completed an
additional accreditation survey at the Company's Terre Haute facility and the
Company is awaiting formal notification of the results of such survey. Of the
approximately 16,000 licensed long-term care facilities in the United States,
approximately 1,200, or 7.5%, are accredited by JCAHO. Of those surveyed in
1995, approximately 16% were accredited "with commendation." The Company
believes accreditation by JCAHO is considered an important criterion by both
managed care and commercial insurance companies in awarding provider contracts
and is therefore seeking accreditation of its remaining facilities.
 
MARKETING
 
  The Company's marketing program is designed to attract patients who will
have a favorable impact on the Company's profits and quality mix of revenues.
The Company establishes monthly occupancy and revenue goals for each of its
facilities and maintains marketing objectives to be met by each facility. The
Company's Vice President of Marketing is principally responsible for the
development and implementation of the Company's marketing program. Regional
marketing directors provide routine support to the facility-based admissions
directors through the development of facility-based marketing strategies,
competitive assessments and routine visits.
 
  The Company uses a decentralized marketing approach in order to capitalize
on each facility's strengths and reputation in the community it serves.
Admissions staff at each facility are primarily responsible for marketing
basic medical services and developing semi-annual marketing plans in
consultation with the Company's regional marketing and operations staff. Basic
medical services are marketed to area physicians, hospital discharge planning
personnel, individual patients and their families and community referral
sources. Facility personnel also market the Company's specialty medical
services to these sources. Corporate and regional personnel who specialize in
subacute care, managed care and reimbursement also assist in the marketing of
specialty medical services.
 
  Since June 1994, the Company has maintained a dedicated managed care
marketing group whose primary purpose is to solicit managed care and
commercial insurance contracts. The Company's regional and corporate staff
attend trade shows and events for managed care, commercial insurance companies
and case managers in order to broaden the Company's overall presence and
recognition with these groups. As of March 31, 1996, the Company had 35
contracts with these payors.
 
INDUSTRY BACKGROUND
 
  The long-term care industry encompasses a broad range of healthcare services
provided to the elderly and to other patients, with medical needs ranging from
custodial to complex, who can be cared for outside of the acute care hospital
environment. The Company believes that the demand for the services it provides
will increase substantially during the foreseeable future primarily because of
demographic trends, advances in medical technology and emphasis on healthcare
cost containment. At the same time, government restrictions and high
construction and start-up costs are expected to limit the supply of long-term
care facilities. Furthermore, the Company believes that recent trends towards
industry consolidation will continue and will provide it with future
acquisition opportunities.
 
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  Growth of Elderly Population. According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census,
the number of people age 65 and over in the U.S. has grown from approximately
25.6 million in 1980, or 11.3% of the population, to approximately 31.1
million in 1990, or 12.5% of the population, and is projected to grow to 40.1
million, or 13.3% of the population, by the year 2010. In addition, people age
85 and older represent one of the fastest growing segments of the elderly
population and are expected to approximately double in number between 1990 and
2010. This population segment comprises the largest number of consumers of
long-term care services as 42% of nursing-home residents are aged 85 or older.
The high growth rate of the elderly is due to general demographic changes as
well as advances in medical technology that have increased life expectancies.
 
  Advances in Medical Technology. Sophisticated new forms of medical equipment
and treatment have lengthened life expectancies, thereby increasing the number
and medical needs of individuals requiring specialized care and supervision.
In addition, technological advances have made long-term care facilities a more
attractive alternative to acute care or rehabilitation hospitals by enabling
them to offer, on a more cost-effective basis, services traditionally provided
by acute care hospitals.
 
  Cost Containment Pressures. In response to rapidly rising healthcare costs,
governmental and private pay sources have adopted cost containment measures
that have encouraged shorter stays in acute care hospitals. The Federal
government has acted to curtail increases in Medicare costs by limiting to
pre-established amounts acute care hospital reimbursement for specific
services. As a result, average hospital stays have been shortened, with many
patients being discharged despite a continuing need for long-term care. For
many of these patients, home healthcare is not a viable alternative because of
the complexity of the medical services, equipment or monitoring they require.
Long-term care facilities, such as those operated by the Company, are able to
provide many of these specialty services at significantly lower costs than
acute care hospitals because of their lower capital costs, overhead and salary
levels. The Company believes that managed care organizations, insurance
companies, hospital discharge personnel and physicians view long-term care
facilities as a cost-effective and appropriate environment for the delivery of
the type of care offered by the Company and are increasingly referring
patients to such facilities.
 
  Industry Consolidation. The long-term care industry is highly fragmented.
There are approximately 16,000 long-term care facilities in the United States
which contain a total of approximately 1.6 million licensed beds. The 32
largest long-term care providers operate approximately 3,000 facilities
comprising approximately 360,000 licensed beds, or 22% of the industry total.
Recently, the long-term care industry has been subject to competitive
pressures and uncertainty with regard to future changes in governmental
regulations, which have resulted in a trend toward consolidation, especially
of smaller, local operators into larger, more established regional or national
providers. The increasing complexity of medical services provided, growing
regulatory and compliance requirements and increasingly complicated and
potentially volatile reimbursement systems have resulted in the consolidation
of operators who lack sophisticated management information systems, operating
efficiencies and financial resources to compete effectively. The Company
believes that this trend toward consolidation will continue and will provide
the Company with opportunities for continued growth. There can be no
assurance, however, that the Company will be successful in acquiring
facilities on favorable terms, if at all, and in incorporating acquired
facilities into its existing operations. See "--Growth Strategy."
 
  Limitations on the Supply of Long-Term Care Facilities. All of the states in
which the Company operates have enacted CON programs or similar legislation,
which act to artificially restrict the supply of long-term care services.
These laws generally limit the construction of long-term care facilities and
the addition of beds or services in existing facilities. High construction
costs and limitations on government reimbursement of costs of construction and
start-up expenses also act to constrain growth in the number of facilities. As
a result, the Company believes that the supply of long-term care facilities
may not be able to keep up with the demand for such facilities. However, the
relaxation of CON programs could increase industry competition. See "--
Governmental Regulation" and "--Competition."
 
SOURCES OF REVENUES
 
  The Company derives its revenues primarily from private pay sources, the
Federal Medicare program for certain elderly and disabled patients and state
Medicaid programs for indigent patients. The Company's revenues
 
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are influenced by a number of factors, including (i) the licensed bed capacity
of its facilities, (ii) occupancy rates, (iii) the mix of patients and the
rates of reimbursement among payor categories (private and other, Medicare and
Medicaid) and (iv) the extent to which subacute and other specialty medical
and ancillary services are utilized by the patients and paid for by the
respective payment sources. The Company employs specialists to monitor
reimbursement rules, policies and related developments in order to comply with
all reporting requirements and to assist the Company in receiving
reimbursements.
 
  The following table identifies the Company's net patient service revenues
attributable to each of its payor sources for the periods indicated:
 
                        NET PATIENT SERVICE REVENUES(1)
 
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<CAPTION>
                                                                              THREE MONTHS
                                  YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,                    ENDED MARCH 31,
                         --------------------------------------------  ----------------------------
                             1993           1994            1995           1995           1996
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                                             (DOLLAR AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
<S>                      <C>     <C>    <C>     <C>    <C>      <C>    <C>     <C>    <C>     <C>
Private and other....... $29,967  39.9% $31,899  37.1% $ 33,912  32.3% $ 7,981  34.2% $10,313  31.8%
Medicare................  15,904  21.2   21,423  24.9    34,730  33.1    7,129  30.6    9,176  28.3
Medicaid................  29,230  38.9   32,627  38.0    36,274  34.6    8,216  35.2   12,943  39.9
                         ------- -----  ------- -----  -------- -----  ------- -----  ------- -----
  Total................. $75,101 100.0% $85,949 100.0% $104,916 100.0% $23,326 100.0% $32,432 100.0%
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(1) Net patient service revenues exclude all management fees and all
    rehabilitation therapy service revenues and the net patient service
    revenues of the Larkin Chase Center. See "--Properties."
 
  Private and Other. Private and other net patient service revenues include
payments from individuals who pay directly for services without governmental
assistance and payments from commercial insurers, HMOs, PPOs, Blue Cross
organizations, workers' compensation programs, hospice programs and other
similar payment sources. Private and other net patient service revenues as a
percentage of total net revenues have declined over the past three years
primarily due to the large increase in the portion of the Company's revenues
derived from Medicare. The Company's rates for private pay patients are
typically higher than rates for patients eligible for assistance under state
Medicaid programs. The Company's private pay rates vary from facility to
facility and are influenced primarily by the rates charged by other providers
in the local market and by the Company's ability to distinguish its services
from those provided by its competitors. Although private pay rates are
generally established on a facility-specific fee schedule, rates charged for
individual cases may vary widely because, in the case of managed care, they
are either negotiated on a case-by-case basis with the payor or are fixed by
contract. Rates charged to private pay patients are not subject to regulatory
control in any of the states in which the Company operates.
 
  Medicare. All of the Company's facilities, except for two of the New
Hampshire Facilities, are certified Medicare providers. In addition, one of
the Ohio Facilities is not a certified Medicare provider. The Company does not
expect to seek Medicare certification for this Ohio Facility because all of
its current patients are private pay patients. The Company has applied for
Medicare certification of the two New Hampshire Facilities that are not
currently certified. Medicare is a Federally funded and administered health
insurance program primarily designed for individuals who are age 65 or over
and are entitled to receive Social Security benefits. The Medicare program
consists of two parts. The first part, Part A, covers inpatient hospital
services and certain services furnished by other institutional healthcare
providers, such as long-term care facilities. The second part, Part B, covers
the services of doctors, suppliers of medical items and services and various
types of outpatient services. Part B services include physical, speech and
occupational therapy, pharmaceuticals and medical supplies, certain intensive
rehabilitation and psychiatric services and ancillary services of the type
provided by long-term care or acute care facilities. Part A coverage, as
applied to services delivered in a long-term care facility, is limited to
skilled nursing and rehabilitative care related to a recent hospitalization
and is limited to a specified term (generally 100 days per calendar year),
requires beneficiaries to share some of the cost of covered services through
the payment of a deductible and a co-insurance payment and requires
beneficiaries to meet certain qualifying criteria. There are no limits on
duration of coverage for Part B services, but there is a co-insurance
requirement for most services covered by Part B.
 
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  The method used in determining Medicare reimbursement for rehabilitation
therapy services furnished in the Company's facilities depends on the type of
therapy provided. Medicare applies salary equivalency guidelines to determine
the reasonable cost of physical therapy services and respiratory therapy
services provided on a contract basis, which is the cost that would be
incurred if the therapist were employed at the facility, plus an amount
designed to compensate the provider for certain general and administrative
overhead costs. Medicare pays for occupational therapy and speech language
pathology services on a reasonable cost basis, subject to the so-called
"prudent buyer" rule for evaluating the reasonableness of the costs. The
Company's gross margins for its contract physical therapy services are less
under the salary equivalency guidelines than for its services under the
"prudent buyer" rule. The Health Care Financing Administration ("HCFA") has
announced its intention to propose rules applying salary equivalency
guidelines to speech and occupational therapy services provided on a contract
basis. If these proposed rules are implemented, they could reduce the
profitability of these services. See "--Governmental Regulation."
 
  Under the Medicare Part A program, the Company is reimbursed for its direct
costs plus an allocation of indirect costs up to a regional limit. As the
Company expands its subacute care and other specialty medical services, the
costs of care for these patients have exceeded and are expected to continue to
exceed the regional reimbursement routine cost limits. In order to recover
these costs, the Company is required to submit routine cost limit exception
requests to recover the excess costs from Medicare. There can be no assurance
that the Company will be able to recover such excess costs under any pending
or future requests. The failure to recover these excess costs in the future
could materially adversely affect the Company. Under current regulations, new
long-term care facilities are, in certain limited circumstances, able to apply
for a three year exemption from routine cost limits. The Company has applied
for, but has not received, such exemptions for its Indianapolis facility and
the Larkin Chase Center. Unless and until such exemptions are granted, these
facilities can recover excess costs only through routine cost limit exception
requests.
 
  Medicaid. Medicaid includes the various state-administered reimbursement
programs for indigent patients created by Federal law. Medicaid programs vary
from state to state. Although reimbursement rates are determined by the state,
the Federal government retains the right to approve or disapprove individual
state plans. Providers must accept reimbursement from Medicaid as payment in
full for the services rendered, because the provider may not bill the patient
for more than the amount of the Medicaid payment received.
 
  Each of the facilities operated by the Company participates in the Medicaid
program of the state in which it is located. One of the Ohio Facilities, which
is currently occupied solely by private pay patients, does not participate in
the Ohio Medicaid program. Under the Federal Medicaid statute and regulations,
state Medicaid programs must provide reimbursement rates that are reasonable
and adequate to cover the costs that would be incurred by efficiently and
economically operated facilities in providing services in conformity with
state and Federal laws, regulations and quality and safety standards.
Furthermore, payments must be sufficient to enlist enough providers so that
services under the state's Medicaid plan are available to recipients at least
to the extent that those services are available to the general population.
However, there can be no assurance that payments under Medicaid programs will
be sufficient to cover the costs allocable to patients eligible for
reimbursement pursuant to such programs. In several states, including New
Jersey and Indiana, healthcare provider organizations have initiated
litigation challenging the Medicaid reimbursement methodologies employed in
such states, asserting that reimbursement payments are not adequate to
reimburse an efficiently operated facility for the costs of providing Medicaid
covered services. Although there can be no assurance that any of these
proceedings will be determined in favor of the healthcare industry, the
Company would benefit from any increases in reimbursement levels resulting
from successful litigation in these states.
 
  The Medicaid programs in the states in which the Company operates pay a per
diem rate for providing services to Medicaid patients based on the facility's
reasonable allowable costs incurred in providing services, subject to cost
ceilings applicable to both operating and capital costs. The Ohio, Florida,
and Maryland Medicaid programs currently include incentive allowances for
providers whose costs are less than certain ceilings and who meet other
requirements.
 
 
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  There are generally two types of Medicaid reimbursement rates: retrospective
and prospective, although many states have adopted plans that have both
retrospective and prospective features. A retrospective rate is determined
after completion of a cost report by the service provider and is designed to
reimburse costs after they are incurred. Typically, an interim rate based upon
historical cost factors and inflation is paid by the state during the cost
reporting period and a cost settlement is made following an audit of the filed
cost report. Such adjustments may result in additional payments being made to
the Company or in recoupments from the Company, depending on actual
performance and the limitations within an individual state plan.
 
  The more prevalent type of Medicaid reimbursement rate is the prospective
rate. Under a prospective plan, the state sets its rate of payment for the
period in advance of services rendered. Actual costs incurred by operators
during a period are used by the state to establish the prospective rate for a
subsequent period. The provider must accept the prospective rate as payment in
full for all services rendered. Although there is usually no settlement based
upon actual costs incurred subsequent to the cost report filing, subsequent
audits may provide a basis for the state program to retroactively recoup
monies. Maryland's, Florida's, Indiana's, New Hampshire's and New Jersey's
Medicaid programs are, at present, substantially prospective plans. Ohio's
reimbursement plan is a prospective plan with reimbursement rates adjusted on
a facility-by-facility basis. The Ohio plan recalculates certain costs on a
quarterly basis.
 
  In November 1995, the State of New Hampshire adopted legislation which
eliminated incentive payments and froze reimbursement rates through June 30,
1996. The legislation also called for a redesign of the Medicaid payment
system in New Hampshire, effective July 1, 1996. These rate and payment system
changes have had and may continue to have an adverse effect on reimbursements
paid under New Hampshire's Medicaid program.
 
  To date, adjustments from Medicaid audits have not had a material adverse
effect on the Company. Although there can be no assurance that future
adjustments will not have a material adverse effect on the Company, the
Company believes that it has properly applied the various payment formulas and
that it is not likely that audit adjustments would have a material adverse
effect on the Company.
 
  Ancillary Services to Non-Affiliates. The Company generates revenues from
services to non-affiliates from its rehabilitation therapy and behavioral
healthcare businesses which provide services to patients at long-term care
facilities not operated by the Company. In general, payments for these
services are received directly from the non-affiliated long-term care
facilities, which in turn are reimbursed by Medicare or other payors. The
Company's revenues from non-affiliates, though not directly regulated, are
effectively limited by competitive market factors and regulatory reimbursement
policies imposed on the long-term care facilities that contract for these
therapy services. In addition, the revenues that the Company derives for these
services are subject to adjustment in the event the facility is denied
reimbursement by Medicare or any other applicable payor on the basis that the
services provided by the Company were not medically necessary.
 
GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION
 
  The Federal government and all states in which the Company operates regulate
various aspects of the Company's business. In addition to the regulation of
rates by governmental payor sources, the development and operation of long-
term care facilities and the provision of long-term care services are subject
to Federal, state and local licensure and certification laws which regulate
with respect to a facility, among other matters, the number of beds, the
services provided, the distribution of pharmaceuticals, equipment, staffing
requirements, patients' rights, operating policies and procedures, fire
prevention measures, environmental matters and compliance with building and
safety codes. There can be no assurance that Federal, state or local
governmental regulations will not change or be subjected to new
interpretations that impose additional restrictions which might adversely
affect the Company's business.
 
  All of the facilities operated by the Company are licensed under applicable
state laws, possess the required CONs from responsible state authorities and
are certified or approved as providers under the Medicaid and Medicare
programs, except that two of the New Hampshire Facilities are not certified
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Company has applied for such certification). One of the Ohio Facilities is
also not certified for Medicare or Medicaid. Both the initial and continuing
qualification of a long-term care facility to participate in such programs
depend upon many factors, including accommodations, equipment, services, non-
discrimination policies against indigent patients, patient care, quality of
life, patients' rights, safety, personnel, physical environment and adequacy
of policies, procedures and controls. Licensing, certification and other
applicable standards vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and are revised
periodically. State agencies survey or inspect all long-term care facilities
on a regular basis to determine whether such facilities are in compliance with
the requirements for participation in government-sponsored third-party payor
programs. In some cases or upon repeat violations, the reviewing agency has
the authority to take various adverse actions against a facility, including
the imposition of fines, temporary suspension of admission of new patients to
the facility, suspension or decertification from participation in the state
Medicaid or the Medicare program, offset of amounts due against future
billings to the Medicare or Medicaid programs, denial of payments under
Medicaid for new admissions, reduction of payments, restrictions on the
ability to acquire new facilities and, in extreme circumstances, revocation of
a facility's license or closure of a facility. The compliance history of a
prior operator may be used by state or Federal regulators in determining
possible action against a successor operator.
 
  The Company believes that its facilities are in substantial compliance with
all statutes, regulations, standards and requirements applicable to its
business, including applicable Medicaid and Medicare regulatory requirements.
However, in the ordinary course of its business, the Company from time to time
receives notices of deficiencies for failure to comply with various regulatory
requirements. In most cases, the Company and the reviewing agency will agree
upon corrective measures to be taken to bring the facility into compliance.
Although the Company has been subject to fines and in one instance to a 30-day
moratorium on admissions at one of the Company's Florida facilities in January
1995, statements of deficiency and other corrective actions have not had a
material adverse effect on the Company. There can be no assurance that future
agency inspections will not have a material adverse effect on the Company.
 
  Certificates of Need. All states in which the Company operates have adopted
CON or similar laws which generally require that a state agency determine that
a need exists prior to the construction of new facilities, the addition or
reduction of licensed beds or services, the implementation of other changes,
the incurrence of certain capital expenditures, the approval of certain
acquisitions and changes in ownership or, in certain states, the closure of a
facility. State CON approval is generally issued for a specific project or
number of beds, specifies a maximum expenditure, is sometimes subject to an
inflation adjustment, and requires implementation of the proposal within a
specified period of time. Failure to obtain the necessary state approval can
result in the inability of the facility to provide the service, operate the
facility or complete the acquisition, addition or other change and can also
result in adverse reimbursement action or the imposition of sanctions or other
adverse action on the facility's license. Ohio has imposed a moratorium on the
issuance of CONs for the construction of new long-term care facilities and the
addition of beds to existing facilities. The moratorium is scheduled to remain
in effect until June 30, 1997. Recent legislation in New Hampshire has
eliminated the right to "leeway beds" on existing CONs. New Hampshire
previously permitted long-term care facilities to add up to 10 licensed beds
every two years as a matter of right.
   
  Medicare and Medicaid. Effective October 1, 1990, the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1987 ("OBRA") eliminated the different certification
standards for "skilled" and "intermediate care" nursing facilities under the
Medicaid program in favor of a single "nursing facility" standard. This
standard requires, among other things, that the Company have at least one
registered nurse on each day shift and one licensed nurse on each other shift
and also increases training requirements for nurses aides by requiring a
minimum number of training hours and a certification test before a nurses aide
can commence work. In order to obtain Medicare reimbursement, states continue
to be required to certify that nursing facilities provide "skilled care." The
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 ("OBRA 93") affects Medicare
reimbursement for skilled nursing services in two ways, neither of which have
had a material adverse effect on the Company's revenues. First, the current
limits on the portion of the Medicare reimbursement known as "routine service
costs" (excluding capital-related expenses) were frozen for two consecutive
cost report years beginning October 1, 1993. Second,     
 
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the return on equity component of Medicare reimbursement was eliminated
beginning October 1, 1993. Although the Company believes that it is in
substantial compliance with the current requirements of OBRA and OBRA 93, it
is unable to predict how future interpretation and enforcement of regulations
promulgated under OBRA and OBRA 93 by the state and Federal governments could
affect the Company in the future.
 
  Effective July 1, 1995, the HCFA promulgated new survey, certification and
enforcement rules governing long-term care facilities participating in the
Medicare and Medicaid programs, which impose significant new burdens on long-
term care facilities and may require state survey agencies to take aggressive
enforcement actions. Among other things, the new HCFA rules governing survey
and certification requirements define or redefine a number of terms used in
the survey and certification process. The rules require states to amend their
state plans (as required by Federal law) to incorporate the provisions of the
new rules. The regulations may require state survey agencies to take
aggressive enforcement actions. The breadth of the new rules and their recent
effective date create uncertainty over the manner in which the rules will be
implemented, the ability of any long-term care facility to comply with them
and the effect of the new rules on the Company.
 
  Under the new rules, unannounced standard surveys of facilities must be
conducted at least once every 15 months with a state-wide average of 12
months. In addition to the standard survey, survey agencies have the authority
to conduct surveys as frequently as necessary to determine whether facilities
comply with participation requirements, to determine whether facilities have
corrected past deficiencies and to monitor care if a change occurs in the
ownership or management of a facility. Furthermore, the state survey agency
must review all complaint allegations and conduct a standard or an abbreviated
survey to investigate such complaints if a review of the complaint shows that
a deficiency in one or more of the Federal requirements may have occurred and
only a survey will determine whether a deficiency or deficiencies exist. If a
facility has been found to furnish substandard care, it is subject to an
extended survey. The extended survey is intended to identify the policies and
procedures that caused a facility to furnish substandard care.
 
  HCFA's new rules substantially revise provisions regarding the enforcement
of compliance requirements for long-term care facilities with deficiencies.
The rules allow either HCFA or state agencies to impose one or more remedies
provided under the rules for any particular deficiency. Facilities must
provide a plan of correction for all deficiencies regardless of whether a
remedy is imposed. At a minimum, the following remedies are available:
termination of provider agreement; temporary management; denial of payment for
new admissions; civil money penalties; closure of the facility in emergencies
or transfer of patients or both; and on-site state monitoring. States may also
adopt optional remedies. The new rules divide remedies into three categories.
Category 1 remedies include directed plans of correction, state monitoring and
directed in-service training. Category 2 remedies include denial of payments
for new admissions, denial of payments for all individuals (imposed only by
HCFA) and civil money penalties of $50 to $3,000 per day. Category 3 remedies
include temporary management, immediate termination or civil money penalties
of $3,050 to $10,000 per day. The rules define situations in which one or more
of the penalties must be imposed.
 
  HCFA has announced its intention to propose rules applying salary
equivalency guidelines to speech and occupational therapy services, while
updating physical and respiratory therapy guidelines. In addition, on April
14, 1995, HCFA issued a memorandum in response to requests by intermediaries
for information on reasonable costs for speech and occupational therapy. The
cost data in the memorandum set forth rates for speech and occupational
therapy services that are lower than the Medicare reimbursement rates
currently received by the Company for such services. Although the memorandum
states that the cost data are to be informative and not serve as a limit on
reimbursement rates for speech and occupational therapy services,
intermediaries and customers of the Company may apply the cost data guidelines
as absolute limits on payments. The cost data figures contained in the
memorandum have been subject to criticism by the industry and the Company is
unable to determine what effect, if any, such criticism will have on future
actions or policy decisions taken by HCFA in connection with Medicare
reimbursement rates for speech and occupational therapy services. The Company
cannot predict when, or if, any changes will be made to the current Medicare
reimbursement methodologies for contract speech and occupational therapy
services, or the extent to which the data in the HCFA memorandum will be used
by intermediaries and customers in determining reimbursement. The imposition
of salary
 
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equivalency guidelines on contract speech and occupational therapy services,
or the widespread use by intermediaries of the data in the memorandum, could
adversely affect the Company's revenues derived from ancillary services and
thereby limit the Company's ability to recoup its investment in that part of
its business. Similarly, any future regulations reducing the government
payment rates for subacute or other specialty medical services could
materially adversely affect the Company.
 
  Fee Splitting and Referrals. The Company is also subject to Federal and
state laws that govern financial and other arrangements between healthcare
providers. Federal laws, as well as the laws of certain states, prohibit
direct or indirect payments or fee splitting arrangements between healthcare
providers that are designed to induce or encourage the referral of patients
to, or the recommendation of, a particular provider for medical products and
services. These laws include the Federal "anti-kickback law" which prohibits,
among other things, the offer, payment, solicitation or receipt of any form of
remuneration in return for the referral of Medicare and Medicaid patients. A
wide array of relationships and arrangements, including ownership interests in
a company by persons in a position to refer patients and personal service
agreements have, under certain circumstances, been alleged to violate these
provisions. Certain discount arrangements may also violate these laws. Because
of the broad reach of these laws, the Federal government has published certain
"safe harbors," which set forth the requirements under which certain
relationships will not be considered to violate such laws. One of these safe
harbors protects investment interests in certain large, publicly traded
entities which meet certain requirements regarding the marketing of their
securities and the payment of returns on the investment. A second safe harbor
protects payments for management services which are set in advance at a fair
market rate and which do not vary with the value or volume of services
referred, so long as there is a written contract which meets certain
requirements. A safe harbor for discounts, which focuses primarily on
appropriate disclosure, is also available. A violation of the Federal anti-
kickback law could result in the loss of eligibility to participate in
Medicare or Medicaid, or in criminal penalties. Violation of state anti-
kickback laws could lead to loss of licensure, significant fines and other
penalties.
 
  Various Federal and state laws regulate the relationship between healthcare
providers and physicians, including employment or service contracts and
investment relationships. These laws include the broadly worded fraud and
abuse provisions of the Medicaid and Medicare statutes, which prohibit various
transactions involving Medicaid or Medicare covered patients or services. In
particular, OBRA 93 contains provisions which greatly expand the Federal
prohibition on physician referrals to entities with which they have a
financial relationship. Effective January 1, 1995, OBRA 93 prohibits any
physician with a financial relationship (defined as a direct or indirect
ownership or investment interest or compensation arrangement) with an entity
from making a referral for "designated health services" to that entity and
prohibits that entity from billing for such services. "Designated health
services" do not include skilled nursing services but do include many services
which long-term care facilities provide to their patients, including infusion
therapy and enteral and parenteral nutrition. Various exceptions to the
application of this law exist, including one that protects physician ownership
in publicly traded companies which in the past three years have had average
shareholder equity exceeding $75 million and one which protects the payment of
fair market compensation for the provision of personal services, so long as
various requirements are met. Violations of these provisions may result in
civil or criminal penalties for individuals or entities and/or exclusion from
participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Various state laws
contain analogous provisions, exceptions and penalties. The Company believes
that in the past it has been, and in the future it will be, able to arrange
its business relationships so as to comply with these provisions.
 
  Each of the Company's long-term care facilities has at least one medical
director that is a licensed physician. The medical directors may from time to
time refer their patients to the Company's facilities in their independent
professional judgment. The physician anti-referral restrictions and
prohibitions could, among other things, require the Company to modify its
contractual arrangements with its medical directors or prohibit its medical
directors from referring patients to the Company. From time to time, the
Company has sought guidance as to the interpretation of these laws. However,
there can be no assurance that such laws will ultimately be interpreted in a
manner consistent with the practices of the Company.
 
 
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  Healthcare Reform. In addition to extensive existing governmental healthcare
regulation, there are numerous legislative and executive initiatives at the
Federal and state levels for comprehensive reforms affecting the payment for
and availability of healthcare services. It is not clear at this time what
proposals, if any, will be adopted or, if adopted, what effect such proposals
would have on the Company's business. Aspects of certain of these proposals,
such as reductions in funding of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, potential
changes in reimbursement regulations for rehabilitation therapy services,
interim measures to contain healthcare costs such as a short-term freeze on
prices charged by healthcare providers or changes in the administration of
Medicaid at the state level, could materially adversely affect the Company.
There can be no assurance that currently proposed or future healthcare
legislation or other changes in the administration or interpretation of
governmental healthcare programs will not have an adverse effect on the
Company.
 
  Environmental and Other. The Company is also subject to a wide variety of
Federal, state and local environmental and occupational health and safety laws
and regulations. Among the types of regulatory requirements faced by
healthcare providers are: air and water quality control requirements, waste
management requirements, specific regulatory requirements applicable to
asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and radioactive substances, requirements
for providing notice to employees and members of the public about hazardous
materials and wastes and certain other requirements.
 
  In its role as owner and/or operator of properties or facilities, the
Company may be subject to liability for investigating and remedying any
hazardous substances that have come to be located on the property, including
such substances that may have migrated off of, or emitted, discharged, leaked,
escaped or been transported from, the property. The Company's operations may
involve the handling, use, storage, transportation, disposal and/or discharge
of hazardous, infectious, toxic, radioactive, flammable and other hazardous
materials, wastes, pollutants or contaminants. Such activities may harm
individuals, property or the environment; may interrupt operations and/or
increase their costs; may result in legal liability, damages, injunctions or
fines; may result in investigations, administrative proceedings, penalties or
other governmental agency actions; and may not be covered by insurance. The
cost of any required remediation or removal of hazardous or toxic substances
could be substantial and the liability of an owner or operator for any
property is generally not limited under applicable laws and could exceed the
property's value. Although the Company is not aware of any material liability
under any environmental or occupational health and safety laws, there can be
no assurance that the Company will not encounter such liabilities in the
future, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
 
COMPETITION
 
  The long-term care industry is highly competitive. The Company competes with
other providers of long-term care on the basis of the scope and quality of
services offered, the rate of positive medical outcomes, cost-effectiveness
and the reputation and appearance of its long-term care facilities. The
Company also competes in recruiting qualified healthcare personnel, in
acquiring and developing additional facilities and in obtaining CONs. The
Company's current and potential competitors include national, regional and
local long-term care providers, some of whom have substantially greater
financial and other resources and may be more established in their communities
than the Company. The Company also faces competition from assisted living
facility operators as well as providers of home healthcare. In addition,
certain competitors are operated by not-for-profit organizations and similar
businesses which can finance capital expenditures and acquisitions on a tax-
exempt basis or receive charitable contributions unavailable to the Company.
 
  The Company expects competition for the acquisition and development of long-
term care facilities to increase in the future as the demand for long-term
care increases. Construction of new (or the expansion of existing) long-term
care facilities near the Company's facilities could adversely affect the
Company's business. State regulations generally require a CON before a new
long-term care facility can be constructed or additional licensed beds can be
added to existing facilities. CON legislation is in place in all states in
which the Company operates or expects to operate. The Company believes that
these regulations reduce the possibility of overbuilding and promote higher
utilization of existing facilities. However, a relaxation of CON requirements
could lead to an increase in competition. In addition, as cost containment
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at acute care hospitals, a number of these hospitals have converted portions
of their facilities into subacute units. Competition from acute care hospitals
could adversely affect the Company. The New Jersey legislature is currently
considering legislation that would permit acute care hospitals to offer
subacute care services under existing CONs issued to those providers. Ohio has
imposed a moratorium on the conversion of acute care hospital beds into long-
term care beds. See "--Governmental Regulation."
 
EMPLOYEES
 
  As of March 31, 1996, the Company employed approximately 3,420 facility-
based personnel on a full- and part-time basis. The Company's corporate and
regional staff consisted of 76 persons as of such date. In addition, the
Company's ancillary businesses employed approximately 480 persons as of such
date. Approximately 180 employees at two of the Company's facilities are
covered by collective bargaining agreements. Although the Company believes
that it maintains good relationships with its employees and the unions that
represent certain of its employees, it cannot predict the impact of continued
or increased union representation or organizational activities on its future
operations.
 
  The Company believes that the attraction and retention of dedicated, skilled
and experienced nursing and other professional staff has been and will
continue to be a critical factor in the successful growth of the Company. The
Company believes that its wage rates and benefit packages for nursing and
other professional staff are commensurate with market rates and practices.
 
  The Company competes with other healthcare providers in attracting and
retaining qualified or skilled personnel. The long-term care industry has, at
times, experienced shortages of qualified personnel. A shortage of nurses or
other trained personnel or general economic inflationary pressures may require
the Company to enhance its wage and benefits package in order to compete with
other employers. There can be no assurance that the Company's labor costs will
not increase or, if they do, that they can be matched by corresponding
increases in private-payor revenues or governmental reimbursement. Failure by
the Company to attract and retain qualified employees, to control its labor
costs or to match increases in its labor expenses with corresponding increases
in revenues could have a material adverse effect on the Company.
 
INSURANCE
 
  The Company carries general liability, professional liability, comprehensive
property damage and other insurance coverages that management considers
adequate for the protection of its assets and operations based on the nature
and risks of its business, historical experience and industry standards. There
can be no assurance, however, that the coverage limits of such policies will
be adequate or that insurance will continue to be available to the Company on
commercially reasonable terms in the future. A successful claim against the
Company not covered by, or in excess of, its insurance coverage could have a
material adverse effect on the Company. Claims against the Company, regardless
of their merit or eventual outcome, may also have a material adverse effect on
the Company's business and reputation, may lead to increased insurance
premiums and may require the Company's management to devote time and attention
to matters unrelated to the Company's business. The Company is self-insured
(subject to contributions by covered employees) with respect to most of the
healthcare benefits and workers' compensation benefits available to its
employees. The Company believes that it has adequate resources to cover any
self-insured claims and the Company maintains excess liability coverage to
protect it against unusual claims in these areas. See Note J to the Company's
audited combined financial statements included elsewhere in this Prospectus.
However, there can be no assurance that the Company will continue to have such
resources available to it or that substantial claims will not be made against
the Company.
 
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
  The Company is a party to claims and legal actions arising in the ordinary
course of business. Management does not believe that unfavorable outcomes in
any such matters, individually or in the aggregate, would have a material
adverse effect on the Company.
 
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                                  MANAGEMENT
 
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, KEY EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
 
  The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
executive officers, key employees, Directors and Director nominees of the
Company:
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
              NAME                AGE                  POSITION
              ----                ---                  --------
<S>                               <C> <C>
Stephen L. Guillard..............  46 Chairman, President, Chief Executive
                                       Officer and Director
Damian N. Dell'Anno..............  36 Executive Vice President of Operations
William H. Stephan...............  39 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
                                       Officer
Bruce J. Beardsley...............  33 Senior Vice President of Acquisitions
Robert L. Boelter, R.R.T.........  45 Senior Vice President of Subacute and
                                       Specialty Services
Michael E. Gomez, R.P.T..........  34 Senior Vice President of Rehabilitation
                                       Services
Steven V. Raso...................  31 Vice President of Reimbursement
Lisa Vachet-Miller...............  37 Vice President of Marketing
Mary Anne Cherundolo, R.N........  51 Vice President of Professional Services
Jeffrey J. Leroy.................  43 Vice President of Managed Care and
                                       Commercial Insurance
Laurence Gerber..................  39 Director
Douglas Krupp....................  49 Director
David F. Benson..................  46 Director Nominee
Robert M. Bretholtz..............  51 Director Nominee
Robert T. Barnum.................  50 Director Nominee
Sally W. Crawford................  42 Director Nominee
</TABLE>    
   
  The Director Nominees will become Directors of the Company upon
effectiveness of the Offering.     
 
  The Company's Board of Directors is classified into three classes which
consist of, as nearly as practicable, an equal number of directors. The
members of each class will serve staggered three-year terms. Mr. Guillard is a
Class I director, Mr. Gerber is a Class II director and Mr. Krupp is a Class
III director. Nominees for Director will be divided among the three classes
upon their election or appointment. The terms of Class I, Class II and Class
III directors expire at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 1997,
1998 and 1999, respectively. See "Description of Capital Stock--Classification
of Directors."
 
  Stephen L. Guillard has served as President and Chief Executive Officer
since joining the Company in May 1988 and as a Director and Chairman of the
Board since its incorporation. Mr. Guillard previously served as Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Diversified Health Services ("DHS"),
a long-term care company which Mr. Guillard co-founded in 1982. DHS operated
approximately 7,500 long-term care and assisted living beds in five states.
Mr. Guillard has a total of 24 years of experience in the long-term care
industry and is a licensed Nursing Home Administrator.
 
  Damian N. Dell'Anno has served as Executive Vice President of Operations
since 1994. From 1993 to 1994, he served as the head of the specialty services
group for the Company and was instrumental in developing the Company's
rehabilitation therapy business. From 1989 to 1993, Mr. Dell'Anno was Vice
President of Reimbursement for the Company. From 1988 to 1989, Mr. Dell'Anno
served as Director of Budget, Reimbursement and Cash Management for The
Mediplex Group, Inc. ("Mediplex"), a long-term care company. Mr. Dell'Anno has
a total of 14 years of experience in the long-term care industry.
 
  William H. Stephan has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer since joining the Company in 1994. From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Stephan was
a Manager in the health care practice of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. His clients
there included long-term care facilities, continuing care retirement centers,
physician
 
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practices and acute care hospitals. Mr. Stephan is a Certified Public
Accountant and a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association.
 
  Bruce J. Beardsley has served as Senior Vice President of Acquisitions since
1994. From 1992 to 1994, he was Vice President of Planning and Development of
the Company with responsibility for the development of specialized services,
planning and engineering. From 1990 to 1992, he was an Assistant Vice
President of the Company responsible for risk management and administrative
services. From 1988 to 1990, Mr. Beardsley served as Special Projects Manager
of the Company. Prior to joining the Company in 1988, Mr. Beardsley was a
commercial and residential real estate appraiser.
 
  Robert L. Boelter, R.R.T. has served as Senior Vice President of Subacute
and Specialty Services since 1995. From 1994 to 1995, he was Vice President of
Subacute and Specialized Services for the Company. From 1992 through 1994, Mr.
Boelter was the Manager and later, Corporate Director, of Subacute Programs
for Arbor Health Care Company ("Arbor"), a publicly-held nursing and subacute
care organization based in Lima, Ohio. While at Arbor, Mr. Boelter assisted
with the development of that company's subacute model and directed the
implementation of all distinct subacute programs. From 1984 to 1992, he was
President of Pedi-Medical, a hospital-affiliated home medical equipment
provider. Mr. Boelter is a licensed respiratory therapist.
 
  Michael E. Gomez, R.P.T. has served as the Company's Senior Vice President
of Rehabilitation Services since 1994. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Gomez served as
Director of Therapy Services for the Company with responsibility for
overseeing the coordination and direction of physical, occupational and speech
therapy services. From 1991 to 1993, Mr. Gomez was Director of Rehabilitation
Services at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg, Virginia. From 1988 to
1990, he was Physical Therapy State Manager for Pro-Rehab, a contract therapy
company based in Boone, North Carolina. Mr. Gomez is a licensed physical
therapist.
   
  Steven V. Raso has served as Vice President of Reimbursement since 1994.
From 1991 to 1994 he was Director of Reimbursement for the Company and he
served as Manager of Reimbursement from 1989 to 1991. In these capacities, Mr.
Raso has been responsible for cost reporting and Medicare and Medicaid audits,
appeals and rate determinations.     
 
  Lisa Vachet-Miller has served as Vice President of Marketing since 1994.
From 1990 to 1994, Mrs. Vachet-Miller was the Regional Marketing Director for
the Southeast Region of the Company. Before joining the Company, Mrs. Vachet-
Miller was Senior Director of Consumer Relations for Unicare Health Facilities
("Unicare"), a long-term care provider located in Evansville, Indiana and was
Admissions/Marketing Director for Medco Center North, a Unicare facility, also
in Evansville.
 
  Mary Anne Cherundolo, R.N. has served as Vice President of Professional
Services since she joined the Company in 1994. From 1986 to 1993, Mrs.
Cherundolo served as the Director of Quality Management for PersonaCare, a
long-term care company which is now a subsidiary of Theratx, Inc. Mrs.
Cherundolo is a licensed Registered Nurse in the states of Connecticut and
Maryland and holds a gerontological nurse certification from the American
Nursing Association.
 
  Jeffrey J. Leroy has served as Vice President of Managed Care and Commercial
Insurance since 1995. Before his promotion to Vice President, from 1994 to
1995, Mr. Leroy served as a Director of Managed Care and Commercial Insurance
of the Company in a similar capacity. From 1992 to 1994, Mr. Leroy served as
Vice President of Strategic Planning and Marketing for Mediplex in Wellesley,
Massachusetts and from 1989 to 1992, he served as the Regional Marketing
Director for the Hillhaven Corporation, a long-term care provider.
 
  Douglas Krupp, a Director of the Company and Chairman of the Executive
Committee since its incorporation, is Co-founder and Chairman of Berkshire, a
holding company with approximately $3 billion under management for individual
and institutional investors. Separately, Mr. Krupp is Chairman of The Board of
Directors of Berkshire Realty Company, Inc. ("BRI"), a $500 million equity
real estate investment trust that is publicly traded on the New York Stock
Exchange and he serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees for Krupp
Government Income Trusts I and II. Since 1990, Douglas Krupp has been a
trustee of Bryant College and he serves as a Corporate Overseer for Brigham
and Women's Hospital.
 
  Laurence Gerber, a Director of the Company since its incorporation, is the
President and Chief Executive Officer of Berkshire. Prior to becoming
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positions within Berkshire, where his responsibilities included strategic
planning and corporate finance. Mr. Gerber also serves as Chief Executive
Officer and a Director of BRI and as President and Trustee of Krupp Government
Income Trust and Krupp Government Income Trust II.
 
  David F. Benson, a Director Nominee, has been President of Meditrust since
September 1991 and was Treasurer of Meditrust from June 1987 to May 1992. He
was Treasurer of Mediplex from January 1986 through June 1987. He was
previously associated with Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., from 1979 to 1985. Mr.
Benson is a trustee of Mid-Atlantic Realty Trust, a publicly-held shopping
center real estate investment trust.
 
  Robert T. Barnum, Director Nominee, has been President, Chief Operating
Officer and a Director of American Savings Bank ("American") since 1992. He
joined American, the largest privately held thrift in the United States, in
1989 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Barnum is also a Director of National RE
Holdings Corporation, a publicly held reinsurance holding company.
 
  Robert M. Bretholtz, a Director Nominee, was President and a Director of
Madison Cable Corp., a privately held manufacturing company, from 1976 to
1995. Mr. Bretholtz is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Brigham
and Women's Hospital in Boston and a Corporator for Partners Healthcare
System, Inc., the parent organization of the hospital. In addition, he is a
Trustee of the Foundation for Neurological Diseases.
 
  Sally W. Crawford, a Director Nominee, has served since 1985 as Chief
Operating Officer of Healthsource, Inc., a publicly held managed care
organization headquartered in New Hampshire. Ms. Crawford's responsibilities
at Healthsource, Inc. include leading that company's Northern Region
operations and marketing efforts.
 
DIRECTOR COMPENSATION AND COMMITTEES
 
  The Company established the Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors
which will become effective upon completion of the Offering. See "--Stock
Option Plans." Commencing after the Offering, non-employee and non-affiliated
Directors will receive a $15,000 annual fee plus $1,000 for each meeting of
the Board of Directors or committee of the Board of Directors that they
attend.
   
  The Board of Directors has established, effective upon the completion of the
Offering, an Executive Committee, a Compensation Committee, an Audit Committee
and a Stock Plan Committee. The Compensation Committee, which will be composed
of three directors, will establish salaries, incentives and other forms of
compensation for the Company's Directors and officers and will recommend
policies relating to the Company's benefit plans. The Stock Plan Committee,
which will be composed of three non-employee and non-affiliated Directors,
will administer the Company's 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan. The Audit
Committee, which will be composed of two non-employee and non-affiliated
Directors, will oversee the engagement of the Company's independent auditors
and, together with the Company's independent auditors, will review the
Company's accounting practices, internal accounting controls and financial
results. The Executive Committee will be composed of Douglas Krupp, Laurence
Gerber and Stephen Guillard. The By-laws of the Company provide the Executive
Committee the authority to meet with members of the Company's senior
management in between meetings of the Board of Directors for the purpose of
advice and consultation only, but the Executive Committee has no power to
exercise any of the powers of the Board of Directors.     
 
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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION
 
  The following table sets forth information with respect to the compensation
of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and each of the four other most
highly compensated executive officers of the Company (collectively, the "Named
Executive Officers") for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1995.
 
                          SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                            ANNUAL COMPENSATION
                 NAME AND                   --------------------    ALL OTHER
            PRINCIPAL POSITION                SALARY     BONUS   COMPENSATION(1)
            ------------------              ---------- --------- ---------------
<S>                                         <C>        <C>       <C>
Stephen L. Guillard
 Chairman, President and Chief Executive
 Officer..................................    $267,800   $80,000     $4,063
Damian N. Dell'Anno
 Executive Vice President of Operations...     159,326    32,000      1,573
Bruce J. Beardsley
 Senior Vice President of Acquisitions....     117,192    37,306      3,191
William H. Stephan
 Senior Vice President and Chief Financial
 Officer..................................     120,000    24,000      5,954
Robert L. Boelter
 Senior Vice President of Subacute and
 Specialty Services.......................     102,193    17,500      2,037
</TABLE>    
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(1) Includes matching contributions made by the Company under its Supplemental
   Executive Retirement Plan and 401(k) Plan.
 
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS AND CHANGE OF CONTROL ARRANGEMENTS
 
  Upon completion of the Offering, the Company will enter into employment
agreements with Messrs. Guillard, Dell'Anno, Beardsley and Stephan, each of
which will have an initial term of two years, subject to automatic renewal for
successive one-year periods unless the Company or the employee gives notice of
non-renewal 60 days prior to expiration. The employment agreements provide for
an annual base salary of $310,000 for Mr. Guillard, $180,000 for Mr.
Dell'Anno, $135,000 for Mr. Beardsley and $130,000 for Mr. Stephan. Such
salaries may be increased, but not decreased, at the discretion of the
Compensation Committee. Each employee will be entitled to participate in all
benefits generally made available to senior executives of the Company and to
receive annual bonus compensation in such amounts and upon such conditions as
determined by the Compensation Committee, but not less than 15% of base salary
in a given year. If any of the employment agreements is terminated by the
Company other than for cause, the employee is entitled to receive all accrued
but unpaid salary and bonus amounts plus termination payments equal to the
employee's monthly base salary for each of the greater of (i) the number of
months remaining under the term of the agreement or (ii) 12 months (24 months
in the case of Mr. Guillard). In the event of an employee's termination due to
disability or death, the employee (or his designated beneficiary) will receive
monthly payments equal to the employee's monthly base salary for 12 months,
reduced by payments made under any disability insurance policy or program
maintained by the Company for the employee's benefit. If any of the employment
agreements is not renewed by the Company at the end of its initial or
subsequent term, the employee will be entitled to receive severance payments
equal to the employee's monthly base salary for 12 months (24 months in the
case of Mr. Guillard).
 
  Each employment agreement provides that neither the employee nor any
business enterprise in which he has an interest may (i) until the later of the
termination of the employee's employment with the Company and the expiration
of two years from the commencement of such employment, engage in activities
which compete with the Company's business, (ii) at any time during the
employee's employment and one year following his termination (two years in the
case of Mr. Guillard), manage or operate any long-term care facility managed
or operated by the Company and (iii) for a period of one year following
termination (two years in the case of Mr. Guillard), solicit or employ persons
employed or retained as a consultant by the Company.
 
  Pursuant to prior employment agreements, Messrs. Guillard and Dell'Anno
received limited partner capital (but not income) interests in HHLP as
follows: Mr. Guillard received a 6.0% interest in HHLP; Mr. Dell'Anno
 
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received a 2.0% interest in the excess value of HHLP above $7.0 million. As of
December 31, 1995 Mr. Guillard also subscribed for equity interests in certain
of the Predecessors pursuant to the Executive Equity Purchase. The aggregate
subscription price of $438,000, equal to the fair market value of such
interests as of December 31, 1995 was paid by Mr. Guillard in 1996 with the
proceeds of a special bonus equal to such purchase price. To pay taxes due
with respect to the Executive Equity Purchase and this bonus, Mr. Guillard is
entitled to receive a loan from the Company, evidenced by a note maturing
April 15, 2001, and bearing interest at 7.0% per annum. In connection with the
Reorganization, the interests subject to the Executive Equity Purchase and
Messrs. Guillard's and Dell'Anno's interests in HHLP will be exchanged for an
aggregate of 307,723 shares of Common Stock. Under his prior employment
agreement, Mr. Dell'Anno will also receive an additional 18,037 shares of
Common Stock pursuant to the Bonus Payment in connection with the Offering.
Mr. Dell'Anno will also receive a loan from the Company to pay income tax
liabilities that result from the Bonus Payment. The loan will bear interest at
1% over the prime rate and will mature on the earlier of three years or when
restrictions on sales of Common Stock under Rule 144 in respect of the Bonus
Payment terminate. See "The Reorganization" and "Stock Ownership of Directors,
Executive Officers and Principal Holders."
 
  The Company has adopted an Executive Long-Term Incentive Plan (the
"Executive Plan") effective July 1, 1995. Eligible participants, consisting of
the Company's department heads and regional directors, are entitled to receive
a payment upon an initial public offering or sale of the Company above a
baseline valuation of $23,000,000 within two years of the effective date of
the plan. The total size of the pool available will depend upon the valuation
implied by the initial public offering price. Allocations of the available
pool among eligible participants were made by senior management. Assuming an
initial public offering price of $12.50 (the midpoint of the range set forth
on the cover page of this Prospectus), approximately $960,000 in the aggregate
will be paid to eligible participants under the Executive Plan, of which
Messrs. Beardsley and Stephan will receive $187,200 and $148,800,
respectively, upon the completion of the Offering. The Executive Plan will
terminate upon completion of the Offering.
 
401(k) PLAN
 
  All Company employees with at least one year of service (defined as 1,000
working hours within a consecutive twelve-month period) are eligible to
participate in the Company's retirement savings program (the "401(k) Plan"),
which is designed to be tax deferred in accordance with the provisions of
Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the "Code"). The 401(k)
Plan provides that each participant may defer up to 15% of his or her total
compensation, subject to statutory limits, and the Company may also make a
discretionary matching contribution to the 401(k) Plan in an amount to be
determined by the Board of Directors at the end of each year. The Company may
also make additional discretionary contributions, in the Board's discretion,
to non-highly compensated participants.
 
  To be eligible for an allocation of Company matching or discretionary
contributions, an employee must be employed by the Company on the last day of
the year. Company matching or additional contributions vest 20% following the
participant's second year of service and an additional 20% annually
thereafter.
 
SUPPLEMENTAL EXECUTIVE RETIREMENT PLAN
   
  Effective September 15, 1995, the Company established a Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plan ("SERP") to provide benefits for key employees of
the Company. Participants may defer up to 25% of their salary and bonus
compensation (100% for the period from September 16, 1995 to December 21,
1995) by making contributions to the SERP. Amounts deferred by the participant
are credited to his or her account and are always fully vested. The Company
matches 50% of amounts contributed (up to an amount equal to 10% of base
salary) which becomes vested as of January 1 of the second year following the
end of the plan year for which contributions were credited, provided the
employee is still employed with the Company on that date. In addition,
participants will be fully vested in such matching contribution amounts in the
case of death or permanent disability or at the discretion of the Company.
    
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  Participants are eligible to receive benefits distributions upon retirement
or in certain predesignated years. Participants may not receive distributions
prior to a pre-designated year, except in the case of termination, death or
disability or demonstrated financial hardship. Only amounts contributed by the
employee may be distributed because of financial hardship.
 
  Although amounts deferred and Company matching contributions are deposited
in a "rabbi trust," they are subject to risk of loss. If the Company becomes
insolvent, the rights of participants in the SERP would be those of an
unsecured general creditor of the Company.
 
COMPENSATION COMMITTEE INTERLOCKS AND INSIDER PARTICIPATION
 
  During its fiscal year ended December 31, 1995, the Company had no
compensation committee. Decisions concerning compensation for 1995 were made
by a committee comprised of the Company's senior management. Future
compensation decisions will be made by the Compensation Committee. See "--
Director Compensation and Committees."
 
STOCK OPTION PLANS
 
  1996 NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR PLAN
 
  The Company has established its 1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
Directors (the "Director Plan"). A maximum of 105,000 shares of Common Stock
(subject to adjustment for stock splits and similar events) has been reserved
by the Company for issuance pursuant to options under the Director Plan.
 
  Directors of the Company who are not employees or affiliates of the Company
("Outside Directors") are eligible to participate. The Director Plan is
intended to allow the Outside Directors receiving grants to be "disinterested
persons" as defined in Rule 16b-3 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
("Rule 16b-3") with respect to other stock plans of the Company and,
accordingly, is intended to be self-governing to the extent required by Rule
16b-3. Any administrative issues that nevertheless arise under the Director
Plan will be resolved by the Board of Directors.
 
  As of the effective date of the Offering, each Outside Director will be
granted an option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock (60,000 in the
aggregate). Thereafter, each person who is elected or appointed as an Outside
Director will be granted an option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock.
Commencing in 1997, each person who is an Outside Director on January 1 of
each year during the term of the Director Plan will receive an option to
purchase 3,500 shares of Common Stock. All options granted under the Plan will
be "nonqualified" stock options subject to the provisions of section 83 of the
Code.
 
  Options issued under the Director Plan become exercisable on the first
anniversary of the date of grant and terminate on the earliest of the
following: (a) ten years from the date of grant; (b) one year from the
termination of the optionee's service as an Outside Director by reason of
death or Disability; (c) the termination of the optionee's service as an
Outside Director for cause (as defined in the Plan); and (d) three months from
the termination of the optionee's service as an Outside Director other than by
reason of death, disability or cause.
 
  The exercise price of each option granted upon the effectiveness of the
Offering will be the initial public offering price per share and the exercise
price of all other options granted under the Director Plan will be the Fair
Market Value (as defined in the Director Plan) of a share of Common Stock on
the date the option is granted. Shares of Common Stock purchased upon the
exercise of an option are to be paid for in cash, check or money order or by
shares of Common Stock owned by the optionee for at least six months prior to
exercise. Subject to certain limitations, the Company's Board of Directors may
amend, suspend or discontinue the Director Plan at any time.
 
  1996 LONG-TERM STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
 
  The Company has adopted, and the Company's stockholders approved, the
Harborside Healthcare Corporation 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the
"Stock Plan").
 
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  The Stock Plan is administered by the Stock Plan Committee, which is
comprised of Directors who are intended to be "disinterested persons" (within
the meaning of Rule 16b-3) and "outside directors" (within the meaning of
section 162(m) of the Code). Any officer or other key employee or consultant
to the Company or any of its subsidiaries who is not a member of the Stock
Plan Committee may be designated as a participant under the Stock Plan. The
Stock Plan Committee has the sole and complete authority to determine the
participants to whom awards will be granted under the Stock Plan.
 
  The Stock Plan authorizes the grant of awards to participants with respect
to a maximum of 680,000 shares of the Company's Common Stock ("Shares"),
subject to adjustment for stock splits, stock dividends and similar events,
which awards may be made in the form of (i) nonqualified stock options; (ii)
stock options intended to qualify as incentive stock options under section 422
of the Code; (iii) stock appreciation rights; (iv) restricted stock and/or
restricted stock units; (v) performance awards and (vi) other stock based
awards; provided that the maximum number of shares with respect to which stock
options and stock appreciation rights may be granted to any participant in the
Stock Plan in any calendar year shall not exceed 150,000 and the maximum
number of shares which may be paid to a participant in the Stock Plan in
connection with the settlement of any awards designated as a "Performance
Compensation Award" (as defined below) in respect of a single performance
period may not exceed 150,000 or, in the event such Performance Compensation
Award is paid in cash, the equivalent cash value thereof, after the effective
date of the Stock Plan, any Shares covered by an award granted under the Stock
Plan, or to which such an award relates, are forfeited, or if an award has
expired, terminated or been canceled for any reason whatsoever (other than by
reason of exercise or vesting), then the shares covered by such award will
again be, or will become, Shares with respect to which awards may be granted
under the Stock Plan.
 
  Awards may be made under the Stock Plan in assumption of, or in substitution
for, outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or its affiliates or
a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines. The
number of shares underlying any such assumed or substitute awards will be
counted against the aggregate number of Shares which are available for grant
under awards made under the Stock Plan.
 
  Awards of options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units,
performance awards and other stock based awards granted under the Stock Plan
will be subject to such terms, including exercise price, circumstances of
forfeiture and conditions and timing of exercise (if applicable), as may be
determined by the Stock Plan Committee. Stock options that are intended to
qualify as incentive stock options will be subject to terms and conditions
that comply with such rules as may be prescribed by section 422 of the Code.
Payment in respect of the exercise of an option granted under the Stock Plan
may be made in cash, or its equivalent, or, to the extent permitted by the
Stock Plan Committee, (i) by exchanging Shares owned by the optionee (which
are not the subject of any pledge or other security interest and which have
been owned by such optionee for at least 6 months) or (ii) through delivery of
irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company an
amount equal to the aggregate exercise price, or by a combination of the
foregoing, provided that the combined value of all cash and cash equivalents
and the fair market value of such Shares so tendered to the Company as of the
date of such tender is at least equal to the aggregate exercise price of the
option.
 
  Awards in the form of stock options and stock appreciation rights are
intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" and therefore be
deductible under section 162(m) of the Code provided that the exercise or
grant price, as the case may be, is the fair market value per Share on the
date of the grant. In addition, the Stock Plan Committee may designate awards
other than stock options or stock appreciation rights as a "Performance
Compensation Award." Such awards meeting the criteria described below are also
intended to be deductible under the section 162(m).
 
  Each Performance Compensation Award will be payable only upon achievement
over a specified performance period (ranging from one to three years) of a
pre-established objective performance goal established by the Stock Plan
Committee for such period. The Stock Plan Committee may designate one or more
performance criteria for purposes of establishing a performance goal with
respect to Performance Compensation
 
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Awards made under the Stock Plan. The performance criteria that will be used
to establish such performance goals will be limited to the following: return
on net assets, return on shareholders' equity, return on assets, return on
capital, shareholder returns, profit margin, earnings per share, net earnings,
operating earnings, price per share and sales or market share.
 
  With regard to a particular performance period, the Stock Plan Committee
will have the discretion, subject to the Stock Plan's terms, to select the
length of the performance period, the type(s) of Performance Compensation
Award(s) to be issued, the performance goals that will be used to measure
performance for the period and the performance formula that will be used to
determine what portion, if any, of the Performance Compensation Award has been
earned for the period. Such discretion shall be exercised by the Stock Plan
Committee in writing no later than 90 days after the commencement of the
performance period and performance for the period will be measured and
certified by the Stock Plan Committee upon the period's close. In determining
entitlement to payment in respect of a Performance Compensation Award, the
Stock Plan Committee may through use of negative discretion reduce or
eliminate such award, provided such discretion is permitted under section
162(m) of the Code.
 
  No award that constitutes a "derivative security," for purposes of section
16 of the Exchange Act, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached, sold or
otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant otherwise than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a qualified domestic
relations order.
 
  The Board may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate the Stock
Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided that no such amendment,
alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination shall be made without
stockholder approval if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or
regulatory requirement, including for these purposes any approval requirement
which is a prerequisite for exemptive relief from section 16(b) of the
Exchange Act.
   
  Upon effectiveness of the Offering, the Company will grant options to
purchase 360,000 shares of Common Stock at the initial public offering price
to members of senior management and other employees. Of this total, Messrs.
Guillard and Dell'Anno will receive options to purchase 80,000 and 48,000
shares of Common Stock, respectively, at the initial public offering price.
Options to purchase interests in one of the Company's predecessors were
granted to Messrs. Beardsley and Stephan in February 1996. The exercise price
of these options reflected the fair market value of the predecessor at the
time of grant. Upon completion of the Offering, Messrs. Beardsley and Stephan
will each receive options to purchase 40,000 shares of Common Stock at $8.15
per share in pro rata substitution for these previously issued options. One-
third of each option described above will become exercisable on the first,
second and third anniversary of the date of grant.     
 
DIRECTORS RETAINER FEE PLAN
 
  The Company has adopted, and its shareholders have approved, the Harborside
Healthcare Corporation Directors Retainer Fee Plan (the "Retainer Fee Plan").
The aggregate number of shares authorized for issuance under the Retainer Fee
Plan is 15,000. Under the Retainer Fee Plan, a director who is not an employee
of the Company or an affiliate (an "Eligible Director") may elect to receive
payment of all or any portion of his annual cash retainer and meeting fees
(including fees for committee meetings) either currently, in cash or shares of
Common Stock, or may elect to defer receipt of such payment in stock.
Following the consummation of the Offering, it is expected that four directors
will be eligible to participate in the Retainer Fee Plan. Any deferral must be
made pursuant to an irrevocable election made prior to the year of service
with respect to which such fees relate and at least six months in advance of
the deferral. Any election by an Eligible Director to receive all or a portion
of such Eligible Director's retainer or meeting fees in shares of Common Stock
must be made at least six months prior to the date when such fees are to be
paid.
 
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  Deferrals are invested, at the election of the Eligible Director, in a Stock
Unit Account (as defined in the Retainer Fee Plan). As elected by the Eligible
Director, distributions are made on the first day of the month following (i)
death, (ii) disability, (iii) termination of service or retirement, (iv) a
fixed date in the future or (v) the earliest to occur of the foregoing.
Distributions made from an Eligible Director's Stock Unit Account will be paid
in a single payment in the form of shares of Common Stock (and cash
representing any fractional share).
 
  The Retainer Fee Plan is administered by a committee of employee directors
selected by the Board of Directors. No rights granted under the Retainer Fee
Plan are transferable other than pursuant to the laws of descent or
distribution. The Retainer Fee Plan may be amended or terminated by the Board
of Directors, provided that no amendment or termination may adversely affect
any rights accrued prior to the date of amendment or termination and provided
that any amendment for which shareholder approval is required by law or in
order to maintain continued qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3
promulgated under the Exchange Act shall not be effective until such approval
has been obtained.
 
                             CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
 
  Berkshire, one of the Contributors, is beneficially owned by, among others,
Douglas Krupp, a Director of the Company, his brother George Krupp and
Laurence Gerber, a Director of the Company. Berkshire has historically had and
expects to maintain certain relationships with the Company. All future
transactions with George or Douglas Krupp or their affiliates, including
Berkshire, will be approved by disinterested directors.
 
  Effective October 1, 1994, the Company entered into an agreement to lease
its Brevard facility from RTLP, which is beneficially owned by Douglas Krupp,
George Krupp. The Brevard lease agreement is for a period of ten years, plus
up to two five-year renewals. Rent was $551,250 for the initial twelve-month
period and increases by 2.0% each year thereafter. At the end of the initial
lease term, the Company has the option to exercise two consecutive five-year
lease renewals. The Company also has the right after the fifth anniversary of
the commencement of the lease to purchase the facility at its fair market
value. RTLP is required to make capital expenditures totaling $500,000 during
the first three years of the lease. As of March 31, 1996, approximately
$338,000 of such capital expenditures have been made. See "Business--
Properties."
   
  The Company's Boston headquarters occupy office space leased from Berkshire.
The Company has historically been allocated certain expenses for this office
space and for various services provided by Berkshire, including legal, tax,
data processing and other administrative services. The allocations of expenses
for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 were $746,000, $759,000
and $700,000, respectively. As of March 31, 1996, no amounts were owed to
Berkshire for these services. Berkshire also provided investor relations
services to KYP, for which the Company paid a total of $118,000 in 1995. The
Company and Berkshire will enter into an administrative services agreement,
which will become effective upon consummation of the Offering, pursuant to
which Berkshire will continue to provide the same services and office space to
the Company as described above, as well as certain investor relation services,
at an initial price of approximately $735,000 per year. The administrative
services agreement will have an initial term that ends on December 31, 1996,
and will be automatically renewable annually thereafter. The Company or
Berkshire may terminate the agreement upon 120 days' prior written notice.
Management believes that the terms of the administrative services agreement
will be as favorable to the Company as could be obtained from independent
third parties.     
 
  The administrative services agreement provides that the Company will
indemnify Berkshire, including its officers and partners, to the fullest
extent permitted by Delaware law, as if Berkshire were an agent of the Company
in connection with the performance of its services under the agreement.
Berkshire has agreed to indemnify the Company for losses arising from
Berkshire's deliberate dishonesty or gross negligence or willful misconduct.
 
  The Company has entered into the Reorganization Agreement with the
Contributors, pursuant to which the Contributors will receive 4,400,000 shares
of Common Stock in exchange for their ownership interests in the Company's
predecessors. The Reorganization will be completed immediately prior to
completion of the Offering. See "The Reorganization."
 
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  In connection with the acquisition of the Company's Decatur facility, a
subsidiary of the Company assumed a first mortgage note from the facility's
prior owner. Douglas Krupp personally guaranteed the note which at the time
had a remaining balance of $1,775,000. As of March 31, 1996, the remaining
principal balance on the note is $1,613,000. The Company has agreed to
indemnify Mr. Krupp for liability under such guaranty.
 
  On December 28, 1995, an affiliate of Berkshire advanced $2,000,000 to the
Company at an interest rate of 9.0% per annum. The Company used these funds to
make a purchase deposit on five long-term care facilities which the Company
has since determined not to acquire. The advance and all accrued interest has
since been repaid.
 
  In 1994, Bowie L.P. entered into an agreement with Krupp Construction
Corporation ("Krupp Construction"), an affiliate of Douglas Krupp and George
Krupp, to manage the construction of the Company's Larkin Chase Center. Krupp
Construction received a total of $278,000 in management fees and
reimbursements for certain costs incurred in connection with the agreement.
 
  Effective December 31, 1995, Mr. Gerber purchased equity interests in
certain Predecessors pursuant to the Director Equity Purchase. Mr. Gerber
purchased these equity interests for an aggregate price of $365,000, the fair
market value of such interests on such date. In connection with the
Reorganization, Mr. Gerber will exchange the interests for an aggregate of
69,892 shares of Common Stock.
   
  The Company has historically entered into a number of financings and lease
arrangements with Meditrust. David F. Benson, the President of Meditrust, is a
Director Nominee. Fourteen of the Company's facilities are leased from
Meditrust. See "Business--Properties." The Seven Facilities were sold to
Meditrust by KYP on December 31, 1995 for $47,000,000 and were subsequently
leased to the Company. Total minimum rent payments under the Company's leases
with Meditrust are expected to be approximately $7.6 million for 1996 and were
$0.5 million in 1995. Seven of the Company's owned facilities are subject to
mortgages in favor of Meditrust. See "Business--Properties" and "Management's
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations--
Liquidity and Capital Resources." The Company will use a portion of the
proceeds of the Offering to repay an aggregate of $25 million principal amount
of these mortgages. Meditrust will also receive a prepayment penalty of $1.7
million. See "Use of Proceeds" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations--Liquidity and Capital
Resources."     
 
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                         STOCK OWNERSHIP OF DIRECTORS,
                   EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS
 
  The following table sets forth certain information with respect to the
beneficial ownership of certain voting securities of the Company by all
persons known by the Company to own beneficially more than 5% of the Common
Stock, each of the Company's Directors, the Named Executive Officers and by
all Directors and executive officers as a group.
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                          SHARES OF COMMON STOCK     SHARES OF COMMON STOCK
                            BENEFICIALLY OWNED         BENEFICIALLY OWNED
                            PRIOR TO OFFERING            AFTER OFFERING
                          -------------------------  -------------------------
                          NUMBER OF     PERCENTAGE     NUMBER      PERCENTAGE
NAME AND ADDRESS(1)         SHARES       OF CLASS    OF SHARES      OF CLASS
- -------------------       ------------- -----------  ------------- -----------
<S>                       <C>           <C>          <C>           <C>
Douglas Krupp(2).........     3,382,305        76.9%     3,382,305        42.3%
George Krupp(2)..........     3,382,305        76.9%     3,382,305        42.3%
Laurence Gerber(3).......     2,830,156        64.3%     2,830,156        35.4%
The Berkshire Companies
 L.P.....................     2,696,903        61.3%     2,696,903        33.7%
The Douglas Krupp 1994
 Family Trust(4).........       622,042        14.1%       622,042         7.8%
The George Krupp 1994
 Family Trust(4).........       622,042        14.1%       622,042         7.8%
Stephen L. Guillard(5)...       260,160         5.9%       260,160         3.3%
Damian N. Dell'Anno(6)...        65,600         1.5%        65,600           *
Bruce J. Beardsley.......           --            *            --            *
William H. Stephan.......           --            *            --            *
Robert L. Boelter........           --            *            --            *
All Directors and
 Executive Officers as a
 group (8 persons).......     3,777,958        85.9%     3,777,958        47.2%
</TABLE>    
- --------
 * Less than one percent.
 
(1) The address of each person named, unless otherwise noted, is c/o
    Harborside Healthcare Corporation, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
    Massachusetts 02210.
 
(2) Includes 2,696,903 shares of Common Stock received by Berkshire and 63,360
    shares of Common Stock received by Krupp Enterprises, L.P.
    ("Enterprises"), in each case in connection with the Reorganization. The
    general partners of Berkshire are KGP-1, Inc. ("KGP-1") and KGP-2, Inc.
    ("KGP-2") and the general partner of Enterprises is KGP-1. KGP-1 and KGP-2
    are both 50% owned by each of George Krupp and Douglas Krupp. By virtue of
    their interests in the general partners of Berkshire and Enterprises,
    George Krupp and Douglas Krupp may each be deemed to beneficially own the
    2,760,263 shares of Common Stock held by Berkshire and Enterprises. In
    addition, George Krupp and Douglas Krupp may each be deemed to
    beneficially own the 622,042 shares of Common Stock held by their
    respective family trusts. See Note 4, below.
 
(3) Includes 69,893 shares of Common Stock received in connection with the
    Reorganization. Also includes an aggregate of the 2,760,263 shares of
    Common Stock held by Berkshire and Enterprises, which Mr. Gerber may be
    deemed to beneficially own because of his position as President of KGP-1
    and KGP-2.
 
(4) Includes 622,042 shares of Common Stock received in connection with the
    Reorganization by each of The George Krupp 1994 Family Trust ("GKFT") and
    The Douglas Krupp 1994 Family Trust ("DKFT"). Each of George Krupp and
    Douglas Krupp may be deemed to beneficially own the 622,042 shares of
    Common Stock held by GKFT and DKFT, respectively. The trustees of both
    GKFT and DKFT are Lawrence I. Silverstein, Paul Krupp and M. Gordon
    Ehrlich (the "Trustees"). The Trustees share control over the power to
    dispose of the assets of GKFT and DKFT and thus each may be deemed to
    beneficially own the 622,042 shares of Common Stock held by GKFT and DKFT;
    however, each of the Trustees disclaims beneficial ownership of all of
    such shares which are or may be deemed to be beneficially owned by George
    Krupp or Douglas Krupp.
 
(5) Includes 260,160 shares of Common Stock received in connection with the
    Reorganization.
 
(6) Includes 65,600 shares of Common Stock received in connection with the
    Reorganization, of which 18,037 shares of Common Stock received consist of
    the Bonus Payment.
 
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                         DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK
 
  The following summary information is qualified in its entirety by the
provisions of the Company's Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws, copies
of which have been filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement of which
this Prospectus is a part. See "Additional Information."
 
  The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 30,000,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, and 1,000,000 shares of preferred
stock, par value $.01 per share ("Preferred Stock"), of which 4,400,000 shares
of Common Stock are outstanding upon completion of the Reorganization but
prior to completion of the Offering. Upon completion of the Offering,
8,000,000 shares of Common Stock will be outstanding (8,540,000 shares if the
Underwriters' over-allotment is exercised in full) and no shares of preferred
stock will be issued or outstanding.
 
  Prior to the Offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock.
See "Underwriting."
 
COMMON STOCK
 
  Voting Rights. The Company's Certificate of Incorporation provides that
holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters
submitted to a vote of stockholders. The stockholders are not entitled to vote
cumulatively for the election of directors.
 
  Dividends. Each share of Common Stock is entitled to receive dividends if,
as and when declared by the Board of Directors. Under Delaware law, a
corporation may declare and pay dividends out of surplus, or if there is no
surplus, out of net profits for the fiscal year in which the dividend is
declared and/or the preceding year. No dividends may be declared, however, if
the capital of the corporation has been diminished by depreciation in the
value of its property, losses or otherwise to an amount less than the
aggregate amount of capital represented by any issued and outstanding stock
having a preference on the distribution of assets. See "Dividend Policy."
 
  Other Rights. Stockholders of the Company have no preemptive or other rights
to subscribe for additional shares. Subject to any rights of the holders of
any preferred stock that may be issued subsequent to the Offering, all holders
of Common Stock are entitled to share equally on a share-for-share basis in
any assets available for distribution to stockholders on liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Company. No shares of Common Stock are
subject to redemption or a sinking fund. All outstanding shares of Common
Stock are, and the Common Stock to be outstanding upon completion of the
Offering will be, fully paid and nonassessable.
   
  Transfer Agent and Registrar. The Transfer Agent and Registrar for the
Common Stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.     
 
PREFERRED STOCK
 
  The Company's Board of Directors is authorized to issue, without further
authorization from stockholders, up to 1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock in
one or more series and to determine, at the time of creating each series, the
distinctive designation of, and the number of shares in, the series, its
dividend rate, the number of votes, if any, for each share of such series, the
price and terms on which such shares may be redeemed, the terms of any
applicable sinking fund, the amount payable upon liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, the conversion rights, if any, and such other rights, preferences
and priorities of such series as the Board of Directors may be permitted to
fix under the laws of the State of Delaware as in effect at the time such
series is created. The issuance of Preferred Stock could adversely affect the
voting power of the holders of Common Stock and could have the effect of
delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control of the Company. The
Company has no present plan to issue any shares of Preferred Stock.
 
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE COMPANY'S CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION AND BY-LAWS
 
  Certain provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws of the
Company summarized below may be deemed to have an anti-takeover effect and may
delay, defer or prevent a tender offer or takeover attempt that a stockholder
might consider in its best interest, including an attempt that might result in
the receipt of a premium over the market price for the shares held by
stockholders.
 
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  The Company's Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws provide (i) that no
director may be removed from office during his term except for cause, (ii)
that vacancies on the Board of Directors may be filled only by the remaining
directors and not by the stockholders, (iii) that any action required or
permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company may be effected only
at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and stockholder action by
written consent in lieu of a meeting is prohibited, (iv) that special meetings
of stockholders may be called only by a majority of the Board of Directors, or
by the Chairman of the Board of Directors or the President of the Company, (v)
that stockholders are not permitted to call a special meeting or require that
the Board of Directors call a special meeting of stockholders and (vi) for an
advance notice procedure for the nomination, other than by or at the direction
of the Board of Directors, of candidates for election as directors as well as
for other stockholder proposals to be considered at annual meetings of
stockholders. In general, notice of intent to nominate a director or raise
business at such meetings must be received by the Company not less than 60 or
more than 90 days prior to the anniversary of the previous year's annual
meeting and must contain certain information concerning the person to be
nominated or the matters to be brought before the meeting and concerning the
stockholder submitting the proposal.
 
CLASSIFICATION OF DIRECTORS
 
  The Company's Board of Directors is classified into three classes. It is
anticipated that each class will, as nearly as practicable, contain an equal
number of Directors. The members of each class will serve staggered three-year
terms. At each annual meeting of stockholders, Directors will be elected for a
full three-year term to succeed those Directors whose terms are expiring. The
Company's classified Board of Directors could have the effect of increasing
the length of time necessary to change the composition of a majority of the
Board of Directors. In general, at least two annual meetings of stockholders
will be necessary for stockholders to effect a change in a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors.
 
LIMITATION ON DIRECTORS' LIABILITY
 
  The Company has included in its Certificate of Incorporation provisions to
eliminate the rights of the Company and its stockholders (through
stockholders' derivative suits on behalf of the Company) to recover monetary
damages from a director resulting from breaches of fiduciary duty (including
breaches resulting from grossly negligent behavior). This provision does not
eliminate liability for breaches of the duty of loyalty, acts or omissions not
in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law, violations under Section 174 of the Delaware General Corporation Law
("Delaware Law") concerning the unlawful payment of dividends or stock
redemptions or repurchases or for any transaction from which the director
derived an improper personal benefit. However, these provisions will not limit
the liability of the Company's Directors under Federal securities laws. The
Company believes that these provisions are necessary to attract and retain
qualified persons as directors and officers.
 
SECTION 203 OF THE DELAWARE LAW
 
  Section 203 of the Delaware Law prohibits publicly held Delaware
corporations from engaging in a "business combination" with an "interested
stockholder" for a period of three years following the date of the transaction
in which the person or entity became an interested stockholder, unless (i)
prior to such date, either the business combination or the transaction which
resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested stockholder is approved by
the Board of Directors of the corporation, (ii) upon consummation of the
transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested
stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the outstanding
voting stock of the corporation (excluding for this purpose certain shares
owned by persons who are directors and also officers of the corporation and by
certain employee benefit plans) or (iii) on or after such date the business
combination is approved by the Board of Directors of the corporation and by
the affirmative vote (and not by written consent) of at least 66 2/3% of the
outstanding voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder. For
the purposes of Section 203, a "business combination" is broadly defined to
include mergers, asset sales and other transactions resulting in a financial
benefit to the interested stockholder. An "interested stockholder" is a person
who, together with affiliates and associates, owns (or within the immediately
preceding three years did own) 15% or more of the corporation's voting stock.
 
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                        SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
 
  Upon completion of the Offering, the Company will have outstanding 8,000,000
shares of Common Stock (8,540,000 shares if the Underwriters' overallotment
option is exercised in full). An additional 500,000 shares of Common Stock will
be issuable upon the exercise in full of all outstanding options to purchase
Common Stock. Of the maximum 8,540,000 shares of Common Stock outstanding,
4,140,000 shares will have been sold pursuant to the Offering and all of such
shares will be freely tradeable without restriction or further registration
under the Securities Act, except for any shares purchased or acquired by an
"affiliate" of the Company (as that term is defined under the rules and
regulations of the Securities Act). The remaining outstanding shares of Common
Stock were issued to the Contributors in connection with the Reorganization and
are "restricted securities" that may not be sold in the absence of registration
under the Securities Act unless an exemption from registration is available,
including the exemptions contained under Rule 144. In connection with the
Reorganization, the Company has agreed to grant a demand registration right,
subject to certain limitations and at the Company's expense, to financial
institutions to whom the Contributors may pledge the Common Stock received by
them in the Reorganization. See "The Reorganization."
 
  The Company has agreed that it will not, directly or indirectly, without the
prior written consent of NatWest Securities Limited, offer to sell, sell,
contract to sell, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose (or
announce any offer to sell, sale, contract to sell, grant of any option to
purchase or other disposition) of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock
for a period of 180 days after the date of this Prospectus, except for specific
grants of options to purchase shares of Common Stock described in this
Prospectus and for the issuance of shares in connection with the
Reorganization. The Contributors have agreed that they will not, directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of NatWest Securities Limited,
offer to sell, sell, contract to sell, grant any option to purchase or
otherwise dispose (or announce any offer to sell, sale, contract to sell, grant
of any option to purchase or other disposition) of any shares of Common Stock
or any securities convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares
of Common Stock for a period of 180 days after the date of this Prospectus.
   
  An aggregate of 800,000 shares of Common Stock have been reserved for
issuance to employees, officers and Directors upon exercise of options, of
which options for 500,000 shares of Common Stock will be granted upon the
effectiveness of the Offering. The Company anticipates filing a registration
statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Act to register all of the shares of
Common Stock currently issuable or reserved for future issuance under the Stock
Plan, the Director Plan and the Retainer Fee Plan. Shares purchased upon
exercise of options granted pursuant to the Stock Plan, the Director Plan and
the Retainer Fee Plan generally will be available for resale in the public
market (in the case of the Stock Plan, to the extent the stock transfer
restriction agreements with NatWest Securities Limited have expired), except
that any such shares issued to affiliates are subject to the volume limitations
and certain other restrictions of Rule 144. See "Management--Stock Option
Plans" and "--Directors Retainer Fee Plan."     
 
  In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, beginning 90 days after
the Offering, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who has
beneficially owned "restricted" shares for at least two years, including a
person who may be deemed to be an affiliate of the Company, is entitled to sell
within any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the
greater of (i) 1% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company
(80,000 shares after giving effect to the Offering) or (ii) the average weekly
trading volume of Common Stock during the four calendar weeks preceding the
date on which a notice of sale is filed with the Commission. A person (or
persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not at any time during the 90 days
preceding a sale an "affiliate" is entitled to sell such shares under Rule 144,
commencing three years after the date such shares were acquired from the
Company or an affiliate of the Company, without regard to the volume
limitations described above. As defined in Rule 144, an "affiliate" of an
issuer is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more
intermediaries, controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with,
such issuer. Sales under Rule 144 are subject to certain other restrictions
relating to the manner of sale, notice and the availability of current public
information about the Company. The Company is unable to estimate the
 
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number of shares that may be resold from time to time under Rule 144, because
such number will depend on the market price and trading volume for the Common
Stock, the personal circumstances of the sellers and other factors.
 
  Prior to the Offering, there has been no public market for Common Stock and
no prediction can be made as to the effect, if any, that the sale or
availability for sale of additional shares of Common Stock will have on the
market price of the Common Stock. Nevertheless, sales of significant amounts
of such shares in the public market or the availability of large amounts of
shares for sale could adversely affect the market price of Common Stock and
could impair the Company's future ability to raise capital through an offering
of its equity securities.
 
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                                 UNDERWRITING
 
  Under the terms and subject to the conditions contained in the Underwriting
Agreement, the Company has agreed to sell to each of the Underwriters named
below (the "Underwriters"), for whom NatWest Securities Limited and Dean
Witter Reynolds Inc. are acting as representatives (the "Representatives"),
and each such Underwriter has severally agreed to purchase from the Company,
the number of shares of Common Stock set forth opposite its name:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      NUMBER OF
     UNDERWRITER                                                       SHARES
     -----------                                                      ---------
<S>                                                                   <C>
NatWest Securities Limited...........................................
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. ...........................................
                                                                      ---------
  Total.............................................................. 3,600,000
                                                                      =========
</TABLE>
 
  The Company is obligated to sell, and the Underwriters are severally
obligated to purchase, all of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby if any
such shares are purchased.
 
  The Company has been advised by the Representatives that the Underwriters
propose to offer the shares of Common Stock to the public initially at the
public Offering price set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus and to
certain securities dealers at such price, less a concession not in excess of
$   per share of Common Stock. The Underwriters may allow, and such selected
dealers may reallow, a concession not in excess of $   per share of Common
Stock to certain other brokers and dealers. The public Offering price,
concession and discount to dealers may be changed by the Underwriters after
the shares of Common Stock are released for sale to the public. The
Representatives have informed the Company that the Underwriters do not intend
to confirm sales to any accounts over which they exercise discretionary
authority.
 
  The Company has granted the Underwriters an option, exercisable within 30
days after the date of this Prospectus, to purchase up to 540,000 additional
shares of Common Stock at the initial public offering price, less the
underwriting discount set forth on the cover page of this Prospectus. If the
Underwriters exercise their option to purchase any of the additional shares of
Common Stock, each of the Underwriters will have a firm commitment, subject to
certain conditions, to purchase approximately the same percentage thereof
which the number of shares of Common Stock to be purchased by each of them as
shown in the above table bears to the Underwriters' initial commitment. The
Underwriters may exercise the option only to cover over-allotments in the sale
of the shares of Common Stock offered hereby.
 
  The Company has agreed to indemnify the several Underwriters against certain
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribute
to payments which the Underwriters may be required to make in respect thereof.
 
  Prior to the Offering, there has been no public market for the Common Stock.
The initial public offering price of the Common Stock will be determined by
negotiations between the Company and the Representatives. The factors
considered in determining the initial public offering price will include an
assessment of the history and the prospects for the industry in which the
Company operates, the ability of the Company's management, the past and
present operations of the Company, the historical results of operations of the
Company, the Company's earnings prospects, the general conditions of the
securities markets at the time of the Offering and the prices of similar
securities of comparable companies. There can be no assurance, however, that
the price at which the Common Stock will sell in the public market after this
Offering will not be lower than the price at which it is sold by the
Underwriters.
 
                                      75
<PAGE>
 
  The Company has agreed that it will not, directly or indirectly, without the
prior written consent of NatWest Securities Limited, offer to sell, sell,
contract to sell, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose (or
announce any offer to sell, sale, contract to sell, grant of any option to
purchase or other disposition) of any shares of Common Stock or any securities
convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock
for a period of 180 days after the date of this Prospectus, except for
specific grants of options to purchase shares of Common Stock described in
this Prospectus and for the issuance of shares in connection with the
Reorganization. The Contributors have agreed that they will not, directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of NatWest Securities Limited,
sell, offer to sell, contract to sell, grant any option to purchase or
otherwise dispose of any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible
into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Common Stock for a period
of 180 days after the date of this Prospectus.
 
  NatWest Securities Limited, a United Kingdom broker-dealer and a member of
the Securities and Futures Authority Limited, has agreed that, as part of the
distribution of the Common Stock offered hereby and subject to certain
exceptions, it will not offer or sell any Common Stock within the United
States, its territories or possessions or to persons who are citizens thereof
or residents therein. The Underwriting Agreement does not limit the sale of
the Common Stock offered hereby outside of the United States.
 
  NatWest Securities Limited has represented and agreed that (i) it has not
offered or sold and will not offer to sell any shares of Common Stock to
persons in the United Kingdom, except to persons whose ordinary activities
involve them in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as
principal or agent) for the purpose of their businesses or otherwise in
circumstances which have not resulted and will not result in an offer to the
public in the United Kingdom within the meaning of the Public Offers of
Securities Regulations 1995 or the Financial Services Act 1986 (the "Act"),
(ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the Act
with respect to anything done by it in relation to the shares of Common Stock
in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom and (iii) it has only
issued or passed on, and will only issue or pass on, in the United Kingdom,
any document which consists of or any part of listing particulars,
supplementary listing particulars, or any other document required or permitted
to be published by listing rules under Part IV of the Act, to a person who is
of a kind described in Article 11(3) of the Financial Services Act 1986
(Investment Advertisements) (Exemptions) Order 1995 or is a person to whom the
document may otherwise lawfully be issued or passed on.
 
   An affiliate of NatWest Securities Limited has in the past provided
investment banking services to an affiliate of the Company.
 
  At the request of the Company, up to 180,000 shares of Common Stock offered
hereby have been reserved for sale to certain individuals, including directors
and employees of the Company and members of their families. The price of such
shares to such persons will be the initial public offering price set forth on
the cover of this Prospectus. The number of shares available to the general
public will be reduced to the extent those persons purchase reserved shares.
Any shares not so purchased will be offered hereby at the public Offering
price set forth on the cover of this Prospectus.
 
                                 LEGAL MATTERS
 
  The validity of the Common Stock offered hereby will be passed upon for the
Company by Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York, New York.
Certain legal matters will be passed upon for the Underwriters by Stroock &
Stroock & Lavan, New York, New York.
 
                                    EXPERTS
 
  The combined balance sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the
combined statements of operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash
flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995, of
the Company included in this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration
Statement of which this Prospectus is a part, have been audited by Coopers &
Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, as indicated in their report with
respect thereto, and are included herein and in the Registration Statement, of
which this Prospectus is a part, given on the authority of said firm as
experts in accounting and auditing.
 
                                      76
<PAGE>
 
  The combined balance sheets as of December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the
combined statements of income, retained earnings and cash flows for each of
the three years in the period ended December 31, 1995, of Sowerby Enterprises,
the former owner of the New Hampshire Facilities, included in this Prospectus
and elsewhere in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a
part, have been audited by Leverone & Company, independent accountants, as
indicated in their report with respect thereto, and are included herein and in
the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is a part, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
 
   The combined balance sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the
combined statements of income, partners' equity and cash flows for the years
ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 of the owners of the Ohio Facilities
included in this Prospectus and elsewhere in this Registration Statement of
which this Prospectus is a part have been audited by Howard, Wershbale & Co.,
independent accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto,
and are included herein and in the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
 
  The balance sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the statements of
operations and partners' equity and cash flows for the period from April 7,
1993 (date of inception) through December 31, 1993 and for the years ended
December 31, 1994 and 1995, of Bowie Center Limited Partnership included in
this Prospectus and elsewhere in the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus is a part, have been audited by Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.,
independent accountants, as indicated in their report with respect thereto,
and are included herein and in the Registration Statement, of which this
Prospectus is a part, given on the authority of said firm as experts in
accounting and auditing.
 
                            ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
 
  The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form
S-1 (together with all amendments and exhibits, the "Registration Statement")
under the Securities Act with respect to the Common Stock offered hereby. This
Prospectus, which constitutes part of the Registration Statement, does not
contain all of the information set forth in the Registration Statement,
certain parts of which are omitted in accordance with the rules and
regulations of the Commission. For further information, reference is hereby
made to the Registration Statement and to the schedules and exhibits thereto.
The Registration Statement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, may
be inspected, without charge, and copies may be obtained, at prescribed rates,
at the public reference facilities of the Commission maintained at Judiciary
Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024, Washington, D.C. 20549. Copies of
the Registration Statement may also be inspected, without charge, at the
Commission's regional offices at Seven World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New
York, New York 10048 and Northwestern Atrium Center, 500 West Madison Street,
Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. In addition, copies of the Registration
Statement may be obtained by mail at prescribed rates, from the Commission's
Public Reference Section at Judiciary Plaza, 450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549.
 
  Statements contained in this Prospectus as to the contents of any contract,
agreement or other document referred to are not necessarily complete and in
each instance reference is made to the copy of such contract, agreement or
other document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, each such
statement being qualified in all respects by such reference.
 
  As a result of this Offering, the Company will become subject to the
information and periodic reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, and, in accordance therewith, will file periodic reports,
proxy statements and other information with the Commission. Such periodic
reports, proxy statements and other information will be available for
inspection and copying at the public reference facilities and regional offices
referred to above. The Company intends to furnish to its stockholders annual
reports containing audited financial statements and an opinion thereon
expressed by independent certified public accountants and quarterly reports
containing unaudited interim summary financial information for the first three
fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Company.
 
                                      77
<PAGE>
 
                         INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           PAGE
                                                                           ----
<S>                                                                        <C>
HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
  Report of Independent Accountants....................................... F-2
  Combined Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and
   (unaudited) March 31, 1996............................................. F-3
  Combined Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 1993,
   1994 and 1995 and (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 1995
   and 1996............................................................... F-4
  Combined Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity for the years
   ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and (unaudited) for the three
   months ended March 31, 1995 and 1996................................... F-5
  Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1993,
   1994 and 1995 and (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31, 1995
   and 1996............................................................... F-6
  Notes to Combined Financial Statements.................................. F-7
</TABLE>
 
<TABLE>   
<S>                                                                        <C>
SOWERBY ENTERPRISES:
  Independent Auditors' Report............................................ F-21
  Combined Balance Sheets at December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995............. F-22
  Combined Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 1993,
   1994 and 1995.......................................................... F-24
  Combined Statements of Retained Earnings (Deficit) for the years ended
   December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995....................................... F-25
  Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1993,
   1994 and 1995.......................................................... F-26
  Notes to Combined Financial Statements.................................. F-27
BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY,
WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY:
  Independent Auditors' Report............................................ F-31
  Combined Balance Sheets at December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and
   (unaudited) March 31, 1996............................................. F-32
  Combined Statements of Income for the years ended December 31, 1993,
   1994 and 1995 and (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31,
   1996................................................................... F-33
  Combined Statements of Partners' Equity for the years ended December 31,
   1993, 1994 and 1995 and (unaudited) for the three months ended March
   31, 1996............................................................... F-34
  Combined Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 1993,
   1994 and 1995 and (unaudited) for the three months ended March 31,
   1996................................................................... F-35
  Notes to Combined Financial Statements.................................. F-36
BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP:
  Report of Independent Accountants....................................... F-42
  Balance Sheets as of December 31, 1994 and 1995......................... F-43
  Statements of Operations for the period from April 7, 1993 (date of
   inception) through December 31, 1993 and the years ended December 31,
   1994 and 1995.......................................................... F-44
  Statements of Changes in Partners' Equity for the period from April 7,
   1993 (date of inception) through December 31, 1993 and the years ended
   December 31, 1994 and 1995............................................. F-45
  Statements of Cash Flows for the period from April 7, 1993 (date of
   inception) through December 31, 1993 and the years ended December 31,
   1994 and 1995.......................................................... F-46
  Notes to Financial Statements........................................... F-47
</TABLE>    
 
                                      F-1
<PAGE>
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Stockholders and Board of Directors
  of Harborside Healthcare Corporation:
 
  We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of Harborside
Healthcare Corporation and its combined affiliates (the "Company") as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the related combined statements of operations,
changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the three years in
the period ended December 31, 1995. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
  We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
 
  In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the combined financial position of the Company as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the combined results of their operations and
their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1995 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
                                                       Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
Boston, Massachusetts
March 19, 1996
 
                                      F-2
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
                            COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
                (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                      DECEMBER 31,
                                     ----------------
                                                                     PRO FORMA
                                                        MARCH 31,    MARCH 31,
                                      1994     1995       1996     1996 (NOTE B)
                                     -------  -------  ----------- -------------
                                                       (UNAUDITED)  (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                  <C>      <C>      <C>         <C>
                      ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents........  $14,013  $40,157    $10,000      $10,000
  Accounts receivable, net of
   allowances for doubtful accounts
   of $801, $1,526 and $1,618,
   respectively....................    5,351    9,967     11,354       11,354
  Prepaid expenses and other.......    1,334    1,790      1,935        1,935
  Demand note due from limited
   partnership
   (Note F)........................      --     1,255      1,284        1,284
  Facility acquisition deposits
   (Notes O and P).................      --     3,000        --           --
  Restricted cash (Note C).........      586      --         --           --
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
    Total current assets...........   21,284   56,169     24,573       24,573
Restricted cash (Note C)...........    1,409    2,755      4,331        4,331
Investment in limited partnership
 (Note F)..........................      633      519        395          395
Property and equipment, net (Note
 G)................................   66,938   30,139     30,185       30,185
Intangible assets, net (Note H)....    3,612    3,050      3,894        3,894
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
    Total assets...................  $93,876  $92,632    $63,378      $63,378
                                     =======  =======    =======      =======
                    LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
  Current maturities of long-term
   debt (Note E)...................  $   391  $   428    $   448      $   448
  Accounts payable.................    2,689    4,034      3,762        3,762
  Employee compensation and bene-
   fits............................    3,110    4,495      6,640        6,640
  Other accrued liabilities........      664      959        892          892
  Note payable to affiliate (Note
   P)..............................      --     2,000        --           --
  Accrued interest.................      515       25         67           67
  Current portion of deferred in-
   come............................      --       --         369          369
  Distribution payable to minority
   interest
   (Note N)........................      --    33,493        --           --
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
    Total current liabilities......    7,369   45,434     12,178       12,178
Long-term portion of deferred in-
 come..............................      --       --       3,225        3,225
Long-term debt (Note E)............   52,905   43,068     42,974       42,974
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
    Total liabilities..............   60,274   88,502     58,377       58,377
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
Minority interest (Notes B and N)..   30,736      --         --           --
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
Commitments and contingencies
(Notes C, D, F and J)..............
           STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY (NOTE M)
Common stock, $.01 par value, 1,000
 shares authorized, issued and
 outstanding; pro forma 30,000,000
 shares authorized, 4,400,000
 shares issued and outstanding.....      --       --         --            44
Additional paid-in capital.........   10,342   10,372     11,038       10,994
Accumulated deficit................   (7,476)  (6,242)    (6,037)      (6,037)
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
    Total stockholders' equity.....    2,866    4,130      5,001        5,001
                                     -------  -------    -------      -------
    Total liabilities and stock-
     holders' equity...............  $93,876  $92,632    $63,378      $63,378
                                     =======  =======    =======      =======
</TABLE>
 
     The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined financial
                                  statements.
 
                                      F-3
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
                (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                     FOR THE               FOR THE THREE MONTHS
                            YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,          ENDED MARCH 31,
                          -------------------------------  ----------------------
                            1993       1994       1995        1995        1996
                          ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------
                                                                (UNAUDITED)
<S>                       <C>        <C>        <C>        <C>         <C>
Total net revenues......  $  75,101  $  86,376  $ 109,425  $   23,777  $   34,931
                          ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------
Expenses:
  Facility operating....     57,412     68,951     89,378      19,734      28,120
  General and
   administrative.......      3,092      3,859      5,076       1,141       2,235
  Service charges paid
   to affiliate (Note
   P)...................        746        759        700         177         185
  Depreciation and
   amortization.........      4,304      4,311      4,385       1,043         539
  Facility rent.........        525      1,037      1,907         392       2,545
                          ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------
    Total expenses......     66,079     78,917    101,446      22,487      33,624
                          ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------
Income from operations..      9,022      7,459      7,979       1,290       1,307
Other:
  Interest expense,
   net..................     (4,740)    (4,609)    (5,107)     (1,264)       (975)
  Loss on investment in
   limited partnership
   (Note F).............        --        (448)      (114)        (81)       (127)
  Gain on sale of
   facilities, net (Note
   N)...................        --         --       4,869         --          --
  Loss on refinancing of
   debt (Note E)........        --        (453)       --          --          --
  Minority interest in
   net income of
   combined affiliates
   (Notes B and N)......     (2,297)    (1,575)    (6,393)       (185)        --
                          ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------
Net income (loss).......  $   1,985  $     374  $   1,234  $     (240) $      205
                          =========  =========  =========  ==========  ==========
Pro forma data
 (unaudited--Notes C and
 L):
  Historical net income
   (loss)...............  $   1,985  $     374  $   1,234  $     (240) $      205
  Pro forma income
   taxes................       (774)      (146)      (481)         94         (80)
                          ---------  ---------  ---------  ----------  ----------
  Pro forma net income
   (loss)...............  $   1,211  $     228  $     753  $     (146) $      125
                          =========  =========  =========  ==========  ==========
  Pro forma net income
   (loss) per share
   (Note C).............  $    0.27  $    0.05  $    0.17  $    (0.03) $     0.03
                          =========  =========  =========  ==========  ==========
Weighted average number
 of common and common
 equivalent shares used
 in pro forma net income
 (loss) per share
 (Note B)...............  4,452,160  4,452,160  4,452,160   4,452,160   4,452,160
                          =========  =========  =========  ==========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
                     The accompanying notes are an integral
                   part of the combined financial statements.
 
                                      F-4
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
             COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               ADDITIONAL
                                                PAID- IN  ACCUMULATED
                                                 CAPITAL    DEFICIT    TOTAL
                                               ---------- ----------- -------
<S>                                            <C>        <C>         <C>
Stockholders' equity, December 31, 1992.......  $11,266     $(7,635)  $ 3,631
Net income for the year ended December 31,
 1993.........................................      --        1,985     1,985
Distributions.................................     (698)        --       (698)
                                                -------     -------   -------
Stockholders' equity, December 31, 1993.......   10,568      (5,650)    4,918
Net income for the year ended December 31,
 1994.........................................      --          374       374
Distributions.................................     (226)     (2,200)   (2,426)
                                                -------     -------   -------
Stockholders' equity, December 31, 1994.......   10,342      (7,476)    2,866
Net income for the year ended December 31,
 1995.........................................      --        1,234     1,234
Contributions.................................       30         --         30
                                                -------     -------   -------
Stockholders' equity, December 31, 1995.......   10,372      (6,242)    4,130
Net income for the three months ended March
 31, 1996 (unaudited).........................      --          205       205
Purchase of equity interests (unaudited)......      803         --        803
Distributions (unaudited).....................     (137)        --       (137)
                                                -------     -------   -------
Stockholders' equity, March 31, 1996 (unau-
 dited).......................................  $11,038     $(6,037)  $ 5,001
                                                =======     =======   =======
</TABLE>
 
 
     The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined financial
                                  statements.
 
                                      F-5
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                             (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                FOR THE YEARS ENDED      FOR THE THREE MONTHS
                                   DECEMBER 31,             ENDED MARCH 31,
                              -------------------------  ----------------------
                               1993     1994     1995       1995        1996
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
                                                              (UNAUDITED)
<S>                           <C>      <C>      <C>      <C>         <C>
Operating activities:
 Net income (loss)..........  $ 1,985  $   374  $ 1,234  $     (240) $      205
 Adjustments to reconcile
  net income (loss) to net
  cash provided by operating
  activities:
 Minority interest..........    2,297    1,575    6,393         185         234
 Gain on sale of facilities,
  net.......................      --       --    (4,869)        --          --
 Loss on refinancing of
  debt......................      --       453      --          --          --
 Depreciation of property
  and equipment.............    3,734    3,744    3,924         924         459
 Amortization of intangible
  assets....................      570      567      461         119          80
 Amortization of deferred
  income....................      --       --       --          --          (91)
 Loss from investment in
  limited partnership.......      --       448      114          81         127
 Amortization of loan costs
  and fees..................      355      172      109          27          33
 Deferred interest..........      472      --       --          --          --
 Other......................      108        8       14         --           (5)
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
                                9,521    7,341    7,380       1,096       1,042
Changes in operating assets
 and liabilities:
 (Increase) in accounts
  receivable................     (534)  (2,888)  (7,573)     (1,630)     (1,387)
 (Increase) decrease in
  prepaid expenses and
  other.....................      (95)    (521)    (456)        372        (406)
 Increase (decrease) in
  accounts payable..........      147      656    1,345         148        (272)
 Increase in employee
  compensation and
  benefits..................      713      635    1,385         302       2,145
 Increase (decrease) in
  accrued interest..........        9      367     (490)       (248)         42
 Increase (decrease) in
  other accrued
  liabilities...............      169      (60)     295         (38)        (67)
 Increase (decrease) in due
  to affiliates.............      591     (591)     --          --          --
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
  Net cash provided by
   operating activities.....   10,521    4,939    1,886           2       1,097
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
Investing activities:
 Additions to property and
  equipment.................   (1,205)  (2,585)  (3,081)       (486)       (504)
 Facility acquisition
  deposits..................      --       --    (3,000)        --        3,000
 Additions to intangibles...   (1,365)  (1,410)  (1,202)        (36)       (696)
 Transfers to (from)
  restricted cash, net......      --    (1,995)    (760)        247      (1,576)
 Purchase of commercial
  paper.....................   (2,677)     --       --          --          --
 Maturity of commercial
  paper.....................    6,100      --       --          --          --
 Demand note from limited
  partnership...............      --       --    (1,255)        --          --
 Contributions to investment
  in limited partnership....     (995)     (88)     --          --          --
 Payment of costs related to
  sale of facilities........      --       --      (884)        --          --
 Proceeds from sale of
  facilities................      --       --    47,000         --          --
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
  Net cash provided (used)
   by investing activities..     (142)  (6,078)  36,818        (275)        224
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
Financing activities:
 Payment of long-term debt..     (663) (29,842)  (9,800)        (93)       (102)
 Debt prepayment penalty....      --       --    (1,154)        --          --
 Payment of termination fee
  on interest protection
  agreement.................      --      (384)     --          --          --
 Payment of demand note
  payable...................      --      (225)     --          --          --
 Issuance of long-term
  debt......................       11   42,300      --          --          --
 Note payable to an
  affiliate.................      --       --     2,000         --       (2,000)
 Receipt of lease
  inducement................      --       --       --          --        3,685
 Dividend distribution......     (698)  (2,426)     --          (66)       (137)
 Distributions to minority
  interest..................   (4,750)  (4,485)  (3,636)       (909)    (33,727)
 Purchase of equity
  interests and other
  contributions.............      --       --        30         --          803
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
  Net cash provided (used)
   by financing activities..   (6,100)   4,938  (12,560)     (1,068)    (31,478)
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
Net increase (decrease) in
 cash and cash equivalents..    4,279    3,799   26,144      (1,341)    (30,157)
Cash and cash equivalents,
 beginning of period........    5,935   10,214   14,013      14,013      40,157
                              -------  -------  -------  ----------  ----------
Cash and cash equivalents,
 end of period..............  $10,214  $14,013  $40,157     $12,672     $10,000
                              =======  =======  =======  ==========  ==========
Supplemental Disclosure:
Interest paid...............  $ 4,197  $ 4,505  $ 6,208  $    1,705  $    1,227
                              =======  =======  =======  ==========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
     The accompanying notes are an integral part of the combined financial
                                  statements.
 
                                      F-6
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
                    NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
  (INFORMATION AS OF MARCH 31, 1996 AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31,
                          1995 AND 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
 
                               ----------------
 
A. NATURE OF BUSINESS
 
  Harborside Healthcare Corporation and its combined affiliates (the
"Company") operate long-term care facilities and provide rehabilitation
therapy services (see Note B). As of December 31, 1995, the Company owned
eight facilities, operated eleven additional facilities under various leases
and owned a rehabilitation therapy services company. The Company also
maintained a majority equity investment in Bowie Center Limited Partnership
("Bowie L.P.") which owns an additional long-term care facility (see Note F).
The Company's long-term care facilities are located in Florida, Ohio, Indiana,
Maryland and New Jersey. In January 1996, the Company entered into a leasing
arrangement for six additional facilities located in New Hampshire (see Note
Q).
 
B. BASIS OF PRESENTATION
 
  Harborside Healthcare Corporation is a Delaware corporation and was
incorporated on March 19, 1996. The Company was formed as a holding company,
in anticipation of an initial public offering, to combine under the control of
a single corporation the operations of various business entities (the
"Predecessor Entities") which are all under the majority control of several
related stockholders. These stockholders expect to enter into an agreement
(the "Reorganization Agreement") whereby they will transfer their ownership of
the Predecessor Entities to the Company in exchange for shares of Common Stock
of the Company.
 
  The accompanying financial statements have been prepared to reflect the
combination of the Predecessor Entities in a manner which is similar to a
pooling-of-interests. This presentation results in a combination of the
Predecessor Entities (which will become subsidiaries of the Company under the
terms of the Reorganization Agreement) at each entity's respective historical
accounting basis.
 
  A Pro Forma unaudited balance sheet as of March 31, 1996 has been presented
to reflect the exchange of the ownership interests of the Predecessor Entities
for 4,400,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which will occur upon
implementation of the Reorganization Agreement, and which will result in a
transfer of $44,000 from additional paid-in capital to common stock.
 
  The Predecessor Entities include one C corporation, KHI Corporation ("KHI"),
two limited partnerships, HH Advisors Limited Partnership ("HH Advisors") and
Riverside Retirement Limited Partnership ("Riverside") and seven Subchapter S
corporations (the "S Corporations") and their direct and indirect wholly-owned
subsidiaries. The common stock of KHI Corporation has not been presented on
the balance sheet as it is immaterial. The partnership equity of HH Advisors
and Riverside has been presented as additional paid-in capital and accumulated
deficit.
 
  A subsidiary of HH Advisors, HHCI Limited Partnership ("HHCI"), is the
general partner of Krupp Yield Plus Limited Partnership ("KYP"), a partnership
which was formed in June 1987 to purchase and operate long-term care
facilities. KYP raised proceeds through the sale of limited partnership
interests ("Units") in KYP to the public, and by March 6, 1990, KYP had
purchased seven long-term care facilities. For financial reporting purposes,
the interests of the holders of the Units ("Unitholders"), including
distributions of capital, have been reflected in the accompanying financial
statements as a minority interest. The net income of KYP was allocated 95% to
the Unitholders and 5% to HHCI. In December 1995, a majority of the
Unitholders approved the sale, effective December 31, 1995, of the real estate
owned by the seven KYP facilities to Meditrust, a real estate investment trust
("Meditrust"). Simultaneously, Meditrust leased the real estate of these
facilities to HHCI (see Notes D and N).
 
  In addition to the seven leased facilities described above, KHI and HH
Advisors together control subsidiaries, which as of December 31, 1995, leased
four long-term care facilities and owned a rehabilitation therapy services
company.
 
 
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<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
  Additionally, Riverside owns one long-term care facility, and the S
Corporations in total own seven long-term care facilities.
 
C. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
  The Company uses the following accounting policies for financial reporting
purposes:
 
 Principles of Combination
 
  The combined financial statements include the accounts of the Company and
its combined affiliates. All significant intercompany transactions and
balances have been eliminated in combination.
 
 Unaudited Interim Financial Data
 
  The interim financial data at March 31, 1996 and for the three months ended
March 31, 1995 and 1996 included herein are unaudited and, in the opinion of
management, reflect all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring
adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of financial position and the
results of operations and cash flows for such interim periods.
 
 Total Net Revenues
 
  Total net revenues include net patient service revenues, rehabilitation
therapy service revenues from contracts to provide services to non-affiliated
long-term care facilities and management fees from the facility owned by Bowie
L.P. (see Note F).
   
  Net patient service revenues payable by patients at the Company's facilities
are recorded at established billing rates. Net patient service revenues to be
reimbursed by contracts with third-party payors, primarily the Medicare and
Medicaid programs, are recorded at the amount estimated to be realized under
these contractual arrangements. Revenues from Medicare and Medicaid are
generally based on reimbursement of the reasonable direct and indirect costs
of providing services to program participants or a prospective payment system.
The Company separately estimates revenues due from each third party with which
it has a contractual arrangement and records anticipated settlements with
these parties in the contractual period during which services were rendered.
The amounts actually reimbursable under Medicare and Medicaid are determined
by filing cost reports which are then audited and generally retroactively
adjusted by the payor. Legislative changes to state or federal reimbursement
systems may also retroactively affect recorded revenues. Changes in estimated
revenues due in connection with Medicare and Medicaid may be recorded by the
Company subsequent to the year of origination and prior to final settlement
based on improved estimates. Such adjustments and final settlements with third
party payors, which could materially and adversely affect the Company, are
reflected in operations at the time of the adjustment or settlement. Accounts
receivable, net, at December 31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996
includes $3,045,000, $7,372,000 and $7,785,000, respectively, of estimated
settlements due from third party payors and $4,160,000, $7,162,000 and
$8,022,000, respectively, of estimated settlements due to third party payors.
    
  In addition, direct and allocated indirect costs reimbursed under the
Medicare program are subject to regional limits. The Company's costs generally
exceed these limits and accordingly, the Company is required to submit
exception requests to recover such excess costs. The Company believes it will
be successful in collecting these receivables, however, the failure to recover
these costs in the future could materially and adversely affect the Company.
 
  Beginning in 1995, total net revenues includes revenues recorded by the
Company's rehabilitation therapy combined affiliate (which does business under
the name "Theracor") for therapy services provided to non-affiliated long-term
care facilities. These revenues approximated $3,045,000, $136,000 and
$2,141,000 for the year ended December 31, 1995 and the three months ended
March 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively and were derived from contracts
negotiated with each facility. Additionally, Theracor recorded approximately
$345,000, $1,031,000, $265,000 and $240,000 in rehabilitation therapy service
revenues in connection with services
 
                                      F-8
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
provided to the facility owned by Bowie L.P. for the years ended December 31,
1994 and 1995 and the three months ended March 31, 1995 and 1996,
respectively.
 
 Concentrations
 
  A significant portion of the Company's revenues are derived from the
Medicare and Medicaid programs. There have been, and the Company expects that
there will continue to be, a number of proposals to limit reimbursement
allowable to long-term care facilities under these programs. The Company
cannot predict at this time whether any of these proposals will be adopted, or
if adopted and implemented, what effect such proposals would have on the
Company. Approximately 60%, 63%, 68%, 66% and 68% of the Company's net patient
service revenues in the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the
three months ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively, are from the
Company's participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As of December
31, 1994, December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996, $4,637,000, $7,780,000 and
$8,405,000, respectively, of net accounts receivable were due from the
Medicare and Medicaid programs.
 
 Facility Operating Expenses
 
  Facility operating expenses include expenses associated with the normal
operations of a long-term care facility. The majority of these costs consist
of payroll and employee benefits related to nursing, housekeeping and dietary
services provided to patients, as well as maintenance and administration of
the facilities. Other significant facility operating expenses include: the
cost of rehabilitation therapies, medical and pharmacy supplies, food and
utilities. Beginning in 1995, facility operating expenses include expenses of
$3,311,000 associated with services rendered by Theracor to non-affiliated
facilities. For the three months ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, these expenses
totaled $96,000 and $1,738,000, respectively.
 
 Provision for Doubtful Accounts
 
  Provisions for uncollectible accounts receivable of $285,000, $538,000,
$1,240,000, $235,000 and $131,000 are included in facility operating expenses
for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the three months
ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively. Individual patient accounts
deemed to be uncollectible are written off against the allowance for doubtful
accounts.
 
 Use of Estimates
 
  The preparation of combined financial statements in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and revenues and expenses during the period reported.
Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used when
accounting for the collectibility of receivables, depreciation and
amortization, employee benefit plans, taxes and contingencies.
 
 Stock-Based Compensation
 
  In 1996, the Company will adopt Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123, "Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation." This standard will require
the Company to report the fair value for stock-based compensation plans either
through recognition or disclosure. The Company intends to adopt this standard
by disclosing the pro forma net income and pro forma net income per share
amounts assuming the fair value method was adopted on January 1, 1996. The
adoption of this standard will not impact the Company's results of operations,
financial position or cash flows.
 
 Income Taxes
 
  Prior to the implementation of the Reorganization Agreement, the Predecessor
Entities were operated under common control but, other than KHI (which is a C
corporation), were not subject to federal or state income
 
                                      F-9
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
taxation and, accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made in the
combined financial statements. No provision for income taxes and deferred
assets and liabilities of KHI has been reflected in the combined financial
statements, as it has never reported material taxable income. However, since
the Company will be a taxable entity upon implementation of the Reorganization
Agreement, a pro forma income tax expense has been reflected for each year
presented, as if the Company had always been a C corporation (see Note L).
 
 Pro Forma Net Income Per Share (Unaudited)
 
  Pro forma net income per share is computed using the estimated weighted
average number of common and dilutive common equivalent shares (stock options)
anticipated to be outstanding upon the implementation of the Reorganization
Agreement during each year presented. Pursuant to Securities and Exchange
Commission staff requirements, stock options issued within one year of an
initial public offering, calculated using the treasury stock method and an
assumed initial public offering price of $12.50 per share, have been included
in the calculation of pro forma net income (loss) per common share as if they
were outstanding for all periods presented.
 
 Property and Equipment
 
  Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures that extend the
lives of affected assets are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are
charged to expense as incurred. Upon the retirement or sale of an asset, the
cost of the asset and any related accumulated depreciation are removed from
the balance sheet, and any resulting gain or loss is included in net income.
 
  Depreciation expense is estimated using the straight-line method. These
estimates are calculated using the following estimated useful lives:
 
<TABLE>
   <S>                                                <C>
   Buildings and improvements........................ 31.5 to 40 years
   Furniture and equipment........................... 5 to 10 years
   Leasehold improvements............................ over the life of the lease
   Land improvements................................. 8 to 40 years
</TABLE>
 
 Intangible Assets
 
  Intangible assets consist of amounts identified in connection with certain
facility acquisitions accounted for under the purchase method and certain
deferred costs which were incurred in connection with various financings (see
Note H).
 
  In connection with each of its acquisitions, the Company reviewed the assets
of the acquired facility and assessed its relative fair value in comparison to
the purchase price. Certain acquisitions resulted in the allocation of a
portion of the purchase price to the value associated with the existence of a
workforce in place, residents in place at the date of acquisition and
covenants with sellers which limit their ability to engage in future
competition with the Company's facilities. The assets recognized from an
assembled workforce and residents in place are amortized using the straight-
line method over the estimated periods (from three to seven years) during
which the respective benefits would be in place. Covenants not-to-compete are
being amortized using the straight-line method over the period during which
competition is restricted.
 
  Goodwill resulted from the acquisition of certain facilities for which the
negotiated purchase prices exceeded the allocations of the fair market value
of identifiable assets. The Company's policy is to evaluate each acquisition
separately and identify an appropriate amortization period for goodwill based
on the acquired property's characteristics. Goodwill was being amortized using
the straight-line method over a 31.5 to 40 year period. The Company's
remaining goodwill was written-off in connection with the sale of seven
facilities in 1995 (see Note N).
 
                                     F-10
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  Costs incurred in obtaining financing (including loans, letters of credit
and facility leases) are amortized as interest expense using the straight-line
method (which approximates the interest method) over the term of the related
financial obligation.
 
 Assessment of Long-Lived Assets
 
  Effective for the year ended December 31, 1995, the Company has adopted the
provisions of Statement of Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed Of."
Accordingly, the Company periodically reviews the carrying value of its long-
lived assets (primarily property and equipment and intangible assets) to
assess the recoverability of these assets; any impairments would be recognized
in operating results if a diminution in value considered to be other than
temporary were to occur. The adoption of this Statement had no impact on the
Company's combined financial position, results of operations or liquidity. As
part of this assessment, the Company reviews the expected future net operating
cash flows from its facilities, as well as the values included in appraisals
of its facilities, which have periodically been obtained in connection with
various refinancings.
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
  Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with
maturities of three months or less at the date of their acquisition by the
Company.
 
 Restricted Cash
 
  Restricted cash consists of cash set aside in escrow accounts as required by
several of the Company's leases and other financing arrangements. The current
portion of restricted cash related to the required deposits for the semiannual
interest payments on the KYP medium-term notes. These notes were repaid at the
end of 1995 (see Note N).
 
D. OPERATING LEASES
 
  In March 1993, a combined affiliate of the Company entered into an agreement
with a non-affiliated entity to lease two long-term care facilities in Ohio
with 289 beds for a period of ten years. The lease agreement, which became
effective in June 1993, provides for fixed annual rental payments of $900,000.
At the end of the ten- year period, the Company has the option to acquire the
facilities for $8,500,000, or to pay a $500,000 termination fee and relinquish
the operation of the facilities to the lessor. On the effective date of the
lease, the subsidiary paid $1,200,000 to the lessor for a covenant not-to-
compete which remains in force through June 2003.
 
  Effective October 1, 1994, a combined affiliate of the Company entered into
an agreement with a related party to lease a 100 bed long-term care facility
in Florida for a period of ten years. The lease agreement provides for annual
rental payments of $551,250 in the initial twelve-month period and annual
increases of 2% thereafter. The Company has the option to exercise two
consecutive five-year lease renewals. The Company also has the right to
purchase the facility at fair market value at any time after the fifth
anniversary of the commencement of the lease. The lease agreement also
required the Company to escrow funds equal to three months' base rent
($165,000). The lessor is required to make certain capital expenditures,
totalling $500,000, to the facility during the first three years of the lease.
 
  Effective April 1, 1995, a combined affiliate of the Company entered into an
agreement with Meditrust to lease a 100-bed long-term care facility in Ohio
for a period of ten years. The lease agreement provides for annual rental
payments of $698,400 in the initial twelve-month period. The Company may also
be required to make additional rental payments beginning April 1, 1996 in an
amount equal to 5.0% of the difference between the facility's operating
revenues in each applicable year and the operating revenues in a twelve-month
base period which commenced on April 1, 1995. The annual additional rent
payment will not exceed $14,650. At the end of
 
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<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
the initial lease period, the Company has the option to exercise two
consecutive five-year lease renewals. The lease agreement also required the
Company to escrow funds equal to three months' base rent ($152,000). The
Company's obligations under the lease are collateralized by, among other
things, an interest in any property improvements made by the Company and by
the facility's accounts receivable. The Company also has the right to purchase
the facility at its fair market value on the eighth and tenth anniversary
dates of the commencement of the lease and at the conclusion of each lease
renewal. The Company is required to make certain capital expenditures,
totalling $150,000, to the facility.
 
  Effective January 1, 1996, a combined affiliate of the Company entered into
an agreement with Meditrust to lease the seven facilities formerly owned by
KYP (see Note N). The lease agreement provides for annual rental payments of
$4,582,500 in the initial twelve-month period and annual rental increases of
$117,500 for the remainder of the lease term. The lease has an initial term of
ten years with two consecutive five-year renewal terms exercisable at the
Company's option. The lease agreement also required the Company to escrow
funds in an amount equal to three months' base rent ($1,146,000). The
Company's obligations under the lease are collateralized by, among other
things, an interest in any property improvements made by the Company and by
the related facilities' accounts receivable. In conjunction with the lease,
the Company was granted a right of first refusal and an option to purchase the
facilities as a group, which option is exercisable at the end of the eighth
year of the initial term and at the conclusion of each renewal term. The
purchase option is exercisable at the greater of the fair market value of the
facilities at the time of exercise or Meditrust's original investment.
 
  The Meditrust leases contain cross-default and cross-collateralization
provisions. A default by the Company under one of these leases could adversely
affect a significant number of the Company's properties and result in a loss
to the Company of such properties. In addition, the leases permit Meditrust to
require the Company to purchase the facilities upon the occurrence of a
default.
 
  Under the terms of each of the facility leases described above, the Company
is responsible for the payment of all real estate and personal property taxes,
as well as other reasonable costs required to operate, maintain, insure and
repair the facilities.
 
  Future minimum rent commitments under the Company's non-cancelable operating
leases as of December 31, 1995 are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
            <S>                                <C>
            1996.............................. $  6,746,000
            1997..............................    6,875,000
            1998..............................    7,004,000
            1999..............................    7,133,000
            2000..............................    7,262,000
            Thereafter........................   34,647,000
                                               ------------
                                               $ 69,667,000
                                               ============
</TABLE>
 
E. LONG-TERM DEBT
 
  In October 1994, the Predecessor Entities (which are S corporations)
refinanced $29,189,000 of then outstanding bank debt, and as a result,
recorded a loss of $453,000. This loss included a payment of $384,000 upon the
termination of a related interest rate protection agreement, which was
required pursuant to the terms of the bank debt in order to effectively fix
the interest rate on such debt.
 
  The retirement of this debt was financed by the concurrent borrowing of
$42,300,000 from Meditrust. The Meditrust debt requires monthly principal and
interest payments of $404,000 through October 1, 2004, at which
 
                                     F-12
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
time the remaining unpaid principal balance of $36,318,000 is due. The
Meditrust debt bears interest at the annual rate of 10.65%. Additional
interest payments may also be required commencing on January 1, 1997 in an
amount equal to 0.3% of the difference between the operating revenues of the S
Corporations in each applicable year and the actual operating revenues of the
S Corporations during a twelve-month base period which commenced October 1,
1995. The Meditrust debt is cross-collateralized by the assets of the S
Corporations.
 
  The loan agreement with Meditrust places certain restrictions on the S
Corporations; among them, the agreement restricts their ability to incur
additional debt or to make significant dispositions of assets. The S
Corporations are also required to maintain a debt service coverage ratio of at
least 1.2 to 1.0 (as defined in the loan agreement) and a current ratio of at
least 1.0 to 1.0. Management believes the S Corporations are in compliance
with these covenants.
 
  The loan agreement required the Company to establish a debt service reserve
fund equal to three months' debt service and a renovation escrow account in
the amount of $197,000 to fund facility renovations identified in the
agreement. All of the renovation escrow funds will be released upon completion
of the required renovations.
 
  As of December 31, 1995, substantially all of the required renovations have
been completed and the Company is in the process of obtaining the release of
the escrowed renovation funds. Accordingly, the funds have been classified as
unrestricted in the accompanying December 31, 1995 balance sheet.
 
  The Meditrust loan agreement contains a prepayment penalty, which decreases
from 2.5% of the outstanding balance in the fourth year to none in the ninth
year (see Note M). Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership ("HHLP"), a
combined affiliate of the Company, has entered into two guaranty agreements
with Meditrust on behalf of the S Corporations. Under the first agreement (the
"Guaranty"), HHLP has guaranteed a maximum of $2,780,000 of the Meditrust debt
if Meditrust demands payment under the Guaranty. The second agreement (the
"Environmental Indemnification Agreement") requires HHLP to make payments to
Meditrust upon the demand of the lender in order to fund the costs associated
with the clean-up of hazardous substances on the collateralized properties.
HHLP's maximum liability under the Environmental Indemnification Agreement is
limited to $4,500,000; however, certain matters identified in the
Environmental Indemnification Agreement are excluded from this limitation.
Payments made in excess of $1,720,000 under the Environmental Indemnification
Agreement would reduce the potential obligation of HHLP under the Guaranty. As
of December 31, 1995, the full amount of these guarantees remains in effect,
and management is not aware of any payments which are likely to be required in
the foreseeable future in connection with these agreements.
 
  Riverside assumed a first mortgage note (the "Note") with a remaining
balance of $1,775,000 as part of the acquisition of a long-term care facility.
The Note requires the annual retirement of principal in the amount of $20,000.
The Company pays interest monthly at the rate of 14% per annum on the
outstanding principal amount until maturity in October 2010, when the
remaining unpaid principal balance of $1,325,000 is due. The Note is
collateralized by the property and equipment of Riverside's facility.
 
  Interest expense charged to operations for the years ended December 31,
1993, 1994, and 1995 and the three months ended March 31, 1995 and 1996 was
$5,049,000, $5,048,000, $5,830,000, $1,457,000 and $1,246,000, respectively.
 
                                     F-13
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  As of December 31, 1995, future long-term debt maturities associated with
the Company's debt are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
            <S>                               <C>
            1996............................. $   428,000
            1997.............................     472,000
            1998.............................     523,000
            1999.............................     579,000
            2000.............................     642,000
            Thereafter.......................  40,852,000
                                              -----------
                                              $43,496,000
                                              ===========
</TABLE>
 
  Approximately $54 million of the Company's assets are subject to liens under
long-term debt or operating lease agreements.
 
F. INVESTMENT IN LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
  In April 1993, an affiliate of the Company acquired a 75% partnership
interest in Bowie L.P., which developed a 120-bed long-term care facility in
Maryland that commenced operations on May 1, 1994. The remaining 25% interest
in Bowie L.P. is owned by a non-affiliated party. The Company records its
investment in Bowie L.P. on the equity method. Although the Company owns a
majority interest in Bowie L.P., the Company only maintains a 50% voting
interest and accordingly does not exercise control over the operations of
Bowie L.P In addition, the non-affiliated party has the option to purchase the
Company's partnership interest during the sixty-day period prior to the
seventh anniversary of the facility's opening and each subsequent anniversary
thereafter. If the option is exercised, the purchase price would be equal to
the fair market value of the Company's interest at the date on which the
option is exercised. The Company is entitled to 75% of the facility's net
income and manages this facility in return for a fee equal to 5.5% of the
facility's net revenues (effective September 1995). Prior to this date, the
management fee approximated $10,000 per month. The Company recorded $96,000,
$234,000, $35,000 and $111,000 in management fees from this management
contract for the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the three months
ended March 31, 1995 and 1996, respectively.
 
  Bowie L.P. obtained a $4,377,000 construction loan from a bank to finance
the construction of the facility. Bowie L.P. also obtained a $1,000,000 line
of credit from the bank to finance pre-opening costs and working capital
requirements. On July 31, 1995, the line of credit converted to a term loan.
As of December 31, 1994 and 1995, Bowie L.P. owed the bank a principal amount
of $5,100,000 and $5,200,000, respectively, on these loans. Interest on the
loans is payable monthly at the bank's prime rate (8.5% at December 31, 1995)
plus 1%. These loans also limit Bowie L.P.'s ability to borrow additional
funds and to make acquisitions, dispositions and distributions. Additionally,
the loans contain covenants with respect to maintenance of specified levels of
net worth, working capital, occupancy and debt service coverage.
 
  Bowie L.P.'s above loans are collateralized by each partner's partnership
interest as well as all of the assets of Bowie L.P. These loans are guaranteed
by an affiliate of the Company and additional collateral pledged by the non-
affiliated partner. The Bowie L.P. partnership agreement states that each
partner will contribute an amount in respect of any liability incurred by a
partner in connection with a guarantee of the partnership's debt so that the
partners each bear their proportionate share of the liability based on their
percentage ownership of the partnership.
 
                                     F-14
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  The results of operations of Bowie L.P. are summarized below:
 
<TABLE>     
<CAPTION>
                              FOR THE YEARS ENDED    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED
                                 DECEMBER 31,                 MARCH 31,
                             ----------------------  ----------------------------
                                1994        1995         1995           1996
                             ----------  ----------  -------------  -------------
   <S>                       <C>         <C>         <C>            <C>
   Net operating revenues..  $2,523,000  $7,595,000  $   1,643,000  $   1,976,000
   Net operating expenses..   2,840,000   7,236,000      1,628,000      1,982,000
   Net loss................    (598,000)   (152,000)      (109,000)      (170,000)
</TABLE>    
 
  The financial position of Bowie L.P. was as follows:
 
<TABLE>     
<CAPTION>
                                            AS OF DECEMBER 31,
                                           --------------------- AS OF MARCH 31,
                                              1994       1995         1996
                                           ---------- ---------- ---------------
   <S>                                     <C>        <C>        <C>
   Current assets......................... $1,000,000 $2,701,000   $2,852,000
   Non-current assets.....................  5,507,000  5,045,000    4,919,000
   Current liabilities....................    660,000  2,080,000    2,401,000
   Non-current liabilities................  5,002,000  4,973,000    4,847,000
   Partners' equity.......................    845,000    693,000      523,000
</TABLE>    
 
  On December 28, 1995, the Company advanced $1,255,000 to Bowie L.P. to
support additional facility working capital requirements by means of a demand
note bearing interest at 9.0% per annum.
 
 
G. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
  The Company's property and equipment are stated at cost and consist of the
following as of December 31:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                           1994        1995
                                                        ----------- -----------
   <S>                                                  <C>         <C>
   Land................................................ $ 5,714,000 $ 2,994,000
   Land improvements...................................   2,796,000   2,874,000
   Leasehold improvements..............................      54,000     450,000
   Buildings and improvements..........................  67,735,000  28,257,000
   Equipment, furnishings and fixtures.................  10,898,000   5,872,000
                                                        ----------- -----------
                                                         87,197,000  40,447,000
   Less accumulated depreciation.......................  20,259,000  10,308,000
                                                        ----------- -----------
                                                        $66,938,000 $30,139,000
                                                        =========== ===========
 
H. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
  Intangible assets are stated at cost and consist of the following as of
December 31:
 
<CAPTION>
                                                           1994        1995
                                                        ----------- -----------
   <S>                                                  <C>         <C>
   Patient lists....................................... $ 1,805,000 $ 1,459,000
   Assembled workforce.................................   1,328,000     930,000
   Covenant not to compete.............................   2,617,000   1,838,000
   Goodwill............................................   1,123,000         --
   Organization costs..................................     150,000     256,000
   Deferred financing costs............................   1,719,000   2,157,000
                                                        ----------- -----------
                                                          8,742,000   6,640,000
   Less accumulated amortization.......................   5,130,000   3,590,000
                                                        ----------- -----------
                                                        $ 3,612,000 $ 3,050,000
                                                        =========== ===========
</TABLE>
 
                                     F-15
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
I. RETIREMENT PLANS
 
  The Company maintains an employee 401(k) defined contribution plan. All
employees who have worked at least one thousand hours and completed one year
of continuous service are eligible to participate in the plan. The plan is
subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974. Employee contributions to this plan may be matched at the discretion of
the Company. The Company contributed $40,000, $86,000 and $120,000 to the plan
in 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
  During September 1995, the Company established a Supplemental Executive
Retirement Plan (the "SERP") to provide benefits to key employees.
Participants may defer up to 25% of their compensation which is matched by the
Company at a rate of 50% (up to 10% of base salary). Vesting in the matching
portion occurs in January of the second year following the plan year in which
contributions were made.
 
J. CONTINGENCIES
 
  The Company is involved in legal actions and claims in the ordinary course
of its business. It is the opinion of management, based on the advice of legal
counsel, that such litigation and claims will be resolved without material
effect on the Company's combined financial position, results of operations or
liquidity.
 
  Beginning in 1994, the Company self-insures for health benefits provided to
a majority of its employees. The Company maintains stop-loss insurance such
that the Company's liability for losses is limited. The Company recognizes an
expense for estimated health benefit claims incurred but not reported at the
end of each accounting period.
   
  Beginning in 1995, the Company self-insures for most workers' compensation
claims. The Company maintains stop-loss insurance such that the Company's
liability for losses is limited. The Company accrues for estimated workers'
compensation claims incurred but not reported at the end of each accounting
period.     
 
K. DISCLOSURES ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
  The methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of each class of
financial instruments, for those instruments for which it is practicable to
estimate that value, and the estimated fair values of the financial
instruments are as follows:
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
  The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the short effective
maturity of these instruments.
 
 Long-term Debt
 
  The fair value of the Company's long-term debt is estimated based on the
current rates offered to the Company for similar debt. The carrying value of
the Company's long-term debt approximates its fair value as of December 31,
1994 and 1995.
 
L. PRO FORMA INCOME TAXES (UNAUDITED)
 
  For financial reporting purposes, a pro forma provision for income taxes has
been reflected in each period included in the accompanying combined statements
of operations. The purpose of these pro forma provisions is to reflect the
state and federal income tax provisions that would have been recorded in the
years presented if the non-taxpaying Predecessor Entities included in the
combined financial statements had been operating as a consolidated taxpaying
entity. The pro forma income tax expense was computed utilizing an estimated
effective tax rate of 39%. The rate was derived by using the statutory federal
income tax rate of 34% plus an average of the various state statutory income
tax rates (net of federal benefits) where the Company operates.
 
                                     F-16
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  Upon the implementation of the Reorganization Agreement, the Company will
adopt Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109 ("SFAS 109"),
"Accounting for Income Taxes." The adoption of SFAS 109 will require the
Company to recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected
future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amounts
and the tax bases of the Company's assets and liabilities. SFAS 109 requires
that deferred tax assets be reduced by the creation of a valuation allowance
if management believes that it is more likely than not that some portion or
all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Adoption of SFAS 109 will
occur contemporaneous with the anticipated public offering and will result in
the recognition of an estimated net deferred tax asset of approximately
$500,000.
 
M. CAPITAL STOCK
 
  Immediately prior to the completion of the Company's initial public offering
of Common Stock ("Offering"), the Reorganization Agreement will be
implemented. The Company intends to use approximately $25,000,000 of the net
proceeds of the Offering to retire an equal amount of its long-term debt and
approximately $1,700,000 to pay associated prepayment penalties. Had the early
retirement of debt occurred on January 1, 1995, the pro forma net income per
share, using 4,452,160 common and common equivalent shares, would have been
$0.31 for the year ended December 31, 1995. The pro forma amount assumes a
reduction in interest and amortization expense of $1,663,000 (net of related
tax expense) for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 
  The Company intends to adopt a Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan ("Stock Plan")
prior to the initial public offering. The Stock Plan will authorize the
Company's Board of Directors or a committee appointed by the Board of
Directors to administer the Stock Plan and to grant certain employees of the
Company incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock
appreciation rights, restricted stock, performance awards and other stock
based awards.
 
  The Company also intends to adopt a non-employee directors stock option plan
("Directors Plan") prior to the initial public offering. The Directors Plan
will grant nonqualified stock options to purchase shares of the Company's
Common Stock as of the effective date of the Offering and thereafter at the
beginning of each calendar year. The exercise price of each option granted
will be the fair market value per share of the Company's Common Stock at the
date of grant. Options become exercisable on the first anniversary of the date
of grant and each option expires no later than ten years from the date of
grant.
 
  The Company has an executive long-term incentive plan ("Executive Plan")
which grants an economic interest in the appreciation of the business above a
baseline valuation of $23,000,000 to certain senior level management personnel
upon the successful completion of an initial public offering at a minimum
retained equity valuation above $43,000,000. A pool of three percent of the
retained equity above $23,000,000 is to be reserved and allocated to the
eligible recipients. Assuming an equity valuation of $43,000,000 is achieved,
the minimum pool would be $600,000. In the event the retained equity is valued
at an amount greater than $43,000,000, the award amount would be increased
proportionately. The Executive Plan is effective for the two-year period
ending June 30, 1997.
 
  On December 31, 1995, the S Corporations issued a 6% equity interest in the
S Corporations to the President of the Company amounting to $438,000 and a 5%
equity interest in the S Corporations to the president of an affiliate
amounting to $365,000. The issuance amounts represented the fair market value
of these interests at the date of issuance based on an independent appraisal
obtained by the Company. The payment for the issuance of these shares is due
within 90 days. Accordingly, the amounts receivable from these individuals
have been reflected as a contra-equity subscription receivable with no net
increase to stockholders' equity at December 31, 1995. Subsequent to year-end
and in connection with the execution of the President of the Company's 1996
employment agreement, the Company granted a special bonus to the President
equal to the cost of the shares issued. The bonus will be recorded as a 1996
compensation charge.
 
                                     F-17
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  In February 1996, HHLP granted an option to purchase a 1.36% limited
partnership interest in HHLP to each of two members of senior management. The
exercise price per percentage limited partnership interest under each such
option is $239,525 per percentage interest, which represented the fair market
value of a 1% limited partnership interest in HHLP at the date of grant based
on an independent appraisal obtained by the Company. The options vest in equal
one-third portions on each anniversary of the date of grant over a three-year
period and expire ten years from the date of grant. The option grant contains
provisions for the pro rata conversion of these shares upon the completion of
an initial public offering.
 
N. GAIN ON SALE OF FACILITIES, NET
 
  As discussed in Note B, in December 1995, a majority of the Unitholders
approved the sale (the "Transaction") of the seven long-term care facilities
owned by KYP to Meditrust for $47,000,000. The Transaction was effective
December 31, 1995 and a net gain of $4,869,000 was recorded.
 
  A portion of the proceeds of the Transaction was used by KYP to repay the
outstanding balance of its Medium-Term Notes ($9,409,000), a related
prepayment penalty ($1,154,000) and transaction costs ($884,000). The original
principal amount of the Medium-Term Notes was $6,000,000 and interest on this
obligation accrued at 10.55% per annum through June 30, 1993. Commencing
December 31, 1993, KYP began making semiannual interest payments on the
original principal and the accrued interest. The principal and all deferred
interest were scheduled to be repaid in June 1998. As a result of the early
retirement of this debt, the Company recorded a loss of $1,502,000, which was
netted against the gain on the sale of the KYP facilities.
 
  The terms of the KYP partnership agreement specified that HHCI would not
share in the gain associated with the sale of the facilities; as such, the
entire amount of the net gain has been allocated to the Unitholders, which is
included in the minority interest reflected in the Company's combined
statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 1995.
 
  The determination of the net gain included the recognition of an estimated
liability of approximately $3,000,000 to Medicare and certain states' Medicaid
programs. This amount has been included with other estimated settlements due
to/from third-party payors as a component of accounts receivable. Under
existing regulations, KYP is required to repay these programs for certain
depreciation expense recorded by the KYP facilities and for which they
received reimbursement prior to the sale. Any payments assessed by these
programs to settle these obligations in excess of the funds withheld from the
proceeds of the sale of the facilities will be the responsibility of HHCI
without any recourse to the Unitholders. However, if the ultimate settlement
of these obligations results in a net amount due to KYP, this amount would be
distributed to the Unitholders.
 
  The Transaction provides for the dissolution of KYP and the distribution of
the net proceeds of the Transaction to the Unitholders, which occurred in
March 1996. The Company's balance sheet as of December 31, 1995 includes the
cash to be distributed to the Unitholders as well the related distribution
payable of $33,493,000.
 
  Concurrent with the closing of the Transaction, HHCI entered into an
agreement with Meditrust to lease the former KYP facilities (see Note D).
Unaudited pro forma results of operations of the Company for the years ended
December 31, 1994 and 1995 are presented below, assuming that the KYP
Facilities had been acquired by the Company as of January 1, 1994. The pro
forma results include the historical accounts of the Company and the minority
interest adjusted to reflect: (1) the elimination of the historical
depreciation and amortization amounts recorded by the KYP facilities, (2) the
elimination of historical interest expense on the Medium-Term Notes, (3) the
elimination of the historical income allocated to the minority interest and
(4) the recognition of the rental expense and amortization of closing costs
which would have been incurred by the Company. The pro
 
                                     F-18
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
forma financial results are not necessarily indicative of the actual results
of operations which might have occurred or of the results of operations which
may occur in the future.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   FOR THE THREE
                                  FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, MONTHS ENDED
                                  --------------------------------   MARCH 31,
                                       1994             1995           1995
                                  -------------------------------- -------------
                                            (UNAUDITED)             (UNAUDITED)
   <S>                            <C>             <C>              <C>
   Total net revenues...........  $    86,376,000 $    109,425,000  $23,777,000
   Income (loss) before income
    taxes.......................          835,000        1,231,000     (456,000)
   Pro forma net income (loss)..          509,000          751,000     (278,000)
   Pro forma net income (loss)
    per common share using
    4,452,160 common and common
    equivalent shares...........  $          0.11 $           0.17  $     (0.06)
</TABLE>
 
O. PENDING ACQUISITIONS
 
  At December 31, 1995, Company funds in the amount of $3,000,000 were held in
escrow in connection with the acquisition of long-term care facilities. Of
this amount, $1,000,000 was refunded in January 1996 in conjunction with the
acquisition of six facilities as further described in Note Q. The remaining
$2,000,000 pertains to the purchase of a separate group of facilities, for
which negotiations have terminated and the deposit was returned in March 1996
(see Note P).
 
  In November, 1995, the Company signed a letter of intent to purchase four
long-term care facilities in Ohio. The specific terms of the transaction are
still under negotiation (see Note R).
 
P. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
  An affiliate which is a principal stockholder of the Company provides office
space, legal, tax, data processing and other administrative services to the
Company in return for a monthly fee. Total service charges under this
arrangement were $746,000, $759,000, $700,000, $177,000 and $185,000 for the
years ended December 31, 1993, 1994, and 1995 and the three months ended March
31, 1995 and 1996, respectively. As of December 31, 1995 and March 31, 1996,
the Company owed the stockholder $178,000 and $0, respectively for these and
other related services. Also, on December 28, 1995, the stockholder advanced
$2,000,000 to the Company to make an acquisition deposit on five long-term
care facilities. The advance was repaid in March 1996 (see Note O).
 
Q. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
 
  Effective January 1, 1996, a combined affiliate of the Company entered into
an agreement with Meditrust to lease six long-term care facilities with a
total of 537 licensed beds in New Hampshire. The lease agreement, which will
be treated as an operating lease, provides for annual rental payments of
$2,324,000 in the initial twelve-month period and annual rental increases of
$64,000 for the remainder of the lease term. The lease has an initial term of
ten years with two consecutive five-year renewal terms exercisable at the
Company's option. The lease agreement also required the Company to escrow
funds in an amount equal to three months' base rent ($581,000). In addition,
the lease agreement required the Company to establish a renovation escrow
account in the amount of $560,000 to fund facility renovations identified in
the agreement. All of the renovation escrow funds will be released upon
completion of the required renovations. The Company's obligations under the
lease are collateralized by, among other things, an interest in any property
improvements made by the Company and by the related facilities' accounts
receivable. In conjunction with the lease, the Company was granted a right of
first refusal and an option to purchase the facilities as a group, which is
exercisable at the end of the eighth year
 
                                     F-19
<PAGE>
 
           HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION AND COMBINED AFFILIATES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
of the initial term and at the conclusion of each renewal term. The purchase
option is exercisable at the greater of 90% of the fair market value of the
facilities at the time of exercise or Meditrust's original investment. In
connection with this lease, the Company received a cash payment of $3,685,000
from Meditrust representing a lease inducement which will be recorded as
deferred income and amortized over the ten-year initial lease term as a
reduction of rental expense. The Company incurred total transaction costs of
approximately $1,035,000 of which $206,000 had been incurred and capitalized
as of December 31, 1995.
 
  Unaudited pro forma results of the Company for the three months ended March
31, 1995 are presented below assuming that the New Hampshire Facilities had
been acquired by the Company as of January 1, 1995. The pro forma results
include the historical accounts of the Company adjusted to include the
historical results of the New Hampshire Facilities and to reflect the
following adjustments: (1) the elimination of historical rent expense,
management fees, depreciation and amortization expense and interest expense
recorded by the New Hampshire Facilities, (2) the recognition of rent expense,
amortization of deferred financing costs, general and administrative expenses
and real estate taxes which would have been incurred by the Company if the New
Hampshire Facilities had been leased beginning on January 1, 1995. The pro
forma financial results are not necessarily indicative of the actual results
of operations which might have occurred or of the results of operations which
may occur in the future.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   FOR THE THREE
                                                                   MONTHS ENDED
                                                                     MARCH 31,
                                                                       1995
                                                                   -------------
                                                                    (UNAUDITED)
      <S>                                                          <C>
      Total net revenues..........................................  $29,193,000
      Loss before income taxes....................................     (196,000)
      Pro forma net loss..........................................     (120,000)
      Pro forma net loss per common share
       using 4,452,160 common and
       common equivalent shares...................................        (0.03)
</TABLE>
 
R. OHIO TRANSACTION (UNAUDITED)
 
  During May 1996, the Company entered into an agreement to lease four long-
term care facilities in Ohio for an initial term of five years which is
expected to commence in the third quarter of 1996. The Ohio Transaction will
be accounted for as a capital lease as a result of the bargain purchase option
granted at the end of the lease term. The annual aggregate base rent will be
$5,000,000. The Company has agreed to make an $8,000,000 non-refundable
deposit for the option to purchase the four facilities at the end of the lease
term at a fixed cost of $57,125,000. If the Company chooses to exercise this
option, the $8,000,000 deposit will be applied towards the purchase price. Of
the $8,000,000, $5,000,000 will be paid at or prior to the closing of the
lease agreement and the remainder will be paid upon the closing of the
purchase or termination of the lease.
 
                                     F-20
<PAGE>
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
To the Stockholder 
Sowerby Enterprises 
R.R. 2, Box 312C, Spring Hill Road
Peterborough, NH 03458
 
  We have audited the accompanying combined balance sheets of Sowerby
Enterprises (see Note 1) for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995
and the related combined statements of income, retained earnings and cash
flows for the years then ended. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.
 
  We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
 
  In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the combined financial position of Sowerby
Enterprises for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 and the
results of its operations and its cash flows for the years then ended in
conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
                                          Leverone & Company
 
Billerica, Massachusetts
February 9, 1996
 
                                     F-21
<PAGE>
 
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
                            COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
                                AT DECEMBER 31,
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             1993         1994         1995
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
                                     ASSETS
<S>                                       <C>          <C>          <C>
Current Assets
  Cash................................... $ 1,259,991  $ 1,172,962  $ 1,474,885
  Patient Related Receivables (Note 1)...     684,281      830,653      925,892
  Prepaid Expenses and Other.............      41,020       27,792       60,477
  Due from Affiliate (Note 2)............     727,514      687,533      455,000
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
    Total Current Assets.................   2,712,806    2,718,940    2,916,254
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
Property and Equipment (Note 1)
  Land...................................     125,000      125,000      125,000
  Building...............................   1,850,000    1,850,000    1,850,000
  Building Improvements..................     606,631      847,836      829,528
  Furniture, Fixtures and Equipment......   1,483,995    1,556,676    1,499,036
  Motor Vehicles.........................      84,111      140,633      140,171
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
                                            4,149,737    4,520,145    4,443,735
    Less: Accumulated Depreciation.......  (1,716,586)  (1,955,685)  (2,009,266)
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
    Net Property and Equipment...........   2,433,151    2,564,460    2,434,469
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
Other Assets
  Intangible Assets (Note 1).............      48,667       38,363       28,059
                                          -----------  -----------  -----------
    Total Assets......................... $ 5,194,624  $ 5,321,763  $ 5,378,782
                                          ===========  ===========  ===========
</TABLE>
 
 
            See Accompanying Notes to Combined Financial Statements.
 
                                      F-22
<PAGE>
 
       
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
                            COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
                                AT DECEMBER 31,
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                               1993        1994        1995
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
                      LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY
<S>                                         <C>         <C>         <C>
Current Liabilities
  Note Payable--Current Portion (Note 3)... $   33,980  $   33,954  $   26,600
  Mortgage Payable--Current Portion (Note
   3)......................................     86,400      80,000      80,000
  Obligations Under Capital Leases--Current
   Portion
   (Note 4)................................     56,400      58,464      15,223
  Accounts Payable.........................    282,496     221,124     234,317
  Accrued Rent (Note 2)....................    565,000     250,000         --
  Accrued Compensation and Benefits........    839,719     812,974     903,367
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total Current Liabilities..............  1,863,995   1,456,516   1,259,507
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
Long-Term Debt
  Notes Payable--Net of Current Portion
   (Note 3)................................    139,526     105,128      77,092
  Mortgage Payable (Note 3)................  1,996,431   1,922,810   1,843,423
  Obligations under Capital Leases--Net of
   Current Portion (Note 4)................     73,388      15,223         --
  Loans From Stockholder (Note 2)..........    705,000     730,000     655,000
  Loan Payable--Affiliate (Note 2).........    345,000     370,000     411,000
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total Long-Term Debt...................  3,259,345   3,143,161   2,986,515
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total Liabilities......................  5,123,340   4,599,677   4,246,022
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
Stockholder's Equity
  Common Stock--No Par Value
   Authorized--300 Shares
   Issued and Outstanding--100 Shares......     92,000      92,000      92,000
  Additional Paid-in-Capital...............     49,831      49,831      49,831
  Retained Earnings (Deficit) (Exhibit C)..    (10,547)    640,255   1,050,929
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
                                               131,284     782,086   1,192,760
    Less: Treasury Stock at Cost
     49 Shares.............................    (60,000)    (60,000)    (60,000)
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total Stockholder's Equity.............     71,284     722,086   1,132,760
                                            ----------  ----------  ----------
    Total Liabilities and Stockholders'
     Equity................................ $5,194,624  $5,321,763  $5,378,782
                                            ==========  ==========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
            See Accompanying Notes to Combined Financial Statements
 
                                      F-23
<PAGE>
 
       
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
                         COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
                        FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            1993         1994         1995
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                      <C>          <C>          <C>
Net Patient Service Revenue............. $19,342,515  $21,271,939  $21,956,010
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
OPERATING EXPENSES
  Facility Operating Expenses...........  14,621,845   15,942,680   16,837,294
  Rent (Notes 2 & 5)....................   2,734,000    2,526,000    2,382,000
  Depreciation..........................     210,346      240,299      262,889
  Management Fee (Note 2)...............   1,460,400    1,726,500    1,832,000
  Loss on Disposal of Fixed Assets......         --           --        33,539
  Amortization..........................      10,305       10,305       10,305
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
    Total Operating Expenses............  19,036,896   20,445,784   21,358,027
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
    Operating Income....................     305,619      826,155      597,983
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
  Interest Expense......................    (189,395)    (193,204)    (199,313)
  Interest Income.......................      25,961       38,912       38,609
  Other.................................       2,429        2,006          --
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
    Total Other Income (Expense)........    (161,005)    (152,286)    (160,704)
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
  Net Income Before Provision for Income
   Tax..................................     144,614      673,869      437,279
  Provision for State Income Taxes (Note
   1)...................................     (15,946)     (23,067)     (26,605)
                                         -----------  -----------  -----------
Net Income.............................. $   128,668  $   650,802  $   410,674
                                         ===========  ===========  ===========
</TABLE>
 
 
            See Accompanying Notes to Combined Financial Statements
 
                                      F-24
<PAGE>
 
       
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
               COMBINED STATEMENTS OF RETAINED EARNINGS (DEFICIT)
                        FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                1993       1994        1995
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
<S>                                           <C>        <C>        <C>
Accumulated Adjustments Account
  Balance Beginning.......................... $(638,489) $(404,132) $  (94,010)
  Taxable Income.............................   223,254    274,519      96,271
  Interest Income............................    25,961     38,912      38,609
  Non-Deductible Expenses....................   (14,858)    (3,309)     (2,124)
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
  Balance Ending.............................  (404,132)   (94,010)     38,746
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
Accumulated Earnings and Profits
  Subchapter C Corporation Income............   (96,082)   (96,082)    (96,082)
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
Tax Timing Adjustments
  Balance Beginning..........................   595,465    489,776     830,456
  Tax Deferred Income........................  (105,689)   340,680     277,918
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
  Balance Ending.............................   489,776    830,456   1,108,374
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
Other Retained Earnings
  Balance Ending.............................      (109)      (109)       (109)
                                              ---------  ---------  ----------
Total Retained Earnings (Deficit)............ $ (10,547) $ 640,255  $1,050,929
                                              =========  =========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
 
            See Accompanying Notes to Combined Financial Statements
 
                                      F-25
<PAGE>
 
       
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
                        FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31,
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                1993        1994        1995
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
<S>                                          <C>         <C>         <C>
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
  Net Income...............................  $  128,668  $  650,802  $  410,674
  Non-Cash Items Included in Net Income:
    Depreciation and Amortization..........     220,651     250,604     273,194
    Loss on Retirement of Assets...........         --          --       33,539
  Changes In:
    Patient Related Receivables............     (34,112)   (146,373)    (95,239)
    Prepaid Expenses.......................         164      13,228     (32,685)
    Due from Affiliate.....................      (1,974)     39,981     232,533
    Accounts Payable.......................      31,750     (61,372)     13,193
    Accrued Rent...........................     115,000    (315,000)   (250,000)
    Accrued Expenses.......................     246,016     (26,745)     90,393
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
  Net Cash Flows Provided By Operating Ac-
   tivities................................     706,163     405,125     675,602
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
  Additions to Property and Equipment......    (337,663)   (371,608)   (174,388)
  Proceeds From Disposal of Property and
   Equipment...............................         --          --        7,950
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
  Net Cash Flows Used In Investing Activi-
   ties....................................    (337,663)   (371,608)   (166,438)
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
  Payments on Bank Debt....................    (111,856)   (114,445)   (114,777)
  Payments of Capital Lease Obligations....     (43,490)    (56,101)    (58,464)
  Payments to Stockholder..................    (185,000)     25,000     (75,000)
  Loans From Affiliate.....................      75,000      25,000      41,000
  Additions to Capital Lease Obligations...      73,854         --          --
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
  Net Cash Flows Used In Financing Activi-
   ties....................................    (191,492)   (120,546)   (207,241)
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash............     177,008     (87,029)    301,923
Cash--Beginning of Year....................   1,082,983   1,259,991   1,172,962
                                             ----------  ----------  ----------
CASH--END OF YEAR..........................  $1,259,991  $1,172,962  $1,474,885
                                             ==========  ==========  ==========
Supplemental Disclosure Of Cash Flow Infor-
 mation....................................
  Cash Payment for Interest................  $  189,395  $  193,204  $  199,313
                                             ==========  ==========  ==========
  Cash Payment for Taxes...................  $    1,132  $   37,850  $   26,400
                                             ==========  ==========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
            See Accompanying Notes to Combined Financial Statements
 
                                      F-26
<PAGE>
 
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
                    NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
NOTE 1--SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
  Sowerby Enterprises operates a group of six nursing homes with a total of
537 beds throughout New Hampshire. The combined financial statements include
the accounts of Westwood Healthcare Center, Inc., Crestwood Healthcare Center,
Inc., Milford Nursing Home, Inc., Northwood Healthcare Center, Inc., Applewood
Healthcare Center, Inc. and Pheasant Wood Nursing Home, Inc. A summary of the
Company's significant accounting policies follows.
 
 Nature of the Business
 
  The combined Companies are licensed proprietary health care providers,
organized under corporate charter in the State of New Hampshire. Their
services are available to qualified in-state and out-of-state private and
welfare recipients in accordance with the State of New Hampshire Department of
Human Services Principles of Reimbursement.
 
 Patient Revenues and Accounts Receivable
 
  Patient service revenue is reported at the estimated net realizable amounts
from residents, third-party payors and others for services rendered. Revenue
under third-party payor agreements is subject to audit and retroactive
adjustment. Provisions for estimated third-party payor settlements are
provided in the period the related services are rendered. Differences between
the estimated amounts accrued and interim and final settlements are reported
in operations in the year of settlement.
 
 Accounts Receivable and Revenue Recognition
 
  The combined Companies are on the specific charge off method of accounting
for bad debts, charging bad accounts to expense as management deems them
worthless. Collection of accounts written off in prior periods is treated as
income in the period of collection.
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
  Cash and cash equivalents include investments in highly liquid debt
instruments with a maturity of three months or less.
 
 Property and Equipment
 
  Property and equipment are stated at cost. Depreciation is provided using
the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets. Assets
lives range from 4 to 20 years. Depreciation expense for the years ended
December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 was $210,346, $240,299 and $262,889,
respectively.
 
 Income Taxes
 
  The Companies, with the consent of their stockholder, have elected under the
Internal Revenue Code to be taxed as an "S' corporation. In lieu of Federal
corporate income taxes, the stockholder of the "S' corporation is taxed on the
taxable income of the Company. Therefore, no provision for Federal income
taxes has been included in these financial statements. The provision for State
income taxes consists of the current income taxes due to the State of New
Hampshire since New Hampshire does not recognize "S' Corporation status.
 
 Intangible Assets
 
  Amortization of intangibles is calculated by the straight-line method.
Start-up costs are amortized over sixty (60) months. Closing costs incurred in
securing the mortgages are amortized over 22 years, the term of the mortgage.
 
                                     F-27
<PAGE>
 
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
  Amortization expense for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995
was $10,305.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                         1993    1994    1995
                                                        ------- ------- -------
   <S>                                                  <C>     <C>     <C>
   Unamortized Start-up Costs.......................... $33,039 $23,819 $14,599
   Unamortized Closing Costs...........................  15,628  14,544  13,460
                                                        ------- ------- -------
     Total Intangible Assets........................... $48,667 $38,363 $28,059
                                                        ======= ======= =======
</TABLE>
 
 Concentration of Credit Risk
 
  The Companies invest excess cash in debt instruments of a financial
institution with strong credit ratings that maintain safety and liquidity. The
Companies have not experienced any losses on cash equivalents.
 
 Use of Estimates
 
  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect certain reported amounts and disclosures. Accordingly,
actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
 Reclassification
 
  Certain previously reported amounts have been reclassified to conform with
the current period presentation. There was no change in profit arising from
these changes.
 
NOTE 2--RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
  The sole stockholder and principal officer of the combined Companies
personally owns the real estate used by several of the facilities. Rent
accrued at December 31, 1993 and 1994 amounted to $565,000 and $250,000,
respectively. No rent was payable to the sole stockholder at December 31,
1995. Rent expense for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995
amounted to $2,734,000, $2,526,000 and $2,382,000, respectively.
 
  Management fees are paid to a related management corporation and amounted to
$1,460,000, $1,726,500 and $1,832,000 for the years ended December 31, 1993,
1994 and 1995, respectively. The combined Companies and the related management
company are under the common ownership of Dwight D. Sowerby.
 
  Amounts due from affiliate represent over-funding of the self-insured health
insurance program controlled through a related management company and loans to
the related management company. No terms for interest have been made. For the
years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 the amount due from affiliate
amounted to $727,514, $687,533 and $455,000, respectively. Loans to affiliate
made by Pheasant Wood Nursing Home amounted to $675,000, $675,000 and $455,000
for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
 
  Loan Payable--Affiliate, represents monies advanced to the Company from a
related management organization. For the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994
and 1995 the loan payable to affiliate amounted to $345,000, $370,000 and
$411,000, respectively.
 
  Amounts advanced to the combined Companies by its sole stockholder for the
years ended December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 amounted to $705,000, $730,000
and $655,000, respectively.
 
                                     F-28
<PAGE>
 
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
 
NOTE 3--LONG-TERM DEBT
 
  Long-term debt at December 31, 1993, 1994 and 1995 consisted of the
following:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                   1993       1994       1995
                                                ---------- ---------- ----------
<S>                                             <C>        <C>        <C>
Note payable to a Bank, in monthly
 installments of $834 including interest at
 9%. Final payment due November 1995,
 collateralized by a motor vehicle............  $   17,514 $    8,754 $      --
First Mortgage, Peterborough Savings Bank, due
 December 2008, secured by building and
 equipment. Interest is adjusted yearly each
 June, rates at December 31, 1995, 1994 and
 1993 were 9.42%, 8.73% and 6.90%,
 respectively.................................   2,082,831 $2,002,810  1,923,423
Note Payable, Peterborough Savings Bank, due
 in monthly installments of $3,045 including
 interest at 1% above prime (9.75%, 9.5% and
 7% at December 31, 1995, 1994 and 1993,
 respectively), refinanced on January 10,
 1992, final payment due January 1999. This
 note is secured by all furniture and
 fixtures.....................................     155,992    130,328    103,692
                                                ---------- ---------- ----------
  Total Long-Term Debt........................   2,256,337  2,141,892  2,027,115
  Less: Current Portion ......................     120,380    113,954    106,600
                                                ---------- ---------- ----------
  Total Long-Term Debt--Net of Current
   Portion....................................  $2,135,957 $2,027,938 $1,920,515
                                                ========== ========== ==========
</TABLE>
 
  On January 1, 1996 all long-term debt was repaid in full in a transaction
related to the sale of the company's assets, see Note 7.
 
NOTE 4--CAPITAL LEASE COMMITMENTS
 
  The combined Companies lease computer equipment under long-term capital
leases. During the year ended December 31, 1995, rentals under long-term lease
obligations were $66,285 of which $58,464 was recorded as principal and $7,821
as interest. Future obligations over the terms of the Corporation's long-term
leases as of December 31, 1995 are:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
   YEAR                                                                 AMOUNT
   ----                                                                 -------
   <S>                                                                  <C>
   1996................................................................ $16,000
     Less: Amounts Representing Interest...............................    (777)
                                                                        -------
                                                                         15,223
     Less: Current Maturities of Capitalized Lease Obligations......... (15,223)
                                                                        -------
   Capitalized Lease Obligations, Less Current Maturities.............. $   --
                                                                        =======
</TABLE>
 
  The computer equipment is recorded at a cost of $195,301 with related
accumulated depreciation of $117,498.
 
NOTE 5--OPERATING LEASE ARRANGEMENTS
 
  The Northwood Healthcare Center, Inc. facility leases its real estate under
a ten year lease which began in June of 1992. The lease calls for minimum
annual lease payments amounting to $1,080,000 due on the first day
 
                                     F-29
<PAGE>
 
                              SOWERBY ENTERPRISES
 
              NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               DECEMBER 31, 1995
of each month with additional lease payments sufficient to pay all mortgage
payments including payments to reserves for betterments, insurance, taxes and
necessary repairs. Per a regulatory agreement signed with the United States
Department of Housing and Urban Development, the agreement is subject and
subordinate to the mortgage security note with Reilly Mortgage Group, Inc. The
mortgage note is for 40 years commencing in September 1991 in the amount of
$7,469,800 as amended on August 19, 1993 and again on April 29, 1994.
 
  Principal and interest in the amount of $51,336 are due and payable monthly.
The interest rate at December 31, 1995 was 7.875%.
 
  On January 1, 1996, this note was assumed by Medi Trust of Bedford, Inc., in
a transaction related to the sale of the company.
 
NOTE 6--401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN
 
  The combined Companies maintain a 401(K) Profit Sharing Plan. Under the
plan, employees eligible to participate are permitted to make salary reduction
contributions equal to a percentage of annual salary up to 15%. The Plan
allows for a discretionary company matching contribution in an amount equal to
50% of contributions made by the employee, up to a maximum of 5% of the
employee's salary. For the year ended December 31, 1995 the Company did not
make a contribution to the plan and for the years ended December 31, 1993 and
1994 the company contributed $28,628 and $87,756, respectively.
 
NOTE 7--SUBSEQUENT EVENT--SALE OF BUSINESS
 
  During July of 1995, the combined Companies entered into an agreement with
KHI Corporation to sell substantially all of the assets of the Corporations.
The sale was completed on January 1, 1996.
 
NOTE 8--CONTINGENCIES
 
  The combined Companies are a guarantor of certain debt of its sole
stockholder totalling $1,385,130. This debt is secured by various business
assets of the Company and a second mortgage on the certain real estate owned
by Pheasant Wood Nursing Home, Inc. This debt was repaid on January 1, 1996 in
a transaction related to the sale of the Company's assets.
 
                                     F-30
<PAGE>
 
                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' REPORT
 
Partners
Beachwood Care Center, Westbay Manor
Company, Westbay Manor II Development
Company, Royalview Manor Company,
and Royalview Manor Development Company
(all Ohio Partnerships)
Cleveland, Ohio
   
  We have audited the combined balance sheets of Beachwood Care Center,
Westbay Manor Company, Westbay Manor II Development Company, Royalview Manor
Company, and Royalview Manor Development Company (all Ohio partnerships), as
of December 31, 1994 and 1995 and the related combined statements of income,
partners' equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31, 1993, 1994
and 1995. These combined financial statements are the responsibility of the
Partnerships' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
combined financial statements based on our audits.     
 
  We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the combined financial statements
are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the combined
financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall combined financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
   
  In our opinion, the combined financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the combined financial position of Beachwood
Care Center, Westbay Manor Company, Westbay Manor II Development Company,
Royalview Manor Company, and Royalview Manor Development Company as of
December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the results of its combined operations,
changes in partners' equity and cash flows for the years ended December 31,
1993, 1994 and 1995, in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles.     
 
                                          Howard, Wershbale & Co.
 
Beachwood, Ohio
March 15, 1996
 
                                     F-31
<PAGE>
 
                             BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
  WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ROYALVIEW MANOR
                                  COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
                            COMBINED BALANCE SHEETS
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                        -----------------------  MARCH 31,
                                           1994        1995        1996
                                        ----------- ----------- ----------- 
                                                                (UNAUDITED)
<S>                                     <C>         <C>         <C>         
                ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents............ $ 6,741,168 $ 6,879,695 $ 8,186,746
  Receivables:
    Residents..........................   1,874,206   2,214,225   1,829,377
    Estimated settlements from
     government programs...............      42,300      66,400     146,200
  Note receivable, related party.......      50,000         --          --
  Prepaid expenses and other current
   assets..............................     123,194     209,184     190,470
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
      Total current assets.............   8,830,868   9,369,504  10,352,793
Restricted investments.................   1,389,382   1,268,721   1,112,168
Property and equipment, net............  16,283,603  15,522,011  15,331,275
Deferred costs, net....................     598,584     560,239     554,177
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
      Total assets..................... $27,102,437 $26,720,475 $27,350,413
                                        =========== =========== ===========
   LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' EQUITY
Current liabilities:
  Current maturities:
    Mortgage notes payable............. $   277,328 $   297,877 $   317,073
    Note payable, bank.................     300,000         --          --
  Accounts payable.....................   1,329,158   1,929,787   1,556,390
  Accrued employee compensation and
   benefits............................   1,268,061   1,282,970   1,276,931
  Accrued interest.....................     134,067     131,345     130,886
  Other accrued liabilities............     595,782     560,004     509,996
  Estimated settlements due government
   programs............................     792,500     395,700     296,100
  Due to affiliated management compa-
   nies................................   1,335,384     691,220   1,227,666
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
      Total current liabilities........   6,032,280   5,288,903   5,315,042
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
Long-term debt:
  Mortgage notes payable, net of cur-
   rent portion........................  18,700,446  18,267,603  18,172,626
  Note payable, bank, net of current
   portion.............................      75,000         --          --
  Loans and interest payable, related
   parties.............................     695,552     401,984     406,957
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
                                         19,470,998  18,669,587  18,579,583
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
      Total liabilities................  25,503,278  23,958,490  23,894,625
Partners' equity.......................   1,599,159   2,761,985   3,455,788
                                        ----------- ----------- -----------
                                        $27,102,437 $26,720,475 $27,350,413
                                        =========== =========== ===========
</TABLE>
 
                       See notes to financial statements.
 
                                      F-32
<PAGE>
 
                             BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
  WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ROYALVIEW MANOR
                                  COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
                         COMBINED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                      THREE
                                     YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,       MONTHS ENDED
                               -----------------------------------  MARCH 31,
                                  1993        1994        1995         1996
                               ----------- ----------- ----------- ------------
                                                                   (UNAUDITED)
<S>                            <C>         <C>         <C>         <C>
Operating revenue:
  Net resident service reve-
   nue........................ $28,724,617 $29,103,836 $32,165,648  $8,242,306
  Other.......................     179,746     180,129     151,040      29,317
                               ----------- ----------- -----------  ----------
    Total operating revenue...  28,904,363  29,283,965  32,316,688   8,271,623
                               ----------- ----------- -----------  ----------
Expenses:
  Operating expenses..........  21,664,216  23,005,764  24,660,055   6,342,664
  Management fees to affili-
   ates.......................   2,373,530   2,320,226   2,663,818     742,390
  Depreciation and amortiza-
   tion.......................     851,849     875,071     881,749     203,478
  Interest....................   1,977,252   1,863,098   1,626,695     398,091
                               ----------- ----------- -----------  ----------
    Total expenses............  26,866,847  28,064,159  29,832,317   7,686,623
                               ----------- ----------- -----------  ----------
Income from operations........   2,037,516   1,219,806   2,484,371     585,000
Investment earnings...........     275,445     285,778     440,395     108,803
                               ----------- ----------- -----------  ----------
Net income.................... $ 2,312,961 $ 1,505,584 $ 2,924,766  $  693,803
                               =========== =========== ===========  ==========
</TABLE>
 
 
                       See notes to financial statements.
 
                                      F-33
<PAGE>
 
                             BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
  WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ROYALVIEW MANOR
                                  COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
                    COMBINED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' EQUITY
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                            GENERAL      LIMITED
                                            PARTNERS    PARTNERS       TOTAL
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
<S>                                        <C>         <C>          <C>
Balance, December 31, 1992................ $1,215,908  $ 1,365,918  $ 2,581,826
Net income................................    448,238    1,864,723    2,312,961
Distributions.............................   (424,708)  (1,275,292)  (1,700,000)
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Balance, December 31, 1993................  1,239,438    1,955,349    3,194,787
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Net income................................    486,425    1,019,159    1,505,584
Distributions.............................   (448,710)  (2,652,502)  (3,101,212)
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Balance, December 31, 1994................  1,277,153      322,006    1,599,159
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Net income................................    627,169    2,297,597    2,924,766
Distributions.............................   (622,439)  (1,288,301)  (1,910,740)
Contributions.............................        --       148,800      148,800
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Balance, December 31, 1995................  1,281,883    1,480,102    2,761,985
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Net income (unaudited)....................    273,741      420,062      693,803
                                           ----------  -----------  -----------
Balance, March 31, 1996 (unaudited)....... $1,555,624  $ 1,900,164  $ 3,455,788
                                           ==========  ===========  ===========
</TABLE>
 
 
                       See notes to financial statements.
 
                                      F-34
<PAGE>
 
                             BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
  WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, ROYALVIEW MANOR
                                  COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
                       COMBINED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                    THREE
                                YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31,          MONTHS ENDED
                          -------------------------------------   MARCH 31,
                             1993         1994         1995          1996
                          -----------  -----------  -----------  ------------ 
                                                                 (UNAUDITED)
<S>                       <C>          <C>          <C>          <C>          
Cash flows from operat-
 ing activities:
 Net income.............  $ 2,312,961  $ 1,505,584  $ 2,924,766   $  693,803
 Adjustments to recon-
  cile net income to net
  cash provided by oper-
  ating activities:
 Depreciation and amor-
  tization..............      851,849      875,071      881,749      203,478
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
                            3,164,810    2,380,655    3,806,515      897,281
 Change in receivables
  and estimated settle-
  ments from/due govern-
  ment programs.........    2,604,649     (467,324)    (436,168)     205,448
 (Increase) decrease in
  prepaid expenses and
  other current assets..       52,337      (44,584)     (85,990)      18,714
 Increase (decrease) in
  accounts payable......     (148,926)    (203,896)     275,878     (373,397)
 Increase in accrued em-
  ployee compensation
  and benefits..........      298,465      100,941       14,909       (6,039)
 Decrease in accrued in-
  terest................       (1,449)     (23,719)      (2,722)        (459)
 Increase (decrease) in
  other
  accruedliabilities....      117,965       (2,829)     (35,778)     (50,008)
 Increase (decrease) due
  to affiliated manage-
  ment companies........       57,262      (53,982)    (644,164)     536,446
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
 Net cash provided by
  operating activities..    6,145,113    1,685,262    2,892,480    1,227,986
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
Investing activities:
 Additions to property
  and equipment.........      (30,615)    (296,475)     (81,812)      (6,680)
 (Increase) decrease in
  note receivable.......          --       (50,000)      50,000          --
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
 Net cash used for fi-
  nancing activities....      (30,615)    (346,475)     (31,812)      (6,680)
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
Financing activities:
 Payments of note pay-
  able..................     (225,000)    (300,000)    (375,000)         --
 Payments of mortgage
  notes payable.........     (177,775)    (212,064)    (412,294)     (75,000)
 Distributions to part-
  ners..................   (1,700,000)  (3,101,212)  (1,910,740)         --
 Net decrease (increase)
  in restricted cash....     (228,588)     381,718      120,661      156,553
 Contribution from part-
  ner...................          --           --       148,800          --
 Decrease in loans and
  interest, related par-
  ties..................       14,304     (175,021)    (293,568)       4,192
 Increase in deferred
  costs.................          --       (20,348)         --           --
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
 Net cash used for fi-
  nancing activities....   (2,317,059)  (3,426,927)  (2,722,141)      85,745
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
Net increase (decrease)
 in cash and cash equiv-
 alents.................    3,797,439   (2,088,140)     138,527    1,307,051
Cash and cash equiva-
 lents, beginning.......    5,031,869    8,829,308    6,741,168    6,879,695
                          -----------  -----------  -----------   ----------
Cash and cash equiva-
 lents, ending..........  $ 8,829,308  $ 6,741,168  $ 6,879,695   $8,186,746
                          ===========  ===========  ===========   ==========
</TABLE>
 
 
                       See notes to financial statements.
 
                                      F-35
<PAGE>
 
                            BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
              WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT
                     COMPANY, ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
                    NOTES TO COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
                 YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1993, 1994 AND 1995
                 (INFORMATION AS OF MARCH 31, 1996 AND FOR THE
                THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 1996 IS UNAUDITED)
 
                               ----------------
 
1. DESCRIPTION OF PARTNERSHIPS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES:
 
 Description of Partnerships:
 
  Beachwood Care Center, Westbay Manor Company, Westbay Manor II Development
Company (all limited partnerships) and Royalview Manor Company (a general
partnership) are organized as Ohio partnerships for the purpose of operating
nursing facilities under Section 232 of the National Housing Act. The
Partnerships located in Cleveland, Ohio, operate four nursing facilities
consisting of 692 beds. Royalview Manor Development Company, organized as an
Ohio limited partnership, leases its nursing facility to Royalview Manor
Company. The entities are collectively referred to as the "Partnerships" in
these combined financial statements.
 
 Principles of combination:
 
  The Partnerships were combined based on common ownership. All material
intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
 
 Unaudited Interim Financial Data:
   
  The interim financial data at March 31, 1996 and for the three months then
ended included herein are unaudited and, in the opinion of management, reflect
all adjustments (consisting of only normal recurring adjustments) necessary
for a fair presentation of financial position and the results of operations
and cash flows for such interim period.     
 
 Use of estimates:
 
  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined
financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during
the reporting period. Revisions in estimates are recorded in the period in
which the facts which require the revisions become known.
 
 Cash and cash equivalents:
 
  Cash and cash equivalents consist of highly liquid investments with
maturities of three months or less at the date of their acquisition by the
Partnerships. Included in cash and cash equivalents are interest bearing
advances to an affiliate's joint investment account, which is primarily
invested in overnight repurchase agreements. Cash held and invested by the
affiliate, amounted to $6,705,524 at December 31, 1994, $6,793,307 at December
31, 1995 and $7,881,625 at March 31, 1996. For purposes of the statements of
cash flows, the Partnerships consider cash held by the affiliate to be cash
equivalents.
 
 Resident service revenue/accounts receivable:
 
  Resident service revenue is recorded at established billing rates as
services are rendered. Reductions are currently provided for as contractual
adjustments representing the difference between established billing rates and
amounts advanced under the Medicaid and Medicare programs.
 
  Estimated amounts management believes will result from audits and
settlements by the appropriate governmental authority in the determination of
final reimbursement rates are included in these statements. Revisions in
estimates are reflected in the period in which the facts which require the
revisions become known. Net resident service revenue increased as a result of
such adjustments by $116,000 in 1993, decreased by $251,700 in 1994, increased
by $439,000 in 1995 and $176,000 in the three months ended March 31, 1996.
 
 
                                     F-36
<PAGE>
 
                            BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
         WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                         ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
  Two of the Partnerships have filed Medicare routine cost limit exceptions
for the years ended 1991 through 1993 with the Medicare Intermediary. If
granted, these exceptions would retroactively increase the Partnerships'
Medicare reimbursement rates. The exception requests require approval by both
the Intermediary and the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA). The
Partnerships' will record these amounts to income when approval is obtained.
In the opinion of management, amounts received, if any, could be material to
the financial statements.
 
  In addition, based on the Medicare routine cost limit exceptions filed for
1991 through 1993 by the two Partnerships and an interim Medicare routine cost
limit exception filed by another Partnership for the year ended December 31,
1994, the Partnerships' 1994 and 1995 Medicare reimbursement rates were
adjusted by the Intermediary during 1995 to include an estimated amount for
1994 and 1995 exception limitations. The Partnerships have recorded these
amounts in revenue in the 1995 financial statements less an estimate of
amounts considered overadvanced using the guidance under Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) No. 5, "Accounting for Contingencies".
Revisions in these estimates which could be material to the financial
statements, will be reflected in the period the rates are final settled by the
Intermediary.
 
  Accounts receivable, residents are due both from residents and governmental
agencies. Accounts receivable from governmental agencies are recorded net of
credit balances due to those agencies since legal right of setoff exists. The
Partnerships provide an allowance for billing adjustments and bad debts
relating to accounts receivable balances. The allowance amounted to $20,000 at
December 31, 1994 and 1995 and March 31, 1996.
 
 Restricted investments:
 
  Included in restricted investments are certificates of deposit and
marketable debt securities consisting of government securities. These
securities are classified as held-to-maturity and are carried at amortized
cost, which approximates market value at December 31, 1994 and 1995 and March
31, 1996.
 
 Property and equipment:
 
  The assets are recorded at cost and depreciated using the straight-line and
accelerated methods over the following estimated useful lives:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                           YEARS
                                                                           -----
   <S>                                                                     <C>
   Land improvements......................................................    20
   Building and improvements.............................................. 30-32
   Furniture, fixtures and equipment......................................  5-10
</TABLE>
 
 Deferred costs:
 
  Deferred costs include financing and organization costs. Deferred financing
costs resulted from charges incurred in obtaining the mortgage notes payable
and are being amortized using the straight-line method over the terms of the
mortgages. Organization costs are being amortized using the straight-line
method over five years.
 
 
                                     F-37
<PAGE>
 
                            BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
         WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                         ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 Income taxes:
 
  The Partnerships are not subject to federal and state income taxes. Instead,
the partners are taxed on their share of the Partnerships' taxable income,
whether or not distributed. Therefore, no provision for income taxes has been
made in these combined financial statements.
 
2. MEDICARE AND MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT:
 
  Three of the Partnerships received a portion of their net resident service
revenue from the Medicare and Ohio Medicaid programs. Combined Medicare and
Medicaid revenue was approximately 66% in 1993 and 1994, 67% in 1995, and 68%
in the three months ended March 31, 1996 of total combined net resident
service revenue.
 
  Collection of accounts receivable in the normal course of business is
dependent on payment by the Medicare and Medicaid programs. Net combined
amounts included in accounts receivable and estimated settlements due from/to
third party payors amounted to approximately $827,400, $905,400 and $1,042,700
at December 31, 1994, 1995, and March 31, 1996, respectively.
 
3. RESTRICTED INVESTMENTS:
 
  Restricted investments consisted of the following at December 31, 1994 and
1995:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                          ---------------------
                                                             1994       1995
                                                          ---------- ----------
   <S>                                                    <C>        <C>
   Mortgage escrow deposits.............................. $  276,611 $  211,450
   Replacement reserve...................................    985,312  1,057,271
   Other.................................................    127,459        --
                                                          ---------- ----------
                                                          $1,389,382 $1,268,721
                                                          ========== ==========
</TABLE>
 
  Included in restricted investments are amounts invested in certificates of
deposit totalling $362,255, and $443,974, and government securities totalling
$473,540 and $522,645 at December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively. At December
31, 1995 government securities mature within one year.
 
4. DEFERRED COSTS:
 
  Deferred costs consisted of the following at December 31, 1994 and 1995.
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                              DECEMBER 31,
                                                           --------------------
                                                             1994       1995
                                                           ---------  ---------
   <S>                                                     <C>        <C>
   Deferred financing costs............................... $ 842,139  $ 842,139
   Organization costs.....................................   109,410    109,410
                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                             951,549    951,549
   Less accumulated amortization..........................  (352,965)  (391,310)
                                                           ---------  ---------
                                                           $ 598,584  $ 560,239
                                                           =========  =========
</TABLE>
 
 
                                     F-38
<PAGE>
 
                            BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
         WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                         ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT:
 
  Property and equipment consisted of the following at December 31, 1994 and
1995:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                             DECEMBER 31,
                                                        -----------------------
                                                           1994        1995
                                                        ----------- -----------
   <S>                                                  <C>         <C>
     Land and improvements............................. $ 2,507,813 $ 2,515,513
     Buildings and improvements........................  17,987,730  17,912,730
     Furniture, fixtures and equipment.................   2,606,978   2,640,534
                                                        ----------- -----------
                                                         23,102,521  23,068,777
     Less accumulated depreciation and amortization....   6,818,918   7,546,766
                                                        ----------- -----------
                                                        $16,283,603 $15,522,011
                                                        =========== ===========
</TABLE>
 
6. NOTE PAYABLE, BANK:
 
  A Partnership had a revolving line of credit amounting to $1,000,000 with
interest at the bank's prime plus 1% which was converted to a note payable
effective April, 1993. The note required monthly installments of $25,000 plus
interest through April, 1996. The interest rate at December 31, 1994 was 9.5%.
The loan was collateralized by the accounts receivable of the Partnership and
guaranteed by certain partners of the Partnership. The note payable amounted
to $375,000 at December 31, 1994 which was repaid during 1995.
 
7. MORTGAGE NOTES PAYABLE:
 
  Property and equipment are pledged as collateral on mortgage notes payable,
which are insured by the FHA and have the following terms:
 
<TABLE>
     <S>                                                           <C>
     Original amount.............................................. $20,335,500
     Monthly payments............................................. $156,453
     Interest rates............................................... 6.45% to 9.7%
</TABLE>
 
  The mortgage notes payable mature at various dates as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                  BALANCE,
   PARTNERSHIP                                MATURITY DATE   DECEMBER 31, 1995
   -----------                               ---------------- -----------------
   <S>                                       <C>              <C>
   Beachwood Care Center.................... December 1, 2030    $10,909,165
   Westbay Manor Company.................... October 1, 2010       2,346,298
   Westbay Manor II Development Company..... July 1, 2013          2,155,206
   Royalview Manor Development Company...... June 1, 2013          3,154,811
                                                                 -----------
                                                                 $18,565,480
                                                                 ===========
</TABLE>
 
  During 1994, certain Partnerships entered into mortgage modification
agreements reducing the interest rates and principal and interest payments.
 
                                     F-39
<PAGE>
 
                            BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
         WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                         ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  Future principal payment requirements of the mortgages at December 31, 1995
are as follows:
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
     YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,
     ------------------------
     <S>                                                           <C>
     1996......................................................... $   297,877
     1997.........................................................     319,981
     1998.........................................................     343,768
     1999.........................................................     369,350
     2000.........................................................     396,887
     Later Years..................................................  16,837,617
                                                                   -----------
                                                                   $18,565,480
                                                                   ===========
</TABLE>
 
  Beachwood Care Center's mortgage note payable is held by an affiliated
company.
   
  Under agreements with the mortgage lenders and FHA, the Partnerships are
required to make monthly escrow deposits for taxes, insurance and replacement
of Partnership assets, and are subject to restrictions for their release and
as to operating policies and distributions to partners. These deposits are
included in restricted investments in the accompanying combined financial
statements. Certain of the Partnerships' mortgages contain prepayment
penalties decreasing annually at various dates through September, 1998.     
 
  The liability of the Partnerships under the mortgage notes payable is
limited to the underlying value of the real estate collateral, plus other
amounts deposited with the lenders.
 
  Based on borrowing rates currently available to the Partnerships for FHA
insured loans with similar terms and maturities, the approximate fair value of
the mortgages is $20,930,800 at December 31, 1995.
 
8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS:
   
  Affiliated companies perform admitting, administrative and other services in
their capacity as managing agents of the facilities. The management companies
earn a 7% base management fee and, if applicable, an incentive management fee.
The management companies earned fees of $2,373,530 in 1993, $2,320,226 in
1994, $2,663,818 in 1995, and $742,390 in the three months ended March 31,
1996. Amounts due to the affiliated management companies totalled $1,335,384,
$691,220 and $1,227,666, at December 31, 1994 and 1995, and March 31, 1996,
respectively.     
 
  The Partnerships were advanced funds from partners of the Partnerships. At
December 31, 1994 and 1995 and March 31, 1996, amounts due to the related
parties totalled $695,552, $401,984, and $406,957, respectively, which
included accrued interest totalling $428,236, $211,497, and $216,470,
respectively.
 
  During 1994, a partner was advanced $50,000. The advance was non-interest
bearing and was received during 1995.
 
  A Partnership leases corporate and medical office facilities to an
affiliated company under a five-year operating lease expiring January 1, 1997.
The lease requires monthly payments of $11,000. Total rental income received
from the affiliated company amounted to $132,000 in 1993, 1994 and 1995 and
$33,000 in the three months ended March 31, 1996. Future minimum lease
receipts under the noncancelable operating lease are $132,000 to be received
in the year ending December 31, 1996.
 
                                     F-40
<PAGE>
 
                            BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER,
         WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY, WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                         ROYALVIEW MANOR COMPANY, AND
                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY
 
            NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
9. SUBSEQUENT EVENT:
 
  During May of 1996, the Partnerships entered into an agreement to lease
their four nursing facilities to an affiliate of Harborside Healthcare
Corporation ("Harborside") for an initial term of five years which is expected
to commence on July 1, 1996. During the first six months of the final year of
the initial term, Harborside may exercise an option to purchase the four
facilities for $57,125,000. Under certain conditions the lease may be extended
for up to two additional years, during which time Harborside must obtain
financing and complete the acquisition. The annual aggregate base rent will be
$5,000,000 during the initial term and $5,500,000 during the extension term,
if any. Harborside has agreed to pay $8,000,000 for its option to purchase the
facilities, which will be applied toward the purchase price. Of this amount,
$5,000,000 will be paid at or prior to the closing of the lease agreement and
the remainder will be paid upon the closing of the purchase or termination of
the lease.
 
                                     F-41
<PAGE>
 
                       REPORT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
 
To the Partners of
Bowie Center Limited Partnership:
   
  We have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Bowie Center Limited
Partnership (the "Partnership") as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the
related statements of operations, changes in partners' equity and cash flows
for the period from April 7, 1993 (date of inception) through December 31,
1993 and the years ended December 31, 1994 and 1995. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the General Partners of the Partnership.
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements
based on our audits.     
 
  We conducted our audits in accordance with generally accepted auditing
standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to
obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of
material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by the General Partners of the Partnership, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
  In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly,
in all material respects, the financial position of Bowie Center Limited
Partnership as of December 31, 1994 and 1995, and the results of its
operations and its cash flows for the period from April 7, 1993 (date of
inception) through December 31, 1993 and the years ended December 31, 1994 and
1995 in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.
 
                                          Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 
Boston, Massachusetts
March 19, 1996
 
                                     F-42
<PAGE>
 
                        BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                                 BALANCE SHEETS
                           DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995
                           (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   1994   1995
                                                                  ------ ------
<S>                                                               <C>    <C>
                             ASSETS
Current assets:
  Cash and cash equivalents...................................... $   87 $  286
  Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of
   $89 in 1994 and $389 in 1995..................................    818  2,322
  Prepaid expenses and other.....................................     95     93
                                                                  ------ ------
    Total current assets.........................................  1,000  2,701
Property and equipment, net......................................  4,917  4,678
Intangible assets, net...........................................    590    367
                                                                  ------ ------
    Total assets................................................. $6,507 $7,746
                                                                  ====== ======
                           LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
  Current maturities of long-term debt........................... $  123 $  249
  Accounts payable...............................................    265    233
  Employee compensation and benefits.............................    173    276
  Other accrued liabilities......................................     19     67
  Payable to related party.......................................     80     --
  Demand note payable to affiliate...............................     --  1,255
                                                                  ------ ------
    Total current liabilities....................................    660  2,080
Long-term debt...................................................  5,002  4,973
                                                                  ------ ------
    Total liabilities............................................  5,662  7,053
Commitments and contingencies (Note H)
                        PARTNERS' EQUITY
Partners' equity.................................................    845    693
                                                                  ------ ------
    Total liabilities and partners' equity....................... $6,507 $7,746
                                                                  ====== ======
</TABLE>
 
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-43
<PAGE>
 
                        BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                            
                         STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS     
 
FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 7, 1993 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1993
               AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995
                           (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
                                                          1993   1994    1995
                                                          ----- ------  ------
<S>                                                       <C>   <C>     <C>
Revenues:
  Net patient service revenues........................... $ --  $2,515  $7,574
  Other patient related services.........................   --       8      21
                                                          ----- ------  ------
    Total revenues.......................................   --   2,523   7,595
                                                          ----- ------  ------
Expenses:
  Facility operating.....................................   --   2,407   6,485
  Depreciation and amortization..........................   --     353     537
  Interest...............................................   --     286     518
  Management fees to an affiliate........................   --      80     214
                                                          ----- ------  ------
    Total expenses.......................................   --   3,126   7,754
                                                          ----- ------  ------
Loss from operations.....................................   --    (603)   (159)
Investment income........................................   --       5       7
                                                          ----- ------  ------
    Net loss............................................. $ --  $ (598) $ (152)
                                                          ===== ======  ======
</TABLE>    
 
 
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-44
<PAGE>
 
                        
                     BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP     
                    
                 STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' EQUITY     
   
FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 7, 1993 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1993
                                             
            AND FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995     
                            
                         (IN THOUSAND OF DOLLARS)     
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>      
<CAPTION>
                                                                         TOTAL
                                                     LIMITED  GENERAL  PARTNERS'
                                                     PARTNERS PARTNERS  EQUITY
                                                     -------- -------- ---------
     <S>                                             <C>      <C>      <C>
     Capital contributions..........................  $1,314    $13     $1,327
                                                      ------    ---     ------
     Balance at December 31, 1993...................   1,314     13      1,327
     Capital contributions..........................     115      1        116
     Net loss.......................................    (592)    (6)      (598)
                                                      ------    ---     ------
     Balance at December 31, 1994...................     837      8        845
     Net loss.......................................    (150)    (2)      (152)
                                                      ------    ---     ------
     Balance at December 31, 1995...................  $  687    $ 6     $  693
                                                      ======    ===     ======
</TABLE>    
    
 The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.     
 
                                      F-45
<PAGE>
 
                        BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                            STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE PERIOD FROM APRIL 7, 1993 (DATE OF INCEPTION) THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1993
                 AND THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 1994 AND 1995
                           (IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS)
 
 
                               ----------------
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                      1993     1994     1995
                                                     -------  -------  -------
<S>                                                  <C>      <C>      <C>
Operating activities:
  Net loss.......................................... $   --   $  (598) $  (152)
  Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash
   provided by (used by)
   operating activities:
  Depreciation and amortization.....................     --       353      537
                                                     -------  -------  -------
                                                         --      (245)     385
  Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
    (Increase) decrease in accounts receivable......     --      (818)  (1,504)
    (Increase) decrease in prepaid expenses and
     other..........................................      (2)     (93)       2
    Increase (decrease) in accounts payable.........     439     (174)     (32)
    Increase in employee compensation and benefits..       2      171      103
    Increase (decrease) in payable to related
     party..........................................       3       77      (80)
    Increase (decrease) in other accrued
     liabilities....................................     170     (151)      48
                                                     -------  -------  -------
        Net cash provided by (used by) operating
         activities.................................     612   (1,233)  (1,078)
                                                     -------  -------  -------
Investing activities:
  Additions to property and equipment...............  (3,192)  (1,916)     (75)
  Transfers (to) from restricted funds..............    (291)     291      --
  Additions to intangible assets....................     (15)    (722)     --
                                                     -------  -------  -------
        Net cash used by investing activities.......  (3,498)  (2,347)     (75)
                                                     -------  -------  -------
Financing activities:
  Contributions.....................................   1,327      116      --
  Proceeds from construction loan...................   1,569    2,800      --
  Principal payments on long-term debt..............     --       (13)    (149)
  Demand note payable to affiliate..................     --       --     1,255
  Borrowings on line of credit......................     --       754      246
                                                     -------  -------  -------
        Net cash provided by financing activities...   2,896    3,657    1,352
                                                     -------  -------  -------
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents...........      10       77      199
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period......     --        10       87
                                                     -------  -------  -------
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period............ $    10  $    87  $   286
                                                     =======  =======  =======
Supplemental disclosure:
  Interest paid..................................... $   --   $   286  $   474
                                                     =======  =======  =======
</TABLE>
 
    The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.
 
                                      F-46
<PAGE>
 
                       BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                         NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
                               ----------------
 
A.ORGANIZATION
 
  Bowie Center Limited Partnership (the "Partnership") was formed on April 7,
1993 (date of inception) to develop and operate a 120 bed nursing facility
(the "facility") in Bowie, Maryland. The facility commenced operations on
April 30, 1994. Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership ("HHLP") was formed
to acquire and operate healthcare facilities and to provide related healthcare
management services for affiliates of The Berkshire Group Limited Partnership
and its subsidiaries. HHLP holds a 74.25% limited partnership interest in the
Partnership, while an affiliate of HHLP holds a 0.75% general partnership
interest in the Partnership. The remaining 24.75% limited partner interest and
0.25% general partner interest are held by Madison Manor, Inc., an affiliate
of Dimensions Health Corporation, a non-profit corporation which owns and
operates two acute care hospitals and related enterprises.
 
  Profits and losses of the Partnership are allocated to the partners in
accordance with their percentage of ownership. Certain items of income, gain,
loss, deduction, and credit are allocated to the partners in accordance with
Section 4.3.2 of the partnership agreement.
 
  The Partnership is required to make quarterly cash distributions to the
partners in amounts equal to the partners' tax liabilities arising from their
respective shares of the Partnership's net income. The partnership agreement
also calls for distributions to the partners based on the Partnership's
achievement of certain quarterly cash flow objectives as defined in the
partnership agreement.
 
B.SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
  The Partnership uses the following accounting policies for financial
reporting purposes:
 
 Cash Equivalents
 
  The Partnership includes all liquid investments with maturities of three
months or less from the date of acquisition in cash and cash equivalents.
 
 Net Patient Service Revenues
 
  Net patient service revenues payable by patients at the facility are
recorded at established billing rates. Net patient service revenues to be
reimbursed by contracts with third-party payors, primarily the Medicare and
Medicaid programs, are recorded at the amount estimated to be realized under
these contractual arrangements. Revenues from Medicare and Medicaid are
generally based on reimbursement of the reasonable direct and indirect costs
of providing services to program participants or a prospective payment system.
The Partnership separately estimates revenues due from each third party with
which it has a contractual arrangement and records anticipated settlements
with these parties in the contractual period during which services were
rendered. The amounts actually reimbursable under Medicare and Medicaid are
determined by filing cost reports which are then audited and generally
retroactively adjusted by the payor. Legislative changes to state or federal
reimbursement systems may also retroactively affect recorded revenues. Changes
in estimated revenues due in connection with Medicare and Medicaid may be
recorded by the Partnership subsequent to the year of origination and prior to
final settlement based on improved estimates. Such adjustments and final
settlements with third party payors, which could materially and adversely
affect the Partnership, are reflected in operations at the time of the
adjustment or settlement.
 
 
                                     F-47
<PAGE>
 
                       BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
B.SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES, CONTINUED
 
 Concentrations
 
  A significant portion of the Partnership's revenues are derived from the
Medicare and Medicaid programs. There have been, and the Partnership expects
that there will continue to be, a number of proposals to limit reimbursement
allowable to long-term care facilities under these programs. The Partnership
cannot predict at this time whether any of these proposals will be adopted, or
if adopted and implemented, what effect such proposals would have on the
Partnership. Approximately 81% and 77% of the Partnership's net patient
service revenues in 1994 and 1995, respectively, are from the Partnership's
participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. As of December 31, 1994
and 1995, $760,743 and $2,261,295 respectively, of net accounts receivable
were due from the Medicare and Medicaid programs.
 
 Provision for Doubtful Accounts
 
  Bad debt expense of $89,000 and $300,000 is included in facility operating
expenses for the year ended December 31, 1994 and 1995, respectively.
Individual patient accounts deemed to be uncollectible are written off against
the allowance for doubtful accounts.
 
 Use of Estimates
 
  The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles requires the General Partners to make estimates
and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities
and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the
financial statements and revenues and expenses during the period reported.
Actual results could differ from those estimates. Estimates are used when
accounting for the collectibility of receivables, depreciation and
amortization, employee benefit plans and contingencies.
 
 Income Taxes
 
  The Partnership is not liable for federal or state income taxes because the
Partnership's income or loss is allocated to the partners for income tax
purposes. If the Partnership's tax returns are examined by the Internal
Revenue Service or a state taxing authority and such an examination results in
a change in Partnership taxable income or loss, such change will be reported
to the partners.
 
 Property and Equipment
 
  Property and equipment are stated at cost. Expenditures that extend the
lives of affected assets are capitalized, while maintenance and repairs are
charged to expense as incurred. Upon retirement or sale of an asset the cost
of the asset and any related accumulated depreciation are removed from the
balance sheet, and any resulting gain or loss is included in net income.
 
  Depreciation expense is estimated using the straight-line method. These
estimates are calculated using the following estimated useful lives:
 
<TABLE>
      <S>                                                             <C>
      Land improvements.............................................. 8-40 years
      Buildings and improvements..................................... 5-40 years
      Equipment, furnishings and fixtures............................ 5-15 years
</TABLE>
 
                                     F-48
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                       BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
 Intangible Assets
 
  Costs incurred in obtaining the Partnership's long-term debt are being
amortized over the life of the loan. Pre-opening costs for the facility are
being amortized on a straight-line basis over a two-year period beginning with
the facility's commencement of operations.
 
 Assessment of Long-Lived Assets
 
  Effective for the year ended December 31, 1995 the Partnership has adopted
the provisions of Statement of Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for
the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be Disposed
Of." Accordingly, the Partnership periodically reviews the carrying value of
its long-lived assets (primarily property and equipment and intangible assets)
to assess the recoverability of these assets; any impairments would be
recognized in operating results if a diminution in value considered to be
other than temporary were to occur. The adoption of this Statement had no
impact on the Partnership's results of operations for the year ended December
31, 1995. As part of this assessment, the Partnership reviews the expected
future net operating cash flows from its facility.
 
C.LONG-TERM DEBT
 
  The Partnership obtained a $4,377,000 construction loan from a bank to fund
the construction of the facility. Monthly principal payments of approximately
$5,000 began in September 1994 with the balance of $4,061,000 due in September
1999. As of December 31, 1994, the full amount of the construction loan had
been used. In connection with this loan, the Partnership capitalized interest
of $30,000 and $91,000 during the period from April 7, 1993 (date of
inception) through December 31, 1993 and year ended December 31, 1994,
respectively. In addition to the construction loan, the Partnership also
obtained a $700,000 line of credit from the bank to finance certain pre-
opening costs and initial working capital requirements. During 1994, the
Partnership increased the maximum amount of the line of credit to $1,000,000.
The Partnership borrowed $246,000 under this line of credit in 1995, bringing
the total amount owed under this facility to the $1,000,000 maximum. In July,
1995, the line of credit converted to a term loan. Monthly principal payments
of approximately $16,000 plus interest began in August 1995; a balance of
$262,000 will be due in July 1999.
 
  Interest on each of these loans is at the bank's prime rate (8.50% at
December 31, 1995) plus 1%. Among other requirements, these loans limit the
Partnership's borrowings, acquisitions, dispositions and distributions.
Additionally, the maintenance of specified levels of net worth, working
capital, occupancy at the nursing facility and debt service coverage are also
requirements of the loans. Management believes the Partnership is in
compliance with the loan covenants.
 
  The loans are collateralized by each partner's partnership interest as well
as by all of the assets of the Partnership. Additionally, the loans described
above are supported by the guarantee of HHLP as well as collateral pledged by
the unaffiliated partner. The Partnership agreement states that any liability
incurred by a partner in connection with a guarantee of the Partnership's debt
is limited to that partner's proportionate share of the liability based on its
percentage ownership of the Partnership.
 
  Long-term debt consists of the following at December 31, 1994 and 1995 (in
thousands of dollars):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   1994   1995
                                                                  ------ ------
      <S>                                                         <C>    <C>
      Construction loan.......................................... $4,359 $4,305
      Line of Credit.............................................    754    906
      Capital lease obligation...................................     12     11
                                                                  ------ ------
        Total.................................................... $5,125 $5,222
                                                                  ====== ======
</TABLE>
 
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                       BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
  The scheduled repayment of long-term debt is as follows (in thousands of
dollars):
 
<TABLE>
      <S>                                                                 <C>
      1996............................................................... $  249
      1997...............................................................    255
      1998...............................................................    261
      1999...............................................................  4,457
                                                                          ------
        Total............................................................ $5,222
                                                                          ======
</TABLE>
 
D.MANAGEMENT FEES AND EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENTS DUE TO AFFILIATES
 
  Under the terms of a management agreement, HHLP manages the facility in
return for a monthly fee of $10,000, which commenced in May, 1994. When the
facility reached a normal occupancy level in September 1995, the fee was
changed to an amount equal to 5.5% of the facility's net revenues. The
management agreement also defines certain expense reimbursements which the
Partnership pays to affiliated entities for accounting, computer, travel,
legal and payroll expenses incurred on its behalf. These charges amounted to
$29,000 and $51,000 in 1994 and 1995, respectively. These costs have been
charged to operating expenses.
 
E.PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
  Property and equipment are stated at cost and consist of the following (in
thousands):
 
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
                                                                   1994   1995
                                                                  ------ ------
      <S>                                                         <C>    <C>
      Land improvements.........................................  $  694 $  694
      Buildings and improvements................................   3,932  3,940
      Equipment, furnishings and fixtures.......................     497    564
                                                                  ------ ------
                                                                   5,123  5,198
      Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization...........     206    520
                                                                  ------ ------
                                                                  $4,917 $4,678
                                                                  ====== ======
 
F.INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
  Intangible assets are stated at cost and consist of the following (in
thousands):
 
                                                                   1994   1995
                                                                  ------ ------
      Loan costs................................................  $  433 $  433
      Pre-opening costs.........................................     304    304
                                                                  ------ ------
                                                                     737    737
      Less: accumulated amortization............................     147    370
                                                                  ------ ------
                                                                  $  590 $  367
                                                                  ====== ======
</TABLE>
 
G.RETIREMENT PLAN
 
  Employees of the Partnership may participate in an employee 401(k) defined
contribution plan along with employees of other entities affiliated with HHLP.
All employees of the facility who have worked at least one thousand hours and
completed one year of continuous service are eligible to participate in the
plan. The plan is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974. The Partnership did not make any contributions to the
plan in 1993, 1994 or 1995.
 
                                     F-50
<PAGE>
 
                       BOWIE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
 
                  NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--(CONTINUED)
 
                               ----------------
 
H.CONTINGENCIES
 
  The Partnership is involved in legal actions and claims in the ordinary
course of its business. It is the opinion of the General Partners, based on
the advice of legal counsel, that such litigation and claims will be resolved
without material effect on the Partnership's financial position, results of
operations or liquidity.
 
I.DISCLOSURE ABOUT FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
 
  The methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of each class of
financial instruments, for those instruments for which it is practicable to
estimate that value, and the estimated fair values of the financial
instruments are as follows:
 
 Cash and Cash Equivalents
 
  The carrying amount approximates fair value because of the short effective
maturity of these instruments.
 
 Long-term Debt
 
  The fair value of the Partnership's long-term debt is estimated based on the
current rates offered to the Partnership for similar debt. The carrying value
of the Partnership's long-term debt approximates its fair value as of December
31, 1994 and 1995.
 
J.DEMAND NOTE PAYABLE TO AFFILIATE
 
  On December 28, 1995, HHLP advanced $1,255,000 to fund working capital
requirements of the Partnership by means of a demand note bearing interest at
9.0% per annum.
 
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  NO DEALER, SALESPERSON, OR OTHER PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY IN-
FORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THIS
PROSPECTUS, AND, IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MUST
NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE COMPANY OR ANY UNDERWRIT-
ER. THIS PROSPECTUS DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION
OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES OTHER THAN THE SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RE-
LATES OR AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY SUCH SECURI-
TIES IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCES IN WHICH SUCH OFFER OR SOLICITATION IS UNLAWFUL.
NEITHER THE DELIVERY OF THIS PROSPECTUS NOR ANY SALE MADE HEREUNDER SHALL, UN-
DER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN
THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THE DATE HEREOF OR THAT THE INFORMATION CON-
TAINED HEREIN IS CORRECT AS OF ANY TIME SUBSEQUENT TO ITS DATE.
 
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
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<S>                                                                       <C>
Prospectus Summary.......................................................   3
Risk Factors.............................................................   7
The Company..............................................................  14
The Reorganization.......................................................  14
Use of Proceeds..........................................................  15
Dividend Policy..........................................................  15
Dilution.................................................................  16
Capitalization...........................................................  17
Pro Forma Combined Financial Information.................................  18
Selected Combined Financial and Operating Data...........................  26
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
 of Operations...........................................................  29
Business.................................................................  39
Management...............................................................  60
Certain Transactions.....................................................  68
Stock Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Principal Holders...  70
Description of Capital Stock.............................................  71
Shares Eligible for Future Sale..........................................  73
Underwriting.............................................................  75
Legal Matters............................................................  76
Experts..................................................................  76
Additional Information...................................................  77
Index to Financial Statements............................................ F-1
</TABLE>    
 
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  UNTIL       , 1996 (25 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THIS PROSPECTUS), ALL DEALERS
EFFECTING TRANSACTIONS IN THE COMMON STOCK, WHETHER OR NOT PARTICIPATING IN
THIS DISTRIBUTION, MAY BE REQUIRED TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS. THIS IS IN ADDI-
TION TO THE OBLIGATION OF DEALERS TO DELIVER A PROSPECTUS WHEN ACTING AS UN-
DERWRITERS AND WITH RESPECT TO THEIR UNSOLD ALLOTMENTS OR SUBSCRIPTIONS.
 
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                               3,600,000 SHARES
 
                               [LOGO]HARBORSIDE
                                     HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
 
 
                                 COMMON STOCK
 
                               ----------------
                                  PROSPECTUS
                               ----------------
 
                          NATWEST SECURITIES LIMITED
 
                           DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
 
 
                                       , 1996
 
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<PAGE>
 
                                    PART II
 
                    INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
 
ITEM 13. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
 
  The following table sets forth the various expenses payable in connection
with the Offering of the shares being registered hereby, other than
underwriting discounts and commissions. All the amounts shown are estimates,
except the Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee and the NASD
filing fee. All of such expenses are being borne by the Company.
 
<TABLE>     
   <S>                                                               <C>
   SEC registration fee............................................. $   19,273
   NASD filing fee..................................................      6,089
   New York Stock Exchange Listing Fee..............................    102,100
   Blue Sky fees and expenses.......................................     20,000
   Accounting fees and expenses.....................................    293,000
   Legal fees and expense...........................................    400,000
   Printing and engraving expenses..................................    100,000
   Registrar and transfer agent's fees..............................      5,000
   Miscellaneous fees and expenses..................................    154,538
                                                                     ----------
     Total.......................................................... $1,100,000
                                                                     ==========
</TABLE>    
 
ITEM 14. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
 
  Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law ("Delaware Law")
permits a provision in the certificate of incorporation of each corporation
organized thereunder, eliminating or limiting, with certain exceptions, the
personal liability of a director to the corporation or its stockholders for
monetary damages for certain breaches of fiduciary duty as a director. The
Certificate of Incorporation of the Company eliminates the personal liability
of directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law.
 
  Section 145 of Delaware Law ("Section 145"), in summary, empowers a Delaware
corporation, within certain limitations, to indemnify its officers, directors,
employees and agents against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments,
fines and amounts paid in settlement, actually and reasonably incurred by them
in connection with any suit or proceeding other than by or on behalf of the
corporation, if they acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed
to be in or not opposed to the best interest of the corporation, and, with
respect to a criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe
their conduct was unlawful.
 
  With respect to actions by or on behalf of the corporation, Section 145
permits a corporation to indemnify its officers, directors, employees and
agents against expenses (including attorneys' fees) actually and reasonably
incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit,
provided such person meets the standard of conduct described in the preceding
paragraph, except that no indemnification is permitted in respect of any claim
where such person has been found liable to the corporation, unless the Court
of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought approves
such indemnification and determines that such person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to be indemnified.
 
  Section 8 of the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company provides for
the indemnification of officers and directors and certain other parties (the
"Indemnitees") of the Company to the fullest extent permitted under Delaware
law.
 
  The Underwriting Agreement provides for indemnification by the Underwriters
of the Company, its directors and officers, and persons who control the
Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act for certain
liabilities, including liabilities arising thereunder.
 
                                     II-1
<PAGE>
 
  Each of the employment agreements described in the Prospectus under the
captions "Executive Compensation--Employment Agreements and Change of Control
Arrangements" and "Executive Compensation--Directors' Compensation" contains
provisions entitling the executive to indemnification for losses incurred in
the course of service to the Company or its subsidiaries, under certain
circumstances.
 
ITEM 15. RECENT SALES OF UNREGISTERED SECURITIES
 
  In connection with the Reorganization, the Contributors will receive an
aggregate of 4,400,000 shares of Common Stock in consideration for the
transfer of their ownership interests in the Company's predecessors. Of these
shares, 1,000 shares were issued to Berkshire upon the formation of the
Company in March 1996. The remaining shares to be issued in connection with
the Reorganization will be issued immediately prior to the completion of the
Offering. These securities will be issued in reliance on the exemption from
registration contained in Section 4(2) of the Securities Act.
 
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES
 
  (a) Exhibits.
 
<TABLE>   
<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                         DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT
 -------                         -----------------------
 <C>      <S>
 1.1      Form of Underwriting Agreement.
 2.1      Reorganization Agreement.
 3.1*     Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the
          Company.
 3.2*     Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company.
 4.1*     Form of Specimen Common Stock certificate.
 5.1*     Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
 10.1(a)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust Tri-States, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (New Haven
          Facility).
 10.1(b)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust Tri-States, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (Indianapolis
          Facility).
 10.1(c)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (Troy Facility).
 10.1(d)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (Sarasota
          Facility).
 10.1(e)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (Pinebrook
          Facility).
 10.1(f)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (Naples
          Facility).
 10.1(g)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust of New Jersey, Inc. and HHCI Limited Partnership (Woods
          Edge Facility).
 10.1(h)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust Tri States, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (New Haven Facility).
 10.1(i)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust Tri States, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Indianapolis Facility).
 10.1(j)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Troy Facility).
 10.1(k)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Sarasota Facility).
 10.1(l)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          partnership (Pinebrook Facility).
</TABLE>    
 
                                     II-2
<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>   
 <C>      <S>
 10.1(m)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Naples Facility).
 10.1(n)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
          1996, by and between Meditrust of New Jersey, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Woods Edge Facility).
 10.2(a)  Loan Agreement among Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc. and Bay
          Tree Nursing Center Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center Corporation,
          Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center
          Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center Corporation, Sunset Point
          Nursing Center Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center Corporation and
          Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, dated October 13, 1994.
 10.2(b)  Guaranty, dated October 14, 1994, to Meditrust Mortgage Investments,
          Inc. from Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership.
 10.2(c)  Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated October 13, 1994, by and
          among Bay Tree Nursing Center Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center
          Corporation, Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor
          Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center Corporation,
          Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center
          Corporation, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership and Meditrust
          Mortgage Investments, Inc.
 10.2(d)  Consolidated and Renewal Promissory Note, dated October 13, 1994,
          from Belmont Nursing Center Corporation, Countryside Care Center
          Corporation, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge
          Nursing Center Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation,
          West Bay Nursing Center Corporation to Meditrust Mortgage
          Investments, Inc.
 10.2(e)  Negative Pledge Agreement, dated October 13, 1994, by and among
          Douglas Krupp, George Krupp, Bay Tree Nursing Center Corporation,
          Belmont Nursing Center Corporation, Countryside Care Center
          Corporation, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge
          Nursing Center Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation,
          West Bay Nursing Center Corporation and Meditrust Mortgage
          Investments, Inc.
 10.2(f)  Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement, dated October 13, 1994, by
          and among Bay Tree Nursing Center Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center
          Corporation, Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor
          Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center Corporation,
          Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center
          Corporation, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, Harborside
          Rehabilitation Limited Partnership and Meditrust Mortgage
          Investments, Inc.
 10.2(g)* First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated May 17, 1996, by and among
          Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc. and Bay Tree Nursing Center
          Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center Corporation, Countryside Care
          Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center Corporation,
          Orchard Ridge Nursing Center Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center
          Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center Corporation and Harborside
          Healthcare Limited Partnership.
 10.3(a)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 between
          Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited
          Partnership (Westwood Facility).
 10.3(b)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 between
          Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited
          Partnership (Pheasant Wood Facility).
 10.3(c)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 between
          Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited
          Partnership (Crestwood Facility).
 10.3(d)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 between
          Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited
          Partnership (Milford Facility).
 10.3(e)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 between
          Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited
          Partnership (Applewood Facility).
 10.3(f)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 between
          Meditrust of Bedford, Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited
          Partnership (Northwood Facility).
</TABLE>    
 
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<PAGE>
 
<TABLE>   
 <C>       <S>
 10.3(g)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
           New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Westwood Facility).
 10.3(h)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
           New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Pheasant Wood Facility).
 10.3(i)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
           New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Crestwood Facility).
 10.3(j)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
           New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Milford Facility).
 10.3(k)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
           New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Applewood Facility).
 10.3(l)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of Bedford, Inc. and Harborside New
           Hampshire Limited Partnership (North Facility).
 10.4(a)   Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1995 between
           Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and Harborside Toledo Limited Partnership
           (Swanton Facility).
 10.4(b)   First Amendment of Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December
           31, 1995, by and between Harborside Toledo Limited Partnership and
           Meditrust of Ohio Inc. (Swanton Facility).
 10.4(c)*  Second Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of May 17,
           1996, by and between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and Harborside Toledo
           Limited Partnership (Swanton Facility).
 10.5      Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Bowie
           Center Limited Partnership, dated April 7, 1993.
 10.6      Agreement of Lease, dated March 16, 1993, between Bryan Nursing
           Home, Inc. and Harborside of Ohio Limited Partnership (Defiance and
           Northwestern Ohio Facilities).
 10.7      First Amendment to Agreement of Lease, dated June 1, 1993, by and
           between Bryan Nursing Home, Inc. and Harborside Ohio Limited
           Partnership.
 10.8      Option to Purchase Agreement, dated March 16, 1993, by and between
           Bryan Nursing Home, Inc. and Harborside Ohio Limited Partnership.
 10.9(a)   Lease, dated September 30, 1994, between Rockledge T. Limited
           Partnership and Harborside of Florida Limited Partnership (Brevard
           Facility).
 10.9(b)   Lease Guaranty, dated September 30, 1994, to Rockledge T. Limited
           Partnership from Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership.
 10.9(c)   Indemnity Agreement, dated September 30, 1994, between Rockledge T.
           Limited Partnership, Harborside of Florida Limited Partnership,
           Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership and Southtrust Bank of
           Alabama.
 10.9(d)   Assignment and Security Agreement, dated September 30, 1994, between
           Rockledge T. Limited Partnership, Harborside of Florida Limited
           Partnership, and Southtrust Bank of Alabama.
 10.9(e)   Subordination Agreement (Lease), dated September 30, 1994, by and
           among Rockledge T. Limited Partnership, Harborside of Florida
           Limited Partnership, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership and
           Southtrust Bank of Alabama.
 10.9(f)   Subordination Agreement (Management), dated September 30, 1994, by
           and among Rockledge T. Limited Partnership, Harborside of Florida
           Limited Partnership, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership and
           Southtrust Bank of Alabama.
 10.10(a)* Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and Stephen L.
           Guillard.
 10.10(b)* Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and Damian
           Dell'Anno.
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<TABLE>   
 <C>        <S>
 10.10(c)*  Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and Bruce
            Beardsley.
 10.10(d)*  Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and William
            Stephan.
 10.11 *    Form of 1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee Directors.
 10.12(a) * Form of 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
 10.12(b) * Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement.
 10.13      Retirement Savings Plan of the Company.
 10.14      Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan of the Company.
 10.15 *    Form of Administrative Services Agreement between the Company and
            Berkshire.
 10.16      Agreement to Lease, dated as of May 3, 1996 among Westbay Manor
            Company, Westbay Manor II Development Company, Royal View Manor
            Development Company, Beachwood Care Center Limited Partnership,
            Royalview Manor Company, Harborside Health I Corporation, and
            Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership.
 10.17*     Form of Directors Retainer Fee Plan.
 10.18*     Form of Guaranty by Harborside Healthcare Corporation in favor of
            Westbay Manor Company, Westbay Manor II Development Company,
            Royalview Manor Development Company and Beachwood Care Center
            Limited Partnership.
 21.1 *     Subsidiaries of the Company.
 23.1 *     Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 23.2 *     Consent of Leverone & Company
 23.3 *     Consent of Howard, Wershbale & Co.
 23.4 *     Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (included in
            Exhibit 5.1).
 24.1       Power of Attorney.
 27.1       Financial Data Schedule.
 99.1       Consent of David F. Benson.
 99 2       Consent of Robert T. Barnum.
 99.3       Consent of Robert M. Bretholtz.
 99.4       Consent of Sally W. Crawford.
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* Filed herewith.     
    
 All other exhibits previously filed.     
 
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
 
  The Company hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing
specified in the underwriting agreement certificates in such denominations and
registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt
delivery to each purchaser.
 
  Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act
of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the
Company pursuant to its Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws, the
Underwriting Agreement or otherwise, the Company has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such
liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or
paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the
successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of
appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the
final adjudication of such issue.
 
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  The Company hereby undertakes that:
 
  (1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of
this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form
of prospectus filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h)
under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be a part of this Registration
Statement as of the time it was declared effective.
 
  (2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall
be deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the Offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial bona fide Offering thereof.
 
                                     II-6
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                                  SIGNATURES
   
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THE REGISTRANT
HAS DULY CAUSED THIS AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT TO BE
SIGNED ON ITS BEHALF BY THE UNDERSIGNED, THEREUNTO DULY AUTHORIZED, IN THE
CITY OF BOSTON, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ON THE 3RD DAY OF JUNE, 1996.
    
                                          HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
 
                                                  /s/ Stephen L. Guillard
                                          By: _________________________________
                                             STEPHEN L. GUILLARD President and
                                                  Chief Executive Officer
 
  PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BELOW BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.
 

       NAME                           TITLE                           DATE
       ----                           -----                           ----

 
                  *                    President, Chief             
- -------------------------------------   Executive Officer        June 3, 1996
         STEPHEN L. GUILLARD            and Director                     
                                        (Principal
                                        Executive Officer)
 
       /s/ William H. Stephan          Chief Financial              
- -------------------------------------   Officer (Principal       June 3, 1996
         WILLIAM H. STEPHAN             Financial and                    
                                        Accounting Officer)
 
                  *                    Director                     
- -------------------------------------                            June 3, 1996
           LAURENCE GERBER                                               
 
                  *                    Director                     
- -------------------------------------                            June 3, 1996
            DOUGLAS KRUPP                                                
 
     /s/ William H. Stephan
By: _________________________________
NAME: WILLIAM H. STEPHAN Attorney-
              in-Fact
 
 
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<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION                          PAGE NO.
 -------                          -----------                          --------
 <C>      <S>                                                          <C>
 1.1      Form of Underwriting Agreement.
 2.1      Reorganization Agreement.
 3.1*     Form of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation
          of the Company.
 3.2*     Form of Amended and Restated By-laws of the Company.
 4.1*     Form of Specimen Common Stock certificate.
 5.1*     Opinion of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
 10.1(a)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust Tri-States, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (New Haven Facility).
 10.1(b)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust Tri-States, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Indianapolis Facility).
 10.1(c)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Troy Facility).
 10.1(d)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Sarasota Facility).
 10.1(e)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Pinebrook Facility).
 10.1(f)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust of Florida, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Naples Facility).
 10.1(g)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust of New Jersey, Inc. and HHCI Limited
          Partnership (Woods Edge Facility).
 10.1(h)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust Tri States, Inc.
          and HHCI Limited Partnership (New Haven Facility).
 10.1(i)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust Tri States, Inc.
          and HHCI Limited Partnership (Indianapolis Facility).
 10.1(j)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and
          HHCI Limited Partnership (Troy Facility).
 10.1(k)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of Florida, Inc.
          and HHCI Limited Partnership (Sarasota Facility).
 10.1(l)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of Florida, Inc.
          and HHCI Limited partnership (Pinebrook Facility).
 10.1(m)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of Florida, Inc.
          and HHCI Limited Partnership (Naples Facility).
 10.1(n)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of New Jersey, Inc.
          and HHCI Limited Partnership (Woods Edge Facility).
 10.2(a)  Loan Agreement among Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc.
          and Bay Tree Nursing Center Corporation, Belmont Nursing
          Center Corporation, Countryside Care Center Corporation,
          Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge
          Nursing Center Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center
          Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center Corporation and
          Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, dated October
          13, 1994.
 10.2(b)  Guaranty, dated October 14, 1994, to Meditrust Mortgage
          Investments, Inc. from Harborside Healthcare Limited
          Partnership.
 10.2(c)  Environmental Indemnity Agreement, dated October 13, 1994,
          by and among Bay Tree Nursing Center Corporation, Belmont
          Nursing Center Corporation, Countryside Care Center
          Corporation, Oakhurst Manor Nursing Center Corporation,
          Orchard Ridge Nursing Center Corporation, Sunset Point
          Nursing Center Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center
          Corporation, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership and
          Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc.
</TABLE>    
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<CAPTION>
 EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION                          PAGE NO.
 -------                          -----------                          --------
 <C>      <S>                                                          <C>
 10.2(d)  Consolidated and Renewal Promissory Note, dated October
          13, 1994, from Belmont Nursing Center Corporation,
          Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor
          Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center
          Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation, West
          Bay Nursing Center Corporation to Meditrust Mortgage
          Investments, Inc.
 10.2(e)  Negative Pledge Agreement, dated October 13, 1994, by and
          among Douglas Krupp, George Krupp, Bay Tree Nursing Center
          Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center Corporation,
          Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor
          Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center
          Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation, West
          Bay Nursing Center Corporation and Meditrust Mortgage
          Investments, Inc.
 10.2(f)  Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement, dated October
          13, 1994, by and among Bay Tree Nursing Center
          Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center Corporation,
          Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst Manor
          Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing Center
          Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center Corporation, West
          Bay Nursing Center Corporation, Harborside Healthcare
          Limited Partnership, Harborside Rehabilitation Limited
          Partnership and Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc.
 10.2(g)* First Amendment to Loan Agreement, dated May 17, 1996, by
          and among Meditrust Mortgage Investments, Inc. and Bay
          Tree Nursing Center Corporation, Belmont Nursing Center
          Corporation, Countryside Care Center Corporation, Oakhurst
          Manor Nursing Center Corporation, Orchard Ridge Nursing
          Center Corporation, Sunset Point Nursing Center
          Corporation, West Bay Nursing Center Corporation and
          Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership.
 10.3(a)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996
          between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
          New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Westwood Facility).
 10.3(b)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996
          between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
          New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Pheasant Wood
          Facility).
 10.3(c)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996
          between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
          New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Crestwood Facility).
 10.3(d)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996
          between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
          New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Milford Facility).
 10.3(e)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996
          between Meditrust of New Hampshire, Inc. and Harborside
          New Hampshire Limited Partnership (Applewood Facility).
 10.3(f)  Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995
          between Meditrust of Bedford, Inc. and Harborside New
          Hampshire Limited Partnership (Northwood Facility).
 10.3(g)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire,
          Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited Partnership
          (Westwood Facility).
 10.3(h)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire,
          Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited Partnership
          (Pheasant Wood Facility).
 10.3(i)* First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
          May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire,
          Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited Partnership
          (Crestwood Facility).
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION                          PAGE NO.
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 <C>       <S>                                                         <C>
 10.3(j)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
           May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire,
           Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited Partnership
           (Milford Facility).
 10.3(k)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
           May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of New Hampshire,
           Inc. and Harborside New Hampshire Limited Partnership
           (Applewood Facility).
 10.3(l)*  First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
           May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of Bedford, Inc.
           and Harborside New Hampshire Limited Partnership
           (Northwood Facility).
 10.4(a)   Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1995
           between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and Harborside Toledo
           Limited Partnership (Swanton Facility).
 10.4(b)   First Amendment of Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
           December 31, 1995, by and between Harborside Toledo
           Limited Partnership and Meditrust of Ohio Inc. (Swanton
           Facility).
 10.4(c)*  Second Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of
           May 17, 1996, by and between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc. and
           Harborside Toledo Limited Partnership (Swanton Facility).
 10.5      Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
           Bowie Center Limited Partnership, dated April 7, 1993.
 10.6      Agreement of Lease, dated March 16, 1993, between Bryan
           Nursing Home, Inc. and Harborside of Ohio Limited
           Partnership (Defiance and Northwestern Ohio Facilities).
 10.7      First Amendment to Agreement of Lease, dated June 1,
           1993, by and between Bryan Nursing Home, Inc. and
           Harborside Ohio Limited Partnership.
 10.8      Option to Purchase Agreement, dated March 16, 1993, by
           and between Bryan Nursing Home, Inc. and Harborside Ohio
           Limited Partnership.
 10.9(a)   Lease, dated September 30, 1994, between Rockledge T.
           Limited Partnership and Harborside of Florida Limited
           Partnership (Brevard Facility).
 10.9(b)   Lease Guaranty, dated September 30, 1994, to Rockledge T.
           Limited Partnership from Harborside Healthcare Limited
           Partnership.
 10.9(c)   Indemnity Agreement, dated September 30, 1994, between
           Rockledge T. Limited Partnership, Harborside of Florida
           Limited Partnership, Harborside Healthcare Limited
           Partnership and Southtrust Bank of Alabama.
 10.9(d)   Assignment and Security Agreement, dated September 30,
           1994, between Rockledge T. Limited Partnership,
           Harborside of Florida Limited Partnership, and Southtrust
           Bank of Alabama.
 10.9(e)   Subordination Agreement (Lease), dated September 30,
           1994, by and among Rockledge T. Limited Partnership,
           Harborside of Florida Limited Partnership, Harborside
           Healthcare Limited Partnership and Southtrust Bank of
           Alabama.
 10.9(f)   Subordination Agreement (Management), dated September 30,
           1994, by and among Rockledge T. Limited Partnership,
           Harborside of Florida Limited Partnership, Harborside
           Healthcare Limited Partnership and Southtrust Bank of
           Alabama.
 10.10(a)* Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and
           Stephen L. Guillard.
 10.10(b)* Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and
           Damian Dell'Anno.
 10.10(c)* Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and
           Bruce Beardsley.
 10.10(d)* Form of Employment Agreement between the Company and
           William Stephan.
 10.11 *   Form of 1996 Stock Option Plan for Non-Employee
           Directors.
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<CAPTION>
  EXHIBIT
  NUMBER                          DESCRIPTION                          PAGE NO.
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 <C>       <S>                                                         <C>
 10.12(a)* Form of 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan.
 10.12(b)* Form of Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement.
 10.13     Retirement Savings Plan of the Company.
 10.14     Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan of the Company.
 10.15 *   Form of Administrative Services Agreement between the
           Company and Berkshire.
 10.16     Agreement to Lease, dated as of May 3, 1996 among Westbay
           Manor Company, Westbay Manor II Development Company,
           Royal View Manor Development Company, Beachwood Care
           Center Limited Partnership, Royalview Manor Company,
           Harborside Health I Corporation, and Harborside
           Healthcare Limited Partnership.
 10.17*    Form of Directors Retainer Fee Plan.
 10.18*    Form of Guaranty by Harborside Healthcare Corporation in
           favor of Westbay Manor Company, Westbay Manor II
           Development Company, Royalview Manor Development Company
           and Beachwood Care Center Limited Partnership.
 21.1 *    Subsidiaries of the Company.
 23.1 *    Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
 23.2 *    Consent of Leverone & Company.
 23.3 *    Consent of Howard, Wershbale & Co.
 23.4 *    Consent of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
           (included in Exhibit 5.1).
 24.1      Power of Attorney.
 27.1      Financial Data Schedule.
 99.1      Consent of David F. Benson.
 99 2      Consent of Robert T. Barnum.
 99.3      Consent of Robert M. Bretholtz.
 99.4      Consent of Sally W. Crawford.
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* Filed herewith.     
    
 All other exhibits previously filed.     

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                                                                     Exhibit 3.1



               AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

                                       of

                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION



          1.   Name.  The name of the corporation is Harborside Healthcare
               ----                                                       
Corporation (the "Corporation").

          2.  Address; Registered Office and Agent.  The address of the
              ------------------------------------                     
Corporation's registered office is 1013 Centre Road, City of Wilmington, County
of New Castle, State of Delaware; and its registered agent at such address is

The Prentice-Hall Corporation System, Inc.

          3.  Purpose.  The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in, carry on
              -------                                                           
and conduct any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized
under the Delaware General Corporation Law.

          4.  Number of Shares.  The total number of shares of stock that the
              ----------------                                               
Corporation shall have authority to issue is 31,000,000, divided as follows:
1,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, of the par value of $.01 per share (the
"Preferred Stock") and 30,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of the par value of
$.01 per share (the "Common Stock").
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                                                                               2

          5.  Designation of Classes; Relative Rights, Etc. The designation,
              ---------------------------------------------                 
relative rights, preferences and limitations of the shares of each class are as
follows:

          5.1  Preferred Stock.  The shares of Preferred Stock may be issued
               ---------------                                              
from time to time in one or more series of any number of shares, provided that
the aggregate number of shares issued and not canceled of any and all such
series shall not exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock
hereinabove authorized, and with such powers, preferences, rights and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, and such distinctive serial
designations, all as shall hereafter be stated and expressed in the resolution
or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the "Board
of Directors") providing for the issue of such shares of Preferred Stock from
time to time pursuant to authority to do so which is hereby vested in the Board
of Directors. Each series of shares of Preferred Stock (a) may have such voting
rights or powers, full or limited, or may be without voting rights or powers;
(b) may be subject to redemption at such time or times and at such prices; (c)
may be entitled to receive dividends (which may be cumulative or non-cumulative)
at such rate or rates, on such conditions and at such times, and payable in
preference to, or in such relation to, the dividends payable on any other class
or classes or series of stock; (d) may have such rights upon the voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, winding up or
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                                                                               3

dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation; (e)
may be made convertible into or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or
classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of
stock of the Corporation at such price or prices or at such rates of exchange
and with such adjustments; (f) may be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund
to be applied to the purchase or redemption of shares of such series in such
amount or amounts; (g) may be entitled to the benefit of conditions and
restrictions upon the creation of indebtedness of the Corporation or any
subsidiary, upon the issue of any additional shares (including additional shares
of such series or of any other series) and upon the payment of dividends or the
making of other distributions on, and the purchase, redemption or other
acquisition by the Corporation or any subsidiary of, any outstanding shares of
the Corporation and (h) may have such other relative, participating, optional or
other special rights, qualifica tions, limitations or restrictions thereof; all
as shall be stated in said resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of
such shares of Preferred Stock.  Any of the voting powers, designations,
preferences, rights and qualifications, limitations or restrictions of any such
series of Preferred Stock may be made dependent upon facts ascertainable outside
of the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for
the issue of such Preferred Stock pursuant to the authority vested in the
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                                                                               4

Board by this Section 5.1, provided that the manner in which such facts shall
operate upon the voting powers, designations, preferences, rights and
qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such series of Preferred Stock is
clearly and expressly set forth in the resolution or resolutions providing for
the issue of such Preferred Stock.  The term "facts" as used in the preceding
sentence shall have the meaning given to it in section 151(a) of the Delaware
General Corporation Law.   Shares of Preferred Stock of any series that have
been redeemed (whether through the operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) or
that if convertible or exchangeable have been converted into or exchanged for
shares of any other class or classes, shall have the status of authorized and
unissued shares of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series and may be reissued
as a part of the series of which they were originally a part or as part of a new
series of shares of Preferred Stock to be created by resolution or resolutions
of the Board of Directors or as part of any other series of shares of Preferred
Stock, all subject to any conditions or restrictions on issuance set forth in
the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors providing for
the issue of any series of shares of Preferred Stock.

          5.2  Common Stock.  Subject to the provisions of any applicable law or
               ------------                                                     
of the By-laws of the Corporation, as from time to time amended, with respect to
the closing of the transfer books or the fixing of a record date for the
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                                                                               5

determination of stockholders entitled to vote and except as otherwise provided
by law or by the resolution or resolu tions providing for the issue of any
series of shares of Preferred Stock, the holders of outstanding shares of Common
Stock shall exclusively possess voting power for the elec tion of directors and
for all other purposes, each holder of record of shares of Common Stock being
entitled to one vote for each share of Common Stock standing in his or her name
on the books of the Corporation.  Except as otherwise pro vided by the
resolution or resolutions providing for the issue of any series of shares of
Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled, to the
exclusion of the holders of shares of Preferred Stock of any and all series, to
receive such dividends as from time to time may be declared by the Board of
Directors.  In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, after payment shall have been
made to the holders of shares of Preferred Stock of the full amount to which
they shall be entitled pursuant to the resolution or resolutions providing for
the issue of any series of shares of Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of
Common Stock shall be entitled, to the exclusion of the holders of shares of
Preferred Stock of any and all series, to share, ratably according to the number
of shares of Common Stock held by them, in all remaining assets of the
Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders.
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                                                                               6

          5.3  Consideration. Subject to the provisions of this  Certificate of
               -------------                                                   
Incorporation and except as other wise provided by law, the stock of the
Corporation, regard less of class, may be issued for such consideration and for
such corporate purposes as the Board of Directors may from time to time
determine.

          6.  Compromise, Arrangement or Reorganization. Whenever a compromise
              -----------------------------------------                       
or arrangement is proposed between this Corporation and its creditors or any
class of them and/or between this Corporation and its stockholders or any class
of them, any court of equitable jurisdiction within the State of Delaware may,
on the application in a summary way of this Corporation or of any creditor or
stockholder thereof or on the application of any receiver or receivers appointed
for this Corporation under the provisions of Section 291 of Title 8 of the
Delaware Code or on the appli cation of trustees in dissolution or of any
receiver or receivers appointed for this Corporation under the provi sions of
Section 279 of Title 8 of the Delaware Code, order a meeting of the creditors or
class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of stockholders of this
Corpora tion, as the case may be, to be summoned in such manner as the said
court directs.  If a majority in number represent ing three-fourths in value of
the creditors or class of creditors, and/or of the stockholders or class of
stock holders of this Corporation, as the case may be, agrees to any compromise
or arrangement and to any reorganization of
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                                                                               7

this Corporation as a consequence of such compromise or arrangement, the said
compromise or arrangement and the said reorganization shall, if sanctioned by
the court to which the said application has been made, be binding on all the
creditors or class of creditors, and/or on all stockholders or class of
stockholders of this Corporation, as the case may be, and also on this
Corporation.

          7.  Limitation of Liability.  No director of the Corporation shall be
              -----------------------                                          
personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages
for breach of fidu ciary duty as a director, including breaches resulting from
such director's grossly negligent behavior, except for liability (a) for any
breach of the director's duty of loyalty to the Corporation or its stockholders,
(b) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional
misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (c) under Section 174 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law or (d) for any transaction from which the director
derived any improper personal benefits.  If the Delaware General Corporation Law
is hereafter amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or
limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director
of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, as so amended.

          Any repeal or modification of the foregoing para graph by the
stockholders of the Corporation shall not adversely affect any right or
protection of a director of
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                                                                               8

the Corporation existing at the time of such repeal or modification.

          8.   Indemnification.
               --------------- 

          8.1  To the extent not prohibited by law, the Corporation shall
indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be made, a party to
any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (a
"Proceeding"), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of the Corporation
to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person, or a
person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a direc tor or
officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent or in any other capacity at the request of the Corporation,
for any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other enterprise (an "Other Entity") while serving as a director or
officer of the Corporation, against judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes,
amounts paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys'
fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in
connection with such Proceeding, if such person acted in good faith and in a
manner such person believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.  To the extent
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specified by the Board of Directors of the Corporation at any time and to the
extent not prohibited by law, the Corporation may indemnify any person who is or
was made, or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or
completed Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of the Corporation
to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person is or
was an employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity at the request of the
Corporation, for any Other Entity, against judgment, fines, penalties, excise
taxes, amounts paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including
attorneys' fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such Proceeding, if such person acted in good faith
and in a manner such person believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or
proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

          8.2  The Corporation shall, from time to time, reimburse or advance to
any director or officer or other person entitled to indemnification hereunder
the funds necessary for payment of expenses, including attorneys' fees and
disbursements, incurred in connection with any Proceed ing, in advance of the
final disposition of such Proceeding;
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provided, however, that, if required by the Delaware General Corporation Law,
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such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any director or officer or other
person may be paid in advance of the final disposition of a Proceeding only upon
receipt by the Corporation of an undertaking, by or on behalf of such director
or officer (or other person indemnified hereunder), to repay any such amount so
advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from
which there is no further right of appeal that such director, officer or other
person is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

          8.3  The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 8 shall not be deemed
exclusive of any other rights to which a person seeking indemnification or
reimbursement or advancement of expenses may have or hereafter be entitled under
any statute, this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the By-laws
of the Corporation (the "By-laws"), any agreement (including any policy of
insurance purchased or provided by the Corporation under which directors,
officers, employees and other agents of the Corporation are covered), any vote
of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in
his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding
such office.

          8.4  The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted
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pursuant to, this Section 8 shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a
director or officer (or other person indemnified hereunder) and shall inure to
the benefit of the executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such
person.

          8.5  The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or
agent of the Cor poration, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity,
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or
not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the provisions of this Section 8, the By-laws or under Section
145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any other provision of law.

          8.6  The provisions of this Section 8 shall be a contract between the
Corporation, on the one hand, and each director and officer who serves in such
capacity at any time while this Section 8 is in effect and any other person
indemnified hereunder, on the other hand, pursuant to which the Corporation and
each such director, officer, or other person intend to be legally bound.  No
repeal or modifica tion of this Section 8 shall affect any rights or obliga
tions with respect to any state of facts then or theretofore existing or
thereafter arising or any proceeding theretofore
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or thereafter brought or threatened based in whole or in part upon any such
state of facts.

          8.7  The rights to indemnification and reimbursement or advancement of
expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 8 shall be
enforceable by any person entitled to such indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses in any court of competent jurisdic tion.  Neither the
failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its independent
legal counsel and its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such action that such indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses is proper in the circumstances nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors, its
independent legal counsel and its stockholders) that such person is not entitled
to such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall
constitute a defense to the action or create a presumption that such person is
not so entitled.  Such a person shall also be indemnified for any expenses
incurred in connection with successfully establish ing his or her right to such
indemnification or reimburse-ment or advancement of expenses, in whole or in
part, in any such proceeding.

          8.8  Any director or officer of the Corporation serving in any
capacity in (i) another corporation of which a majority of the shares entitled
to vote in the elec tion of its directors is held, directly or indirectly, by
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the Corporation or (ii) any employee benefit plan of the Corporation or any
corporation referred to in clause (i) shall be deemed to be doing so at the
request of the Corpo ration.

          8.9  Any person entitled to be indemnified or to reimbursement or
advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to this Section 8 may
elect to have the right to indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of
expenses interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in effect at the time of
the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the applicable Proceeding,
to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the applicable law in effect
at the time such indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses is
sought.  Such election shall be made, by a notice in writing to the Corporation,
at the time indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses is
sought; provided, however, that if no such notice is given, the right to
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indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall be determined
by the law in effect at the time indemnification or reimbursement or advancement
of expenses is sought.

          9.  Directors.  This Section is inserted for the management of the
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business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation and it is
expressly provided that it is intended to be in furtherance of and not in
limitation or exclusion of the powers conferred by applicable law.
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          9.1  Number, Election, and Terms of Office of Board of Directors.  The
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business of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors consisting
of not less than 3 or more than 15 members.  The exact number of directors
within the minimum and maximum limitations speci fied in the preceding sentence
shall be fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the
entire Board of Directors then in office, whether or not present at a meeting.
Directors may be elected by written ballot or by voice vote.  The directors
shall be divided into three classes with the term of office of the first class
to expire at the first annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation next
following the end of the Corporation's fiscal year ending December 31, 1996, the
term of office of the second class to expire at the first annual meeting of
stockholders of the Corporation next following the end of the Corporation's
fiscal year ending December 31, 1997, and the term of office of the third class
to expire at the annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation next
following the end of the Corporation's fiscal year ending December 31, 1998.  At
each annual meeting of stockholders following such initial election as specified
above, directors elected to succeed those directors whose terms expire shall be
elected for a term of office to expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of
stockholders after their election.
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          9.2  Tenure.  Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained
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herein, each director shall hold office until his successor is elected and
qualified, or until his earlier death, resignation or removal.

          9.3  Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies.  Subject to the rights
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of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock then outstanding, newly created
directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors
or any vacancies in the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation,
retirement, disqualification, removal from office or other cause shall be filled
by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office although less than
a quorum, or by a sole remain ing director, and directors so chosen shall hold
office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders at which the
term of the class to which they have been elected expires or, in each case,
until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.  No decrease
in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the
term of any incumbent director.  When any direc tor shall give notice of
resignation effective at a future date, the Board of Directors may fill such
vacancy to take effect when such resignation shall become effective.

          9.4  Removal of Directors.  Any one or more or all of the directors
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may be removed, at any time, but only for cause by the stockholders having at
least a
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majority in voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Corporation.

          10.  Action by Stockholders.  Notwithstanding the provisions of
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section 228 of the Delaware General Corpora tion Law (or any successor statute),
any action required or permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law to be
taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation may be
taken only at such an annual or special meeting of stockholders and cannot be
taken by written consent without a meeting.  At any annual meeting or special
meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, only such business shall be
conducted as shall have been brought before such meeting in the manner provided
by the By-laws of the Corporation.

          11.  Special Meetings of Stockholders.  Special meetings of
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stockholders for any purpose may be called at any time by the Board of
Directors, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or by the President of the
Corporation. Special meetings shall be held at such place or places within or
without the State of Delaware as shall from time to time be designated by the
Board of Directors and stated in the notice of such meeting or in the waiver of
notice thereof.

          12.  Adoption, Amendment and/or Repeal of By-Laws. The Board of
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Directors may from time to time adopt, amend or repeal the By-laws of the
Corporation; provided, however,
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that any By-laws adopted or amended by the Board of Direc tors may be amended or
repealed, and any By-laws may be adopted, by a vote of the stockholders having
at least a majority in voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of
capital stock of the Corporation.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Amended and
Restated Certificate of Incorporation, which restates and amends the
Corporation's Certificate of Incorporation, after having been duly adopted,
recommended and approved by the Board of Directors and adopted by the written
consent of the holders of all of the outstanding shares of Common Stock in
accordance with sections 228, 242 and 245 of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, to be signed by its duly authorized officer this 24th day of May, 1996.


                                    /s/ Bruce Beardsley
                                    ----------------------------
                                    Name: Bruce Beardsley
                                    Title: Senior Vice President

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                                                                     Exhibit 3.2



                          AMENDED AND RESTATED BY-LAWS

                                       of

                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

                            (A Delaware Corporation)

                            ________________________


                                   ARTICLE 1

                                  DEFINITIONS
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       As used in these By-laws, unless the context otherwise requires, the
term:
       1.1  "Assistant Secretary" means an Assistant Secretary of the
Corporation.
       1.2  "Assistant Treasurer" means an Assistant Treasurer of the
Corporation.
       1.3  "Audit Committee" means the Audit Committee of the Board.
       1.4  "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.
       1.5  "Business Day" means any day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a
day on which banks are authorized to close in the City of Boston.
       1.6  "By-laws" means the by-laws of the Corporation, as amended from time
to time.
       1.7  "Certificate of Incorporation" means the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as amended, supplemented or
restated from time to time.
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       1.8  "Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation.
       1.9  "Chief Financial Officer" means the Chief Financial Officer of the
Corporation.
       1.10 "Corporation" means Harborside Healthcare Corporation.
       1.11 "Directors" means directors of the Corporation.
       1.12 "Entire Board" means all directors of the Corporation in office,
whether or not present at a meeting of the Board, but disregarding vacancies.
       1.13 "Executive Committee" means the Executive Committee of the Board.
       1.14 "General Corporation Law" means the General Corporation Law of the
State of Delaware, as amended from time to time.
       1.15 "Office of the Corporation" means the executive office of the
Corporation, anything in Section 131 of the General Corporation Law to the
contrary notwithstanding.
       1.16 "President" means the President of the Corporation.
       1.17 "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Corporation.
       1.18 "Stockholders" means stockholders of the Corporation.
       1.19 "Treasurer" means the Treasurer of the Corporation.
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       1.20  "Vice President" means a Vice President of the Corporation.

                                   ARTICLE 2
                                  STOCKHOLDERS
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       2.1  Place of Meetings.  Every meeting of stockholders shall be held at
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the office of the Corporation or at such other place within or without the State
of Delaware as shall be specified or fixed in the notice of such meeting or in
the waiver of notice thereof.

       2.2  Annual Meeting.  A meeting of stockholders shall be held annually
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for the election of Directors and the transaction of other business at such hour
and on such business day in each year as may be determined by resolution adopted
by affirmative vote of a majority vote of the Entire Board and designated in the
notice of meeting.

       2.3  Deferred Meeting for Election of Directors, Etc.  If the annual
            ------------------------------------------------               
meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors and the transaction of
other business is not held on the date designated therefor or at any adjournment
of a meeting convened on such date, the Board by resolution adopted by
affirmative vote of a majority vote of the Entire Board, shall call a meeting of
stockholders for the election of Directors and the transaction of other business
as soon thereafter as convenient.

       2.4  Special Meetings.  A special meeting of stockholders, unless
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otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called at any time by the Board, the
Chairman of the Board
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or by the President.  At any special meeting of stockholders, no business may be
transacted other than (i) such business stated in the notice thereof given
pursuant to Section 2.6 hereof or in any waiver of notice thereof given pursuant
to Section 2.7 hereof (in a form prepared by the Secretary) or (ii) such
business as is related to the purpose or purposes of such meeting and which is
properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board.

       2.5  Fixing Record Date.  For the purpose of (a) determining the
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Stockholders entitled (i) to notice of or to vote at any meeting of Stockholders
or any adjournment thereof or (ii) to receive payment of any dividend or other
distribution or allotment of any rights, or to exercise any rights in respect of
any change, conversion or exchange of stock; or (b) any other lawful action, the
Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon
which the resolution fixing the record date was adopted by the Board and which
record date shall not be (x) in the case of clause (a)(i) above, more than sixty
nor less than ten days before the date of such meeting and (y) in the case of
clause (a)(ii) or (b) above, more than sixty days prior to such action.  If no
such record date is fixed:

          2.5.1  the record date for determining Stockholders entitled to notice
  of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business
  on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is
  waived, at the close
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  of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held;
  and

          2.5.2  the record date for determining stockholders for any purpose
  other than those specified in Section 2.5.1 shall be at the close of business
  on the day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

       When a determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at
       any meeting of Stockholders has been made as provided in this Section
       2.5, such determination shall apply to any adjournment thereof unless the
       Board fixes a new record date for the adjourned meeting.

       2.6  Notice of Meetings of Stockholders.  Except as otherwise provided in
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Section 2.7 hereof, whenever under the provisions of any statute, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, Stockholders are required or
permitted to take any action at a meeting, written notice shall be given stating
the place, date and hour of the meet ing and, in the case of a special meeting,
the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.  Unless otherwise
provided by any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a
copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given, personally or by mail, not
less than ten nor more than sixty days before the date of the meeting, to each
Stockholder entitled to notice of or to vote at such meeting.  If mailed, such
notice shall be deemed to be given when deposited in the United States mail,
with postage prepaid, directed to the Stockholder at his or her address
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as it appears on the records of the Corporation.  An affi davit of the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent of the Corporation that the
notice required by this Section 2.6 has been given shall, in the absence of
fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. When a meeting is
adjourned to another time or place, notice need not be given of the adjourned
meeting if the time and place thereof are announced at the meeting at which the
adjournment is taken, and at the adjourned meeting any business may be
transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.
If, however, the adjournment is for more than thirty days, or if after the
adjournment a new record date is fixed for the adjourned meeting, a notice of
the adjourned meeting shall be given to each Stockholder of record entitled to
vote at the meeting.

       2.7  Waivers of Notice.  Whenever the giving of any notice is required by
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statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof, in
writing, signed by the Stockholder or Stockholders entitled to said notice,
whether before or after the event as to which such notice is required, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice.  Attendance by a Stockholder at a meeting shall
constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting except when the Stockholder
attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the
meeting, to the trans action of any business on the ground that the meeting has
not been lawfully called or convened.
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       2.8  List of Stockholders.  The Secretary shall prepare and make, or
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cause to be prepared and made, at least ten days before every meeting of
Stockholders, a complete list of the Stockholders entitled to vote at the
meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each
Stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each Stockholder.
Such list shall be open to the examination of any Stockholder, the Stockholder's
agent or attorney, at the Stockholder's expense, for any purpose germane to the
meeting, during ordinary business hours, for a period of at least ten days prior
to the meeting, either at a place within the city where the meeting is to be
held, which place shall be specified in the notice of the meeting, or, if not so
specified, at the place where the meeting is to be held.  The list shall also be
produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time
thereof, and may be inspected by any Stockholder who is present.  The
Corporation shall maintain the list of Stockholders in written form or in
another form capable of conversion into written form within a reasonable time.
The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the Stockholders
entitled to examine the stock ledger, the list of Stockholders or the books of
the Corporation, or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of
Stockholders.

       2.9  Quorum of Stockholders; Adjournment.  Except as otherwise provided
            -----------------------------------                               
by any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the holders
of a majority of all outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote at any
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meeting of Stockholders, present in person or represented by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business at such meeting.  When a
quorum is once present to organize a meeting of Stockholders, it is not broken
by the subsequent withdrawal of any Stockholders.  The holders of a majority of
the shares of stock present in person or repre sented by proxy at any meeting of
Stockholders, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn such meeting to another time and place.  Shares of its own
stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of
the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other
corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither
be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that
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the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation to vote stock,
including but not limited to its own stock, held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

       2.10 Voting; Proxies.  Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of
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Incorporation, every Stockholder of record shall be entitled at every meeting of
Stockholders to one vote for each share of capital stock standing in his or her
name on the record of Stockholders determined in accordance with Section 2.5
hereof.  If the Certificate of Incorporation provides for more or less than one
vote for any share on any matter, each reference in the By-laws or the General
Corporation Law to a majority or other proportion of stock shall refer to such
majority or other
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proportion of the votes of such stock.  The provisions of Sections 212 and 217
of the General Corporation Law shall apply in determining whether any shares of
capital stock may be voted and the persons, if any, entitled to vote such
shares; but the Corporation shall be protected in assuming that the persons in
whose names shares of capital stock stand on the stock ledger of the Corporation
are entitled to vote such shares.  Holders of redeemable shares of stock are not
entitled to vote after the notice of redemption is mailed to such holders and a
sum sufficient to redeem the stocks has been deposited with a bank, trust
company, or other financial institution under an irrevocable obligation to pay
the holders the redemption price on surrender of the shares of stock.  At any
meeting of Stockholders (at which a quorum was present to organize the meeting),
all matters which may be properly considered at such meeting, except as
otherwise provided by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by
these By-laws, shall be decided by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting
by the holders of shares present in person or represented by proxy and entitled
to vote thereon, whether or not a quorum is present when the vote is taken.
Directors may be elected either by written ballot or by voice vote.  In voting
on any other question on which a vote by ballot is required by law or is
demanded by any Stockholder entitled to vote, the voting shall be by ballot.
Each ballot shall be signed by the Stockholder voting or the Stockholder's proxy
and shall state the number of shares voted.  On all other questions,
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the voting may be by voice vote.  Each Stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting
of Stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such
Stockholder by proxy.  The validity and enforceability of any proxy shall be
determined in accordance with Section 212 of the General Corporation Law.  A
Stockholder may revoke any proxy that is not irrevocable by attending the
meeting and voting in person or by filing an instrument in writing revoking the
proxy or by delivering a proxy in accordance with applicable law bearing a later
date to the Secretary.

       2.11 Voting Procedures and Inspectors of Election at Meetings of
            -----------------------------------------------------------
Stockholders.  The Corporation, in advance of any meeting of Stockholders, shall
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appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report
thereof.  The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate
inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.  If no inspector or
alternate is able to act at a meeting, the person presiding at the meeting shall
appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.  Each inspector, before
entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath
faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and
according to the best of his or her ability.  The inspectors shall (a) ascertain
the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, (b) determine the
shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots, (c)
count all votes and ballots, (d) determine and retain for a reasonable period a
record of the disposition of any
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challenges made to any determination by the inspectors, and (e) certify their
determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count
of all votes and ballots.  The inspectors may appoint or retain other persons or
entities to assist the inspectors in the performance of their duties.  The date
and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which
the Stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be determined by the person
presiding at the meeting and shall be announced at the meeting.  No ballot,
proxies or votes, or any revocation thereof or change thereto, shall be accepted
by the inspectors after the closing of the polls unless the Court of Chancery of
the State of Delaware upon application by a Stockholder shall determine
otherwise.

       2.12 Conduct of Meetings. (a)  At each meeting of Stockholders, the
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President, or in the absence of the President, the Chairman, or if there is no
Chairman or if there be one and the Chairman is absent, a Vice President, and in
case more than one Vice President shall be present, that Vice President
designated by the Board (or in the absence of any such designation, the most
senior Vice President, based on seniority, present), shall act as chairman of
the meeting.  The Secretary, or in his or her absence one of the Assistant
Secretaries, shall act as secretary of the meeting.  In case none of the
officers above designated to act as chairman or secretary of the meeting,
respectively, shall be present, a chairman or a secretary of the meeting, as the
case may be, shall be
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chosen by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of shares
of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled to vote
at the meeting.
          (b) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following
procedures shall be eligible for election as Directors.  Nominations of persons
for election to the Board may be made at an annual meeting or special meeting of
Stockholders (i) by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) by any nominating
committee or person appointed by the Board or (iii) by any Stockholder of the
Corporation entitled to vote for the election of Directors at the meeting who
complies with the provisions of the following paragraph (persons nominated in
accordance with (iii) above are referred to herein as "Stockholder nominees").

       In addition to any other applicable requirements, all nominations of
Stockholder nominees must be made by written notice given by or on behalf of a
Stockholder of record of the Corporation (the "Notice of Nomination").  The
Notice of Nomination must be delivered personally to, or mailed to, and received
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, addressed to the
attention of the Secretary, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to
the annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders, or in the event that less
than 40 days' notice of the date of the annual meeting is given to stockholders,
no later than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which
such notice of the date of the annual meeting or
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special meeting was mailed.  Such Notice of Nomination shall set forth (i) the
name and record address of the Stockholder proposing to make nominations, (ii)
the class and number of shares of capital stock held of record, held
beneficially and represented by proxy held by such person as of the date of such
Notice of Nomination, (iii) all information regarding each Stockholder nominee
that would be required to be set forth in a definitive proxy statement filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 14 of the
Exchange Act, or any successor statute thereto, and the written consent of each
such Stockholder nominee to serve if elected, and (iv) all other information
that would be required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
if the person proposing such nominations were a participant in a solicitation
subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act or any successor statute thereto.  The
chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to
the meeting, that any proposed nomination of a Stockholder nominee was not made
in accordance with the foregoing procedures and, if he should so determine, he
shall declare to the meeting and the defective nomination shall be discarded.
          (c) At any annual meeting of Stockholders, only such business shall be
conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting.  To be
properly brought before an annual meeting of Stockholders, (i) business must be
specified in the notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at
the direction of the Board,
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(ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the
Board or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a Stockholder in
accordance with the terms of the following paragraph (business brought before
the meeting in accordance with (iii) above is referred to as "Stockholder
business").

       In addition to any other applicable requirements, all proposals of
Stockholder business must be made by written notice given by or on behalf of a
Stockholder of record of the Corporation (the "Notice of Business").  The Notice
of Business must be delivered personally to, or mailed to, and received at the
principal executive offices of the Corporation, addressed to the attention of
the Secretary, not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days prior to the
anniversary of the previous year's annual meeting of Stockholders.  Such Notice
of Business shall set forth (i) the name and record address of the Stockholder
proposing such Stockholder business, (ii) the class and number of shares of
capital stock held of record, held beneficially and represented by proxy held by
such person as of the date of such Notice of Business, (iii) a brief description
of the Stockholder business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and
the reasons for conducting such Stockholder business at the annual meeting, (iv)
any material interest of the Stockholder in such Stockholder business and (v)
all other information that would be required to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission if the person proposing such Stockholder business were a
participant in a
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solicitation subject to Section 14 of the Exchange Act. Notwithstanding anything
in these By-laws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at the annual
meeting of Stockholders except in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 2.12(c), provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.12(c)
                      --------  -------                                      
shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any Stockholder of any business
properly brought before the annual meeting in accordance with said procedure.
The chairman of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare
to the meeting, that business was not properly brought before the meeting in
accordance with the foregoing procedures and, if he should so deter mine, he
shall declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before
the meeting shall not be transacted.

       2.13 Order of Business.  The order of business at all meetings of
            -----------------                                           
Stockholders shall be as determined by the chairman of the meeting, but the
order of business to be followed at any meeting at which a quorum is present may
be changed by a majority of the votes cast at such meeting by the holders of
shares of capital stock present in person or represented by proxy and entitled
to vote at the meeting.

       2.14 Action by Shareholders.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section
            ----------------------                                            
228 of the General Corporation Law (or any successor statute), any action
required or permitted by the General Corporation Law to be taken at any annual
or special meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation may be taken only at such
an annual or special meeting of
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Stockholders and cannot be taken by written consent without a meeting.

                                   ARTICLE 3
                                   Directors
                                   ---------

       3.1  General Powers.  Except as otherwise provided in the Certificate of
            --------------                                                     
Incorporation, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by
or under the direction of the Board.  The Board may adopt such rules and
regulations, not inconsistent with the Certificate of Incorporation or these
By-laws or applicable laws, as it may deem proper for the conduct of its
meetings and the management of the Corporation.  In addition to the powers
expressly con ferred by these By-laws, the Board may exercise all powers and
perform all acts that are not required, by these By-laws or the Certificate of
Incorporation or by statute, to be exercised and performed by the Stockholders.

       3.2  Number; Qualification; Term of Office.  The Board shall consist of
            -------------------------------------                             
not less than 3 or more than 15 members.  The exact number of Directors within
the minimum and maximum limitations specified in the preceding sentence shall be
fixed from time to time by resolution adopted by a majority of the entire Board
then in office, whether or not present at a meeting.  Directors need not be
stockholders. The Directors shall be divided into three classes, each such class
to consist as nearly as practicable of one-third of the members of the Board,
with the term of office of the first class to expire at the first annual meeting
of
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Stockholders of the Corporation next following the end of the Corporation's
fiscal year ending December 31, 1996, the term of office of the second class to
expire at the first annual meeting of Stockholders of the Corporation next
following the end of the Corporation's fiscal year ending December 31, 1997 and
the term of office of the third class to expire at the annual meeting of
Stockholders of the Corporation next following the end of the Corporation's
fiscal year ending December 31, 1998.  At each annual meeting of Stockholders
following such initial election as specified above, Directors elected to succeed
those Directors whose terms expire shall be elected for a term of office to
expire at the third succeeding annual meeting of Stockholders after their
election.  Each director shall hold office until a successor is elected and
qualified or until the Director's death, resignation or removal.

       3.3  Election.  Directors shall, except as otherwise required by statute
            --------                                                           
or by the Certificate of Incorporation, be elected by a plurality of the votes
cast at a meeting of stockholders by the holders of shares present in person or
represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote in the election.

       3.4  Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Unless otherwise provided
            -----------------------------------------                           
in the Certificate of Incorporation, newly created Directorships resulting from
any increase in the authorized number of Directors and vacancies occurring in
the Board for any other reason, may be filled by the affirmative votes of a
majority of the entire Board,
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although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining Director, and Directors so
chosen shall hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of
Stockholders at which the term of the class to which they have been elected
expires, or, in each case until their respective successors are duly elected and
qualified, or until the respective Directors' earlier death, resignation or
removal.

       3.5  Resignation.  Any Director may resign at any time by written notice
            -----------                                                        
to the Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect at the time therein
specified, and, unless otherwise specified in such resignation, the acceptance
of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

       3.6  Removal.  Any one or more or all of the Directors may be removed, at
            -------                                                             
any time, but only for cause by the Stockholders having at least a majority in
voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of the
Corporation.

       3.7  Compensation.  Each Director, in consideration of his or her service
            ------------                                                        
as such, shall be entitled to receive from the Corporation such amount per annum
or such fees for attendance at Directors' meetings, or both, as the Board may
from time to time determine, together with reimbursement for the reasonable out-
of-pocket expenses, if any, incurred by such Director in connection with the
performance of his or her duties.  Each Director who shall serve as a member of
any committee of Directors in consideration of serving as such shall be entitled
to such
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additional amount per annum or such fees for attendance at committee meetings,
or both, as the Board may from time to time determine, together with
reimbursement for the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, if any, incurred by
such Director in the performance of his or her duties.  Nothing contained in
this Section 3.7 shall preclude any Director from serving the Corporation or its
subsidiaries in any other capacity and receiving proper compensation therefor.

       3.8  Times and Places of Meetings.  The Board may hold meetings, both
            ----------------------------                                    
regular and special, either within or without the State of Delaware.  The times
and places for holding meetings of the Board may be fixed from time to time by
resolution of the Board or (unless contrary to a resolution of the Board) in the
notice of the meeting.

       3.9  Annual Meetings.  On the day when and at the place where the annual
            ---------------                                                    
meeting of stockholders for the election of Directors is held, and as soon as
practicable thereafter, the Board may hold its annual meeting, without notice
of such meeting, for the purposes of organization, the election of officers and
the transaction of other business.  The annual meeting of the Board may be held
at any other time and place specified in a notice given as provided in Section
3.11 hereof for special meetings of the Board or in a waiver of notice thereof.
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       3.10  Regular Meetings.  Regular meetings of the Board may be held
             ----------------                                            
without notice at such times and at such places as shall from time to time be
determined by the Board.

       3.11 Special Meetings.  Special meetings of the Board may be called by
            ----------------                                                 
the Chairman, the President or the Secretary or by any two or more Directors
then serving on at least one day's notice to each Director given by one of the
means specified in Section 3.14 hereof other than by mail, or on at least three
days' notice if given by mail.  Special meetings shall be called by the
Chairman, President or Secretary in like manner and on like notice on the
written request of any two or more of the Directors then serving.

       3.12 Telephone Meetings.  Directors or members of any committee
            ------------------                                        
designated by the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board or of such
committee by means of conference telephone or similar communications equipment
by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other,
and participation in a meeting pursuant to this Section 3.12 shall constitute
presence in person at such meeting.

       3.13 Adjourned Meetings.  A majority of the Directors present at any
            ------------------                                             
meeting of the Board, including an adjourned meeting, whether or not a quorum is
present, may adjourn such meeting to another time and place.  At least one day's
notice of any adjourned meeting of the Board shall be given to each Director
whether or not present at the time of the adjournment, if such notice shall be
given by one of
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the means specified in Section 3.14 hereof other than by mail, or at least three
days' notice if by mail.  Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting
that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally called.

       3.14 Notice Procedure.  Subject to Sections 3.11 and 3.15 hereof,
            ----------------                                            
whenever, under the provisions of any statute, the Certificate of Incorporation
or these By-laws, notice is required to be given to any Director, such notice
shall be deemed given effectively if given in person or by telephone, by mail
addressed to such Director at such Director's address as it appears on the
records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, or by telegram, telex,
telecopy or similar means addressed as aforesaid.

       3.15 Waiver of Notice.  Whenever the giving of any notice is required by
            ----------------                                                   
statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, a waiver thereof, in
writing, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, whether before
or after the event as to which such notice is required, shall be deemed
equivalent to notice. Attendance by a person at a meeting shall constitute a
waiver of notice of such meeting except when the person attends a meeting for
the express purpose of objecting, at the beginning of the meeting, to the
transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully
called or convened.  Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose
of, any regular or special meeting of the Directors or a committee of Directors
need be
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specified in any written waiver of notice unless so required by statute, the
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws.

       3.16 Organization.  At each meeting of the Board, the Chairman, or in the
            ------------                                                        
absence of the Chairman the President, or in the absence of the President a
chairman chosen by a majority of the Directors present, shall preside.  The
Secretary shall act as secretary at each meeting of the Board.  In case the
Secretary shall be absent from any meeting of the Board, an Assistant Secretary
shall perform the duties of secretary at such meeting; and in the absence from
any such meeting of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the person
presiding at the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the
meeting.

       3.17 Quorum of Directors.  The presence in person of a majority of the
            -------------------                                              
entire Board shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, but a majority of a smaller
number may adjourn any such meeting to a later date.     

       3.18 Action by Majority Vote. Except as otherwise expressly required by
            -----------------------
statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, the act of a
majority of the Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present
shall be the act of the Board.

       3.19 Action Without Meeting.  Unless otherwise restricted by the
            ----------------------                                     
Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws, any action required or permitted
to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be
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taken without a meeting if all Directors or members of such committee, as the
case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed
with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee.

                                   ARTICLE 4
                            COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD
                            -----------------------

       4.1  Executive Committee.  The Board may, by resolution passed by a
            -------------------                                           
majority of the Entire Board, designate two or more of their number to
constitute an Executive Committee to hold office at the pleasure of the Board.
The Executive Committee shall have reasonable access during normal working hours
to all significant information (including all books and records) respecting the
Corporation and its assets.  Subject to the provisions of the General
Corporation Law, the Executive Committee shall meet with members of the
Corporation's senior management from time to time between meetings of the Board
for the purpose of advice and consultation only and shall have no power or
authority to exercise any powers of the Board.

       The membership of the Executive Committee may be changed at any time by a
resolution of a majority of the Entire Board.

       Any person ceasing to be a Director shall ipso facto cease to be a member
                                                 ---- -----                     
of the Executive Committee.

       Any vacancy in the Executive Committee occurring from any cause
whatsoever may be filled from among the Directors by a resolution of a majority
of the Entire Board.
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       4.2  Audit Committee.  The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority
            ---------------                                                    
of the Entire Board, designate two or more of their number to constitute an
Audit Committee to hold office at the pleasure of the Board.  The function of
the Audit Committee shall be (a) to review the professional services and
independence of the Corporation's independent auditors and the scope of the
annual external audit as recommended by the independent auditors, (b) to ensure
that the scope of the annual external audit is sufficiently comprehensive, (c)
to review, in consultation with the independent auditors and the internal
auditors, the plan and results of the annual external audit, the adequacy of the
Corporation's internal control systems and the results of the Corporation's
internal audits, (d) to review, with management and the independent auditors,
the Corporation's annual financial statements, financial reporting practices and
the results of each external audit and (e) to undertake reasonably related
activities to those set forth in clauses (a) through (d) of this Section 4.2.
The Audit Committee shall also have the authority to consider the qualification
of the Corporation's independent auditors, to make recommendations to the Board
as to their selection and retention and to review and resolve disputes between
such independent auditors and management relating to the preparation of the
annual financial statements.

       4.3  Other Committees.  In addition to the Executive Committee and the
            ----------------                                                 
Audit Committee, the Board may, by resolution passed by a vote of the Entire
Board,
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designate one or more other committees of the Board, each committee to consist
of one or more of the Directors of the Corporation.  The Board may designate one
or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any
absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee.  If a member of
a committee shall be absent from any meeting, or disqualified from voting
thereat, the remaining member or members present and not disqualified from
voting (other than the Audit Committee and the Executive Committee), whether or
not such member or members constitute a quorum, may, by a unanimous vote,
appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any
such absent or disqualified member.  Any such committee, to the extent provided
in the resolution of the Board passed as aforesaid, shall have and may exercise
all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and
affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be
impressed on all papers that may require it, but no such committee (except the
Executive Committee) shall have the power or authority of the Board in reference
to amending the Certificate of Incorporation, adopting an agreement of merger or
consolidation under section 251 or section 252 of the General Corporation Law,
recommending to the stockholders (a) the sale, lease or exchange of all or
substantially all of the Corporation's property and assets, or (b) a dissolution
of the Corporation or a revocation of a dissolution, or amending the By-laws of
the Corporation; and, unless the resolution designating it
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                                                                              26

expressly so provides, no such committee shall have the power and authority to
declare a dividend, to authorize the issuance of stock or to adopt a certificate
of ownership and merger pursuant to Section 253 of the General Corporation Law.
Unless otherwise specified in the resolution of the Board designating a
committee, at all meetings of such committee a majority of the total number of
members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business, and the vote of a majority of the members of the committee present at
any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the committee.  Each
committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings.  Unless the Board
otherwise provides, each committee designated by the Board may make, alter and
repeal rules for the conduct of its business.  In the absence of such rules each
committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board conducts
its business pursuant to Article 3 of these By-laws.

       4.4  Committee Minutes.  The committees shall keep regular minutes of
            -----------------                                               
their proceedings and report the same to the Board.

                                   ARTICLE 5
                                    OFFICERS
                                    --------

       5.1  Positions.  The officers of the Corporation shall be a President, a
            ---------                                                          
Secretary, a Treasurer or a Chief Financial Officer and such other officers as
the Board may appoint, including a Chairman, one or more Vice Presidents
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and one or more Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers, who shall
exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to
time by the Board.  The Board may designate one or more Vice Presidents as
Executive Vice Presidents and may use descriptive words or phrases to designate
the standing, seniority or areas of special competence of the Vice Presidents
elected or appointed by it.  Any number of offices may be held by the same
person unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these By-laws otherwise
provide.

       5.2  Appointment.  The officers of the Corporation shall be chosen by the
            -----------                                                         
Board at its annual meeting or at such other time or times as the Board shall
determine.

       5.3  Compensation.  The compensation of all officers of the Corporation
            ------------                                                      
shall be fixed by the Board.  No officer shall be prevented from receiving a
salary or other compensation by reason of the fact that the officer is also a
Director.

       5.4  Term of Office.  Each officer of the Corporation shall hold office
            --------------                                                    
for the term for which he or she is elected and until such officer's successor
is chosen and qualifies or until such officer's earlier death, resignation or
removal.  Any officer may resign at any time upon written notice to the
Corporation.  Such resignation shall take effect at the date of receipt of such
notice or at such later time as is therein specified, and, unless otherwise
specified, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it
effective.  The resignation of an
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officer shall be without prejudice to the contract rights of the Corporation, if
any.  Any officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time,
with or without cause, by vote of a majority of the entire Board.  Any vacancy
occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board.  The
removal of an officer without cause shall be without prejudice to the officer's
contract rights, if any.  The election or appointment of an officer shall not of
itself create contract rights.

       5.5  Fidelity Bonds.  The Corporation may secure the fidelity of any or
            --------------                                                    
all of its officers or agents by bond or otherwise.

       5.6  Chairman.  The Chairman, if one shall have been appointed, shall
            --------                                                        
preside at all meetings of the Board and shall exercise such powers and perform
such other duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.

       5.7  President.  The President shall be the Chief Executive Officer of
            ---------                                                        
the Corporation and shall have general supervision over the business of the
Corporation, subject, however, to the control of the Board and of any duly
authorized committee of Directors.  The President shall preside at all meetings
of the Stockholders and at all meetings of the Board at which the Chairman (if
there be one) is not present.  The President may sign and execute in the name of
the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts and other instruments except
in cases in which the signing and execution thereof shall be expressly
delegated by the Board or by these By-laws to some other officer or agent of the
Corpora-
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tion or shall be required by statute otherwise to be signed or executed
and, in general, the President shall perform all duties incident to the office
of President of a corporation and such other duties as may from time to time be
assigned to the President by the Board.

       5.8  Vice Presidents.  At the request of the President, or, in the
            ---------------                                              
President's absence, at the request of the Board, the Vice Presidents shall (in
such order as may be designated by the Board or, in the absence of any such
designation, in order of seniority based on age) perform all of the duties of
the President and, in so performing, shall have all the powers of, and be
subject to all restrictions upon, the President.  Any Vice President may sign
and execute in the name of the Corporation deeds, mortgages, bonds, contracts or
other instruments, except in cases in which the signing and execution thereof
shall be expressly delegated by the Board or by these By-laws to some other
officer or agent of the Corporation, or shall be required by statute otherwise
to be signed or executed, and each Vice President shall perform such other
duties as from time to time may be assigned to such Vice President by the Board
or by the President.

       5.9  Secretary.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and
            ---------                                                           
of the Stockholders and shall record all the proceedings of the meetings of the
Board and of the stockholders in a book to be kept for that purpose, and shall
perform like duties for committees of the Board, when required.  The Secretary
shall give, or cause to be
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given, notice of all special meetings of the Board and of the stockholders and
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or by the
President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall be.  The Secretary shall
have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation, and the Secretary, or an
Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to impress the same on any instrument
requiring it, and when so impressed the seal may be attested by the signature of
the Secretary or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary.  The Board may
give general authority to any other officer to impress the seal of the
Corporation and to attest the same by such officer's signature.  The Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary may also attest all instruments signed by the
President or any Vice President. The Secretary shall have charge of all the
books, records and papers of the Corporation relating to its organization and
management, shall see that the reports, statements and other documents required
by statute are properly kept and filed and, in general, shall perform all duties
incident to the office of Secretary of a corporation and such other duties as
may from time to time be assigned to the Secretary by the Board or by the
President.

       5.10 Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer.  The Treasurer or Chief
            ------------------------------------                         
Financial Officer shall have charge and custody of, and be responsible for, all
funds, securities and notes of the Corporation; receive and give receipts for
moneys due and payable to the Corporation from any sources whatsoever; deposit
all such moneys and valuable effects in
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the name and to the credit of the Corporation in such depositaries as may be
designated by the Board; against proper vouchers, cause such funds to be
disbursed by checks or drafts on the authorized depositaries of the Corporation
signed in such manner as shall be determined by the Board and be responsible for
the accuracy of the amounts of all moneys so disbursed; regularly enter or cause
to be entered in books or other records maintained for the purpose full and
adequate account of all moneys received or paid for the account of the
Corporation; have the right to require from time to time reports or statements
giving such information as the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer may desire
with respect to any and all financial transactions of the Corporation from the
officers or agents transacting the same; render to the President or the Board,
whenever the President or the Board shall require the Treasurer or Chief
Financial Officer so to do, an account of the financial condition of the
Corporation and of all financial transactions of the Corporation; exhibit at
all reasonable times the records and books of account to any of the Directors
upon application at the office of the Corporation where such records and books
are kept; disburse the funds of the Corporation as ordered by the Board; and, in
general, perform all duties incident to the office of Treasurer or Chief
Financial Officer of a corporation and such other duties as may from time to
time be assigned to the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer by the Board or the
President.
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       5.11  Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.  Assistant
             ----------------------------------------------            
Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers shall perform such duties as shall be
assigned to them by the Secretary or by the Treasurer or Chief Financial
Officer, respectively, or by the Board or by the President.

                                   ARTICLE 6
                 CONTRACTS, CHECKS, DRAFTS, BANK ACCOUNTS, ETC.
                 ----------------------------------------------

       6.1  Execution of Contracts.  The Board, except as otherwise provided in
            ----------------------                                             
these By-laws, may prospectively or retroactively authorize any officer or
officers, employee or employees or agent or agents, in the name and on behalf of
the Corporation, to enter into any contract or execute and deliver any
instrument, and any such authority may be general or confined to specific
instances, or otherwise limited.

       6.2  Loans.  The Board may prospectively or retroactively authorize the
            -----                                                             
President or any other officer, employee or agent of the Corporation to effect
loans and advances at any time for the Corporation from any bank, trust company
or other institution, or from any firm, corporation or individual, and for such
loans and advances the person so authorized may make, execute and deliver
promissory notes, bonds or other certificates or evidences of indebtedness of
the Corporation, and, when authorized by the Board so to do, may pledge and
hypothecate or transfer any securities or other property of the Corporation as
security for any such loans or advances.  Such authority
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conferred by the Board may be general or confined to specific instances, or
otherwise limited.

       6.3  Checks, Drafts, Etc.  All checks, drafts and other orders for the
            --------------------                                             
payment of money out of the funds of the Corporation and all evidences of
indebtedness of the Corporation shall be signed on behalf of the Corporation in
such manner as shall from time to time be determined by resolution of the
Board.

       6.4  Deposits.  The funds of the Corporation not otherwise employed shall
            --------                                                            
be deposited from time to time to the order of the Corporation with such banks,
trust companies, investment banking firms, financial institutions or other
depositaries as the Board may select or as may be selected by an officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation to whom such power to select may from time
to time be delegated by the Board.

                                   ARTICLE 7
                              STOCK AND DIVIDENDS
                              -------------------

       7.1  Certificates Representing Shares.  The shares of capital stock of
            --------------------------------                                 
the Corporation shall be represented by certificates in such form (consistent
with the provisions of Section 158 of the General Corporation Law) as shall be
approved by the Board.  Such certificates shall be signed by the Chairman, the
President or a Vice President and by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or
the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer or an Assistant Treasurer, and may be
impressed with the seal of the Corporation or a facsimile
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thereof.  The signatures of the officers upon a certificate may be facsimiles,
if the certificate is countersigned by a transfer agent or registrar other than
the Corporation itself or its employee.  In case any officer, transfer agent or
registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any
certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar
before such certificate is issued, such certificate may, unless otherwise
ordered by the Board, be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if
such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

       7.2  Transfer of Shares.  Transfers of shares of capital stock of the
            ------------------                                              
Corporation shall be made only on the books of the Corporation by the holder
thereof or by the holder's duly authorized attorney appointed by a power of
attorney duly executed and filed with the Secretary or a transfer agent of the
Corporation, and on surrender of the certificate or certificates representing
such shares of capital stock properly endorsed for transfer and upon payment of
all necessary transfer taxes.  Every certificate exchanged, returned or
surrendered to the Corporation shall be marked "Cancelled," with the date of
cancellation, by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or the transfer agent
of the Corporation.  A person in whose name shares of capital stock shall stand
on the books of the Corporation shall be deemed the owner thereof to receive
dividends, to vote as such owner and for all other purposes as respects the
Corporation.  No transfer of shares of capital stock shall
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be valid as against the Corporation, its stockholders and creditors for any
purpose, except to render the transferee liable for the debts of the Corporation
to the extent provided by law, until such transfer shall have been entered on
the books of the Corporation by an entry showing from and to whom transferred.

       7.3  Transfer and Registry Agents.  The Corporation may from time to time
            ----------------------------                                        
maintain one or more transfer offices or agents and registry offices or agents
at such place or places as may be determined from time to time by the Board.

       7.4  Lost, Destroyed, Stolen and Mutilated Certificates.  The holder of
            --------------------------------------------------                
any shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall immediately notify the
Corporation of any loss, destruction, theft or mutilation of the certificate
representing such shares, and the Corporation may issue a new certificate to
replace the certificate alleged to have been lost, destroyed, stolen or
mutilated.  The Board may, in its discretion, as a condition to the issue of any
such new certificate, require the owner of the lost, destroyed, stolen or
mutilated certificate, or his or her legal representatives, to make proof
satisfactory to the Board of such loss, destruction, theft or mutilation and to
advertise such fact in such manner as the Board may require, and to give the
Corporation and its transfer agents and registrars, or such of them as the Board
may require, a bond in such form, in such sums and with such surety or sureties
as the Board may direct, to indemnify the Corporation and its
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                                                                              36

transfer agents and registrars against any claim that may be made against any of
them on account of the continued existence of any such certificate so alleged to
have been lost, destroyed, stolen or mutilated and against any expense in
connection with such claim.

       7.5  Rules and Regulations.  The Board may make such rules and
            ---------------------                                    
regulations as it may deem expedient, not inconsistent with these By-laws or
with the Certificate of Incorporation, concerning the issue, transfer and
registration of certificates representing shares of its capital stock.

       7.6  Restriction on Transfer of Stock.  A written restriction on the
            --------------------------------                               
transfer or registration of transfer of capital stock of the Corporation, if
permitted by Section 202 of the General Corporation Law and noted conspicuously
on the certificate representing such capital stock, may be enforced against the
holder of the restricted capital stock or any successor or transferee of the
holder, including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other
fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of the
holder.  Unless noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such capital
stock, a restriction, even though permitted by Section 202 of the General
Corporation Law, shall be ineffective except against a person with actual
knowledge of the restriction.  A restriction on the transfer or registration of
transfer of capital stock of the Corporation may be imposed either by the
Certificate of Incorporation or by an agreement among
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any number of stockholders or among such stockholders and the Corporation.  No
restriction so imposed shall be binding with respect to capital stock issued
prior to the adoption of the restriction unless the holders of such capital
stock are parties to an agreement or voted in favor of the restriction.

       7.7  Dividends, Surplus, Etc.  Subject to the provisions of the
            ------------------------                                  
Certificate of Incorporation and of law, the Board:

          7.7.1  may declare and pay dividends or make other distributions on
  the outstanding shares of capital stock in such amounts and at such time or
  times as it, in its discretion, shall deem advisable giving due consideration
  to the condition of the affairs of the Corporation; 

          7.7.2  may use and apply, in its discretion, any of the surplus of the
  Corporation in purchasing or acquiring any shares of capital stock of the
  Corporation, or purchase warrants therefor, in accordance with law, or any of
  its bonds, debentures, notes, scrip or other securities or evidences of
  indebtedness; and

          7.7.3  may set aside from time to time out of such surplus or net
  profits such sum or sums as, in its discretion, it may think proper, as a
  reserve fund to meet contingencies, or for equalizing dividends or for the
  purpose of maintaining or increasing the property or business of the
  Corporation, or for any
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  purpose it may think conducive to the best interests of the Corporation.
 
                                   ARTICLE 8
                                INDEMNIFICATION
                                ---------------

       8.1  Indemnity Undertaking.  To the extent not prohibited by law, the
            ---------------------                                           
Corporation shall indemnify any person who is or was made, or threatened to be
made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding
(a "Proceeding"), whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative,
including, without limitation, an action by or in the right of the Corporation
to procure a judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person, or a
person of whom such person is the legal representative, is or was a Director or
officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving as a director, officer,
employee or agent or in any other capacity at the request of the Corporation for
any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or other enterprise (an "Other Entity") while serving as a Director or officer
of the Corporation, against judgments, fines, penalties, excise taxes, amounts
paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including attorneys' fees
and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection
with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such
person believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation
and, with respect to any criminal action or
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proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
To the extent specified by the Board at any time and to the extent not
prohibited by law, the Corporation may indemnify any person who is or was made,
or threatened to be made, a party to any threatened, pending or completed
Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, including,
without limitation, an action by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a
judgment in its favor, by reason of the fact that such person is or was an
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving as a director,
officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity at the request of the
Corporation for any Other Entity, against judgments, fines, penalties, excise
taxes, amounts paid in settlement and costs, charges and expenses (including
attorneys' fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by such
person in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and
in a manner such person believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests
of the Corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had
no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.

       8.2  Advancement of Expenses.  The Corporation shall, from time to time,
            -----------------------                                            
reimburse or advance to any Director or officer or other person entitled to
indemnification hereunder the funds necessary for payment of expenses,
including attorneys' fees and disbursements, incurred in connection with any
Proceeding, in advance of
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the final disposition of such Proceeding; provided, however, that, if required
                                          --------  -------                   
by the General Corporation Law, such expenses incurred by or on behalf of any
Director or officer or other person may be paid in advance of the final
disposition of a Proceeding only upon receipt by the Corporation of an
undertaking, by or on behalf of such Director or officer (or other person
indemnified hereunder), to repay any such amount so advanced if it shall
ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no
further right of appeal that such Director, officer or other person is not
entitled to be indemnified for such expenses.

       8.3  Rights Not Exclusive.  The rights to indemnification and
            --------------------                                    
reimbursement or advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to,
this Article 8 shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which a
person seeking indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses may
have or hereafter be entitled under any statute, the Certificate of
Incorporation, these By-laws, any agreement (including any policy of insurance
purchased or provided by the Corporation under which directors, officers,
employees and other agents of the Corporation are covered), any vote of
stockholders or disinterested Directors or otherwise, both as to action in his
or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such
office.

       8.4  Continuation of Benefits.  The rights to indemnification and
            ------------------------                                    
reimbursement or advancement of expenses
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provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article 8 shall continue as to a
person who has ceased to be a Director or officer (or other person indemnified
hereunder) and shall inure to the benefit of the executors, administrators,
legatees and distributees of such person.

       8.5  Insurance.  The Corporation shall have power to purchase and
            ---------                                                   
maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of an Other Entity,
against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person
in any such capacity, or arising out of such person's status as such, whether or
not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such
liability under the provisions of this Article 8, the Certificate of
Incorporation or under section 145 of the General Corporation Law or any other
provision of law.

       8.6  Binding Effect.  The provisions of this Article 8 shall be a
            --------------                                              
contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and each Director and officer
who serves in such capacity at any time while this Article 8 is in effect and
any other person entitled to indemnification hereunder, on the other hand,
pursuant to which the Corporation and each such Director, officer or other
person intend to be, and shall be legally bound.  No repeal or modification of
this Article 8 shall affect any rights or obligations with respect to any state
of facts then or theretofore existing
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or thereafter arising or any proceeding theretofore or thereafter brought or
threatened based in whole or in part upon any such state of facts.

       8.7  Procedural Rights.  The rights to indemnification and reimbursement
            -----------------                                                  
or advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article 8
shall be enforceable by any person entitled to such indemnification or
reimbursement or advancement of expenses in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board, its independent
legal counsel and its Stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the
commencement of such action that such indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses is proper in the circumstances nor an actual
determination by the Corporation (including its Board, its independent legal
counsel and its Stockholders) that such person is not entitled to such
indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses shall constitute a
defense to the action or create a presumption that such person is not so
entitled.  Such a person shall also be indemnified for any expenses incurred in
connection with successfully establishing his or her right to such
indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses, in whole or in
part, in any such proceeding.

       8.8  Service Deemed at Corporation's Request.  Any Director or officer of
            ---------------------------------------                             
the Corporation serving in any capacity in (a) another corporation of which a
majority of the shares entitled to vote in the election of its directors
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is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation or (b) any employee benefit
plan of the Corporation or any corporation referred to in clause (a) shall be
deemed to be doing so at the request of the Corporation.

       8.9  Election of Applicable Law.  Any person entitled to be indemnified
            --------------------------                                        
or to reimbursement or advancement of expenses as a matter of right pursuant to
this Article 8 may elect to have the right to indemnification or reimbursement
or advancement of expenses interpreted on the basis of the applicable law in
effect at the time of the occurrence of the event or events giving rise to the
applicable Proceeding, to the extent permitted by law, or on the basis of the
applicable law in effect at the time such indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses is sought.  Such election shall be made, by a notice in
writing to the Corporation, at the time indemnification or reimbursement or
advancement of expenses is sought; provided, however, that if no such notice is
                                   --------  -------                           
given, the right to indemnification or reimbursement or advancement of expenses
shall be determined by the law in effect at the time indemnification or
reimbursement or advancement of expenses is sought.

                                   ARTICLE 9
                               BOOKS AND RECORDS
                               -----------------

       9.1  Books and Records.  There shall be kept at the principal office of
            -----------------                                                 
the Corporation correct and complete records and books of account recording the
financial
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transactions of the Corporation and minutes of the proceedings of the
stockholders, the Board and any committee of the Board.  The Corporation shall
keep at its principal office, or at the office of the transfer agent or
registrar of the Corporation, a record containing the names and addresses of all
stockholders, the number and class of shares held by each and the dates when
they respectively became the owners of record thereof.

       9.2  Form of Records.  Any records maintained by the Corporation in the
            ---------------                                                   
regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account,
and minute books, may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic
tape, photographs, microphotographs, or any other information storage device,
provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible written
form within a reasonable time.  The Corporation shall so convert any records so
kept upon the request of any person entitled to inspect the same.

       9.3  Inspection of Books and Records.  Except as otherwise provided by
            -------------------------------                                  
law, the Board shall determine from time to time whether, and, if allowed, when
and under what conditions and regulations, the accounts, books, minutes and
other records of the Corporation, or any of them, shall be open to the
stockholders for inspection.
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                                   ARTICLE 10
                                      SEAL
                                      ----
       The corporate seal shall have inscribed thereon the name of the
Corporation, the year of its organization and the words "Corporate Seal,
Delaware."  The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be
impressed or affixed or otherwise reproduced.

                                   ARTICLE 11
                                  FISCAL YEAR
                                  -----------
       The fiscal year of the Corporation shall end on December 31 in each year,
and may be changed by resolution of the Board.

                                   ARTICLE 12
                              PROXIES AND CONSENTS
                              --------------------

       Unless otherwise directed by the Board, the Chairman, the President, any
Vice President, the Secretary or the Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer, or
any one of them, may execute and deliver on behalf of the Corporation proxies
respecting any and all shares or other ownership interests of any Other Entity
owned by the Corporation.  Any such officer may appoint such person or persons
as the officer shall deem proper to (a) represent and vote the shares or other
ownership interests so owned by the Corporation at any and all meetings of
holders of shares or other ownership interests of such Other Entity, whether
general or special, and (b) execute and deliver consents
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respecting such shares or other ownership interests.  Any such officer may also
attend any meeting of the holders of shares or other ownership interests of such
Other Entity and thereat vote or exercise any or all other powers of the
Corporation as the holder of such shares or other ownership interests.

                                   ARTICLE 13
                               EMERGENCY BY-LAWS
                               -----------------

       Unless the Certificate of Incorporation provides otherwise, the following
provisions of this Article 13 shall be effective during an emergency, which is
defined as when a quorum of the Corporation's Directors cannot be readily
assembled because of some catastrophic event.  During such emergency:

       13.1 Notice to Board Members.  Any one member of the Board or any one of
            -----------------------                                            
the following officers:  Chairman, President, any Vice President, Secretary, or
Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer, may call a meeting of the Board. Notice of
such meeting need be given only to those Directors whom it is practicable to
reach, and may be given in any practical manner, including by publication and
radio.  Such notice shall be given at least six hours prior to commencement of
the meeting.

       13.2 Temporary Directors and Quorum.  One or more officers of the
            ------------------------------                              
Corporation present at the emergency Board meeting, as is necessary to achieve a
quorum, shall be considered to be Directors for the meeting, and shall so
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serve in order of rank, and within the same rank, in order of seniority.  In the
event that less than a quorum of the Directors are present (including any
officers who are to serve as Directors for the meeting), those Directors present
(including the officers serving as Directors) shall constitute a quorum.

       13.3 Actions Permitted To Be Taken.  The Board as constituted in Section
            -----------------------------                                      
13.2, and after notice as set forth in Section 13.1 may:
       13.3.1  prescribe emergency powers to any officer of the Corporation;

       13.3.2  delegate to any officer or Director, any of the powers of the
    Board;

       13.3.3  designate lines of succession of officers and agents, in the
    event that any of them are unable to discharge their duties;

       13.3.4  relocate the principal place of business, or designate successive
    or simultaneous principal places of business; and

       13.3.5  take any other convenient, helpful or necessary action to carry
    on the business of the Corporation.

                                   ARTICLE 14
                                   AMENDMENTS
                                   ----------

       The Board may from time to time adopt, amend or repeal the By-laws;
                                                                          
provided, however, that any By-laws adopted or amended by the Board may be
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amended or repealed,
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and any By-laws may be adopted, by a vote of the Stockholders having at least a
majority in voting power of the then issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of the Corporation.

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                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

      COMMON STOCK                                          COMMON STOCK

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS                                SEE REVERSE FOR  
         OF THE                     [LOGO]               CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
   STATE OF DELAWARE                                   AND CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS
                                                           ON OWNERSHIP AND 
                                                       TRANSFERABILITY OF SHARES

                                                                SHARES

                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

THIS CERTIFIES THAT                                        CUSIP 411614 10 0





is the owner of

FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.01 EACH,
OF


Harborside Healthcare Corporation transferable on the books of the Corporation
by the holder hereof in person or by duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of
this certificate properly endorsed or assigned.

    This certificate and the shares represented hereby are subject to the laws 
of the State of Delaware and the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of the
Corporation as now or hereafter amended.

    This certificate is not valid until countersigned by the Transfer Agent and 
registered by the Registrar.

    Witness the facsimile seal of the Corporation and the facsimile signatures 
of its duly authorized Officers.

Dated

Countersigned and Registered:
   AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
                  (New York)          Transfer Agent
By                                     and Registrar

                                                              

                              /s/ William H. Stephan     /s/ Stephen L. Guillard

     Authorized Signature            TREASURER                   PRESIDENT
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                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION


  THE CORPORATION WILL FURNISH WITHOUT CHARGE TO EACH STOCKHOLDER WHO SO
REQUESTS A STATEMENT OF THE POWERS, DESIGNATIONS, PREFERENCES AND RELATIVE, 
PARTICIPATING, OPTIONAL OR OTHER SPECIAL RIGHTS OF EACH CLASS OF STOCK OR SERIES
THEREOF AND THE QUALIFICATIONS, LIMITATIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF SUCH PREFERENCES 
AND/OR RIGHTS. SUCH REQUEST MAY BE MADE TO THE CORPORATION OR THE TRANSFER 
AGENT.

  KEEP THIS CERTIFICATE IN A SAFE PLACE. IF IT IS LOST, STOLEN OR DESTROYED, THE
CORPORATION MAY REQUIRE A BOND OF INDEMNITY AS A CONDITION TO THE ISSUANCE OF A 
REPLACEMENT CERTIFICATE.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of 
this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full 
according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM - as tenants in common          
TEN ENT - as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN  - as joint tenants with right
          of survivorship and not as 
          tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _______  
                    (Cust)           (Minor) 
                  under Uniform Gifts to Minors
                 
                    Act____________
                         (State)


UNIF TRAN MIN ACT - ______ Custodian _______  
                    (Cust)           (Minor) 
                under Uniform Transfers to Minors
                 
                    Act____________
                         (State)

    Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.


For value received, ______________ hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE

 [ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ][ ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 (PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- shares

of the capital stock represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby 
irrevocably constitute and appoint____________________________________________

_______________________________ Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books
of the within named Corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.


Dated:__________________________


                          ______________________________________________________
                          NOTICE:  The signature to this assignment must 
                                   correspond with the name as written upon the 
                                   face of the certificate in every particular, 
                                   without alteration or enlargement or any 
                                   change whatever.




Signature(s) Guaranteed:________________________________________________________
                        THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE 
                        GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND 
                        LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN 
                        AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM). 
                        PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15.


                           AMERICAN BANKNOTE COMPANY
                              680 BLAIR MILL ROAD
                               HORSHAM, PA 19044
                                 215-657-3480
                    SALES PERSON    DAN BURNS 617-449-3500

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                                                                     Exhibit 5.1

           [Letterhead of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison]





                                 June 3, 1996



Harborside Healthcare Corporation
470 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210

                       Harborside Healthcare Corporation
                      Registration Statement on Form S-1
                           Registration No. 333-3096
                    --------------------------------------

Ladies and Gentlemen:

       In connection with the above-captioned Registration Statement dated April
2, 1996, as amended (the "Registration Statement"), filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Act"), and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder (the "Rules"), we
have been requested by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), to furnish our opinion as to the legality of 4,140,000 shares
(the "Company Shares") offered by the Company (including up to 540,000 shares
issuable by the Company upon exercise of the Underwriters' over-allotment
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Harborside Healthcare Corporation




option) of the Company's Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), registered for sale thereunder.

       In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have reviewed the
Registration Statement (including all amendments thereto), the form of the
Underwriting Agreement included as Exhibit 1.1 to the Registration Statement
(the "Underwriting Agreement"), originals, or copies certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of the Company's Amended and Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated By-laws, each as in effect
on the date hereof, and records of certain of the Company's corporate
proceedings.  We have also examined and relied upon representations as to
factual matters contained in certificates of officers of the Company, and have
made such other investigations of fact and law and have examined and relied upon
the originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction,
of such documents, records, certificates or other instruments, and upon such
factual information otherwise supplied to us, as in our judgment are necessary
or appropriate to render the opinion expressed below.  In addition, we have
assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures,
the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the
conformity of original documents to all documents
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Harborside Healthcare Corporation


submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies, the
authenticity of all such latter documents and the legal capacity of all
individuals who have executed any of the documents.

       Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Company Shares,
when issued, delivered and paid for as contemplated in the Registration
Statement and the Underwriting Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

       Our opinion expressed above is limited to the General Corporation Law of
the State of Delaware.  Please be advised that no member of this firm is
admitted to practice in the State of Delaware.  Our opinion is rendered only
with respect to laws and the rules, regulations and orders thereunder, which are
currently in effect.

       We hereby consent to use of this opinion as an Exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading "Legal
Matters" contained in the Prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In
giving
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                                                                               4

Harborside Healthcare Corporation


this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of
persons whose consent is required by the Act or the Rules.


                                              Very truly yours,
                                     /s/ Paul, Weiss, Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
                                     PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON

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                                                                 Exhibit 10.1(h)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST TRI-STATES, INC. ("Lessor"), a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"New Haven Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in New Haven,
Indiana, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation the
120-bed comprehensive care facility known as Harborside Healthcare - New Haven,
a Memorandum of such New Haven Facility Lease is recorded with the Allen County
Recorder as Document No. 96-000130;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the New Haven Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The New Haven Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. (S)365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the New Haven Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the New Haven
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
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     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the New Haven
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the New Haven Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
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interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the New Haven
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

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<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the New Haven
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the New Haven
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to 1,
which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the New Haven
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the New Haven Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

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<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the New Haven Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the New Haven
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Indiana.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the New Haven Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

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<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
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                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

_______________________             By: Harborside Health I Corporation,
Name:                               a Delaware corporation, its sole General
                                        Partner


_______________________             By:
Name:                                  --------------------------------        
                                       Name:
                                       Title:



WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
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                                    MEDITRUST TRI-STATES, INC., a 
                                    Delaware corporation
                       
                       
                                    By:
_______________________                 ------------------------------------
Name:                                   Name:
                                        Title:
                       
_______________________
Name:                  
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the New Haven Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 Exhibit 10.1(i)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST TRI-STATES, INC. ("Lessor"), a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Indianapolis Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in
Indianapolis, Indiana, more particularly described therein, including, without
limitation the 103-bed comprehensive care facility known as Harborside
Healthcare - Indianapolis, a Memorandum of such Indianapolis Facility Lease is
recorded with the Marion County Recorder as Instrument No. 1996-0000465;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Indianapolis Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Indianapolis Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the
following definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. (S)365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Indianapolis Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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<PAGE>
 
     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Indianapolis
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:

     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Indianapolis
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Indianapolis Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2
in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
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interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date), nor
file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for
it or any of its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms,
conditions and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money
security agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of
credit or other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably
acceptable to Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall
provide true and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan
documents, purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and
equipment leases and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced
by such working capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or
equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or other
financing arrangement shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with
any other obligation, other than, with respect only to the working capital loan
documents, the Related Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as
defined under the Loan Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full
compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as
"Permitted Prior Security Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Indianapolis
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Indianapolis
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Indianapolis
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Indianapolis
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Indianapolis Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity Agreement shall be amended to add
Harborside as a party thereto.

     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Indianapolis Facility
Lease solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the
Indianapolis Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and is valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Indiana.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indianapolis Facility
Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

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<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

_______________________             By: Harborside Health I Corporation,
Name:                                   a Delaware corporation, its sole 
                                        General Partner


_______________________             By:
Name:                                   --------------------------------        
                                        Name:
                                        Title:
                                        



WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST TRI-STATES, INC., a 
                                    Delaware corporation


_______________________             By:
Name:                                   ------------------------------------
                                        Name:
                                        Title:
                                        

_______________________  
Name:                    
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Indianapolis Facility Lease and confirms that such
Guaranty remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the
foregoing First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to
be executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                       Name:
                                       Title:

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 Exhibit 10.1(j)

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF OHIO, INC. ("Lessor"), a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Troy Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Troy, Ohio, more
particularly described therein, including, without limitation the 195-bed
skilled nursing facility known as Harborside Healthcare - Troy, a Memorandum of
such Troy Facility Lease is recorded with the Miami County Recorder in Lease
Book 37, Page 695;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Troy Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public offering by
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Harborside IPO")
and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a working capital line of
credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Troy Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. (S)365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Troy Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition
to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Troy Facility
Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of Leasing Group
in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Troy Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after the term
"Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Troy Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
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interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Troy Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Troy Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Troy Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Troy Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section 11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Troy Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding
the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Troy Facility Lease solely
as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Troy Facility Lease is
hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is valid, binding
and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Ohio.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Troy Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Delaware limited partnership

____________________                By:  Harborside Health I Corporation,
Name                                     a Delaware corporation, its sole 
                                         General Partner


____________________                By:
Name                                     --------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:



WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF OHIO, INC., a Delaware
                                    corporation


____________________                By:
Name                                     --------------------------------
                                         Name:
                                         Title:


____________________ 
Name                 
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Troy Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By: ________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 Exhibit 10.1(k)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF FLORIDA, INC. ("Lessor"), a New York
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Sarasota Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Sarasota,
Florida, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation the
120-bed skilled nursing facility known as Harborside Healthcare - Sarasota, a
Notice of such Sarasota Facility Lease is recorded in Official Records Book
2808, Page 1708 of the Public Records of Sarasota County;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Sarasota Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Sarasota Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. (S)365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Sarasota Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Sarasota Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Sarasota Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Sarasota Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Sarasota
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Sarasota Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By: Harborside Health I Corporation,
                                        a Delaware corporation, its sole General
                                        Partner


                                    By:
                                        --------------------------------        
________________________                Name:
Name:                                   Title:



WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF FLORIDA, INC., a New York
                                    corporation


                                    By:
                                       ------------------------------------
_______________________                Name:
Name:                                  Title:
                                       


_______________________
Name:
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December  31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Sarasota Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By: ________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.1(l)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF FLORIDA, INC. ("Lessor"), a New York
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Pinebrook Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Venice,
Florida, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation the
120-bed skilled nursing facility known as Harborside Healthcare - Pinebrook, a
Notice of such Pinebrook Facility Lease is recorded in Official Records Book
2808, Page 1696 of the Public Records of Sarasota County;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Pinebrook Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Pinebrook Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Pinebrook Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Pinebrook Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Pinebrook Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Pinebrook Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Pinebrook
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pinebrook Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Health I Corporation,
Name:                                   a Delaware corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF FLORIDA INC., a 
                                    New York Trust corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
     
     
- --------------------------
Name:

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Pinebrook Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.1(m)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF FLORIDA, INC. ("Lessor"), a New York
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Naples Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Naples,
Florida, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation the
120-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Harborside Healthcare - Naples, a
Notice of such Naples Facility Lease is recorded in Official Records Book 2134,
Page 2025 of the Public Records of Collier County;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Naples Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public offering
by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Harborside
IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a working capital
line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Naples Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Naples Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Naples Facility
Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of Leasing Group
in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Naples Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after the term
"Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Naples Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Naples Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (i) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (x) Harborside and (y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (i) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (iii) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (iv) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Naples Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (d) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Naples Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Naples Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section 11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Naples Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding
the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Naples Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Naples Facility
Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is valid,
binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Florida.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Naples Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
 

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.

WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Health I Corporation,
Name:                                   a Delaware corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF FLORIDA, INC., a
                                    New York corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     
                          
                          
                          
                          

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Naples Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 Exhibit 10.1(n)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC. ("Lessor"), a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited
partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Woods Edge Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in
Bridgewater, New Jersey, more particularly described therein, including, without
limitation the 176-bed skilled nursing facility known as Harborside Healthcare -
Woods Edge, a Notice of such Woods Edge Facility Lease is recorded with the
Somerset County Clerk in Book 2042, Page 277;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Woods Edge Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Woods Edge Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. (S)365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Woods Edge Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Woods Edge Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Woods Edge Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Woods Edge Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Woods Edge
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Jersey.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Woods Edge Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HHCI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  Harborside Health I Corporation,
Name:                                    a Delaware corporation, its sole 
                                         General Partner


                                         By:
                                            --------------------------------
________________________                    Name:
Name                                        Title:




WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF NEW JERSEY, INC., a Delaware
                                    corporation


                                    By:
                                        ------------------------------------
_______________________                 Name:
Name:                                   Title:
                                        


_______________________
Name:
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of December 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Woods Edge Facility Lease and confirms that such
Guaranty remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the
foregoing First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to
be executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By: ________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.2(g)

                       FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT
                       ---------------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO LOAN AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day of May,
1996, by and among BAY TREE NURSING CENTER CORP., a Massachusetts corporation,
BELMONT NURSING CENTER CORP., a Massachusetts corporation, COUNTRYSIDE CARE
CENTER CORP., a Massachusetts corporation, OAKHURST MANOR NURSING CENTER CORP.,
a Massachusetts corporation, ORCHARD RIDGE NURSING CENTER CORP., a Massachusetts
corporation, SUNSET POINT NURSING CENTER CORP., a Massachusetts corporation and
WEST BAY NURSING CENTER CORP., a Massachusetts corporation, each having its
principal place of business at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts 02210 (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Borrowers");
HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited partnership
having its principal place of business at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210 (the "Guarantor"); and MEDITRUST MORTGAGE
INVESTMENTS, INC., a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of
business at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights, Massachusetts 02194 (hereinafter
referred to as the "Lender").


                              W I T N E S S E T H
                              -------------------

     WHEREAS, on October 13, 1994, the Lender made a loan to the Borrowers in
the original principal amount of FORTY-TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($42,300,000) (hereinafter referred to as the "Loan"), evidenced by a
Consolidated and Renewal Promissory Note, dated as of October 13, 1994, made by
the Borrowers to the order of the Lender (hereinafter referred to as the
"Note");

     WHEREAS, the Note is referred to in that certain Loan Agreement, dated as
of October 13, 1994, by and between the Borrowers, the Guarantor and the Lender
(hereinafter referred to as the "Loan Agreement") and is in all respect subject
to the provisions thereof;

     WHEREAS, all capitalized terms used herein and not specifically defined
shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Loan Agreement;

     WHEREAS, payment of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note is secured, in
part, by those seven (7) separate Renewal, Consolidation, Mortgage, Spreader,
Assignment and Security Agreements (hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Mortgages"), each dated as of October 13, 1994, executed by the Borrowers in
favor of the Lender, encumbering certain real property more particularly
described in the Loan Agreement; and all of the improvements now or hereafter
located thereon (hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Mortgaged
Property");

     WHEREAS, the payment of the indebtedness evidenced by the Note and the
performance of all other obligations set forth under the Loan Documents (other
than the Lender's obligations) are unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantor
pursuant to that certain
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Guaranty, dated as of October 13, 1994, from the Guarantor to the Lender
(hereinafter referred to as the "Guaranty"); and

     WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested certain modifications to the Loan
Agreement to facilitate the initial public offering by Harborside Healthcare
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the
Borrowers' obtaining a working capital line of credit, and the Lender is willing
to permit such modifications on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;

     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and for other
good and valuable consideration paid, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.  Sections 3.6.01 through 3.6.03 of the Loan Agreement are hereby deleted
in their entirety and are restated to hereafter read as follows:

     3.6.01.  VOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT.

     Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.6.04, the Borrowers shall not
have any right to voluntarily prepay the Loan prior to the Fifth Anniversary
Date.  From and after the Fifth Anniversary Date, provided that no Loan Default
has occurred and is then continuing, nor is there any event then existing which
with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would constitute a Loan
Default, the Borrowers shall have the right to prepay the entire outstanding
principal balance provided that the Borrowers furnish the Lender with at least
ninety (90) days' prior written notice of their intent to prepay (the
"Prepayment Notice"), and provided further, that the Borrowers pay to the Lender
(upon the specific date for prepayment identified in the Borrowers' Notice),
together with the entire outstanding principal balance, all accrued and unpaid
interest (including, without limitation, Additional Interest) and any other
costs, charges and sums due under this Agreement and all of the other Loan
Documents, a "Prepayment Fee" in accordance with the following schedule:
 

                                           Prepayment Fee as a  
                                        Percentage of the Total 
                                         Outstanding Principal  
        Date of Prepayment                 Balance of the Loan  
        ------------------              -------------------------
                                                                
        During the sixth Loan Year                 1.5%         
                                                                
        During the seventh Loan Year               1.0%         
                                                                
        During the eighth Loan Year                 .5%         
                                                                
        During the ninth Loan Year                 0            
                                                                
        During the tenth Loan Year                 0             

 
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    The Prepayment Fee shall be paid without prejudice to the rights of the
Lender to collect any amounts due to the Lender.  Once given, the Prepayment
Notice may only be revoked upon the payment of a fee (the "Prepayment Revocation
Fee") equal to one-half of one percent (.5%) of the then outstanding principal
balance of the Loan.  The failure to make prepayment of the Loan in accordance
with the Prepayment Notice (unless such Prepayment Notice is revoked in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence) shall be an Event of Default
hereunder.

    3.6.02 INVOLUNTARY PREPAYMENT.

    In the event that the Loan is prepaid (or shall become due and payable) at
any time prior to the Maturity Date and such prepayment is an involuntary
prepayment which results from any monetary default under any of the Loan
Documents and an acceleration of the indebtedness due thereunder, a prepayment
fee (referred to herein as the "Monetary Default Prepayment Fee")  shall be
deemed payable to the Lender, together with the entire outstanding principal
balance, all accrued and unpaid interest (including, without limitation,
Additional Interest) and any other costs, charges and sums due under this
Agreement and all of the other Loan Documents.  The Monetary Default Prepayment
Fee shall be equal to (and defined herein as) the greater of:  (a) the then
present value discounted at the Current Rate of the difference between (i) the
product of the Interest Rate, multiplied by the then outstanding principal
balance of the Loan, multiplied by the remaining number of years (or fraction
thereof) of the Term and (ii) the product of the annual rate of interest (as of
the date of prepayment) of actively traded marketable United States treasury
securities bearing a fixed rate of interest adjusted for a constant maturity
equal to the remaining number of years (rounded to the nearest whole year) of
the Term (the "Current Rate"), multiplied by the then outstanding principal
balance of the Loan, multiplied by the remaining number of years (or fraction
thereof) of the Term; or (b) one percent (1%) of the then outstanding principal
balance of the Loan multiplied by the remaining number of years (or fraction
thereof) of the Term.  The Monetary Default Prepayment Fee shall be paid without
prejudice to the rights of the Lender to collect any amounts due to the Lender.

    In the event that the Loan is prepaid (or shall become due and payable) at
any time and such prepayment is an involuntary prepayment which results from any
non-monetary default under any of the Loan Documents and an acceleration of the
indebtedness due thereunder, a prepayment fee (referred to herein as the "Non-
Monetary Default Prepayment Fee") shall be deemed payable to the Lender,
together with the entire outstanding principal balance, all accrued and unpaid
interest (including, without limitation, Additional Interest) and any other
costs, charges and sums due under this Agreement and all of the other Loan
Documents.  If such a prepayment occurs (i) prior to the Fifth Anniversary Date,
the Non-Monetary Default Prepayment Fee shall be equal to five percent (5%) of
the then outstanding principal balance of the Loan or (ii) from and after the
Fifth Anniversary Date, the Non-Monetary Default Prepayment Fee shall be equal
to the Prepayment Fee which would otherwise be due in accordance with Section
3.6.01 if such prepayment were a voluntary

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prepayment.  The Non-Monetary Default Prepayment Fee shall be paid without
prejudice to the rights of the Lender to collect any amounts due to the Lender.

    3.6.03 PARTIAL PREPAYMENT AND PARTIAL RELEASE.

    Except as otherwise provided in Section 3.6.04, the Borrowers shall be
entitled to make partial prepayments of the Loan at any time from and after the
Fifth Anniversary Date provided that (a) the Borrowers furnish the Lender with
at least thirty (30) days' prior written notice (the "Partial Release Notice")
of its intent to partially prepay the Loan in connection with the sale of one or
more of the Facilities, free and clear of all liens securing the Loan, (b) upon
the specific date identified in the Partial Release Notice, the Borrowers pay to
the Lender (i) the amount of the partial prepayment (the "Partial Prepayment"),
which shall be calculated in accordance with the immediately following paragraph
and (ii) a fee (the "Partial Release Fee") in accordance with the following
schedule:
 
                                        Partial Release Fee
                                         as a Percentage of
           Date of Partial Release       Partial Prepayment
           -----------------------      --------------------
                                                           
        During the sixth Loan Year               1.5%      
                                                           
        During the seventh Loan Year             1.0%      
                                                           
        During the eighth Loan Year               .5%      
                                                           
        During the ninth Loan Year               0         
                                                           
        During the tenth Loan Year               0          

 
(c) neither a Loan Default nor an event which with notice or the passage of time
or both would constitute a Loan Default shall have occurred and is then
continuing and (d) the Partial Prepayment is less than or equal to FIFTEEN
MILLION DOLLARS  ($15,000,000).  The amount of the then remaining balance of the
Loan after taking into account the Partial Prepayment shall be referred to as
the "Reduced Loan Amount".

    The sale and release of one or more of the Facilities shall be conditioned
upon and the amount of the Partial Prepayment shall be calculated so that (x)
the remaining Facilities provide a Debt Coverage Ratio based on the Reduced Loan
Amount for the preceding twelve months which is greater than or equal to the
Debt Coverage Ratio under the Loan, without considering the proposed Partial
Prepayment, for the preceding twelve (12) months, and (y) the loan to value
ratio is no greater than ninety percent (90%) based on the Reduced Loan Amount
and the then-appraised value of the remaining Facilities (as shown by appraisals
which are acceptable to the Lender).

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    Upon the payment of any Partial Prepayment in accordance with the terms
hereof (i) the amount of the principal and interest payments due thereafter
under the Note shall be recalculated based upon the Reduced Loan Amount (in
accordance with a twenty-five year amortization schedule) and (ii) the Lender
shall take all actions reasonably required to fully release (x) the Borrower
which sold the transferred Facility from any and all liability under the Loan
Documents and (y) the transferred Facility from the liens created by the Loan
Documents.

    The Partial Release Fee shall be paid without prejudice to the rights of the
Lender to collect any amounts due to the Lender.  Once given, the Partial
Release Notice may only be revoked upon the payment of a fee (the "Partial
Prepayment Revocation Fee") equal to one-half of one percent (.5%) of the
proposed Partial Prepayment.  The failure to make  any partial prepayment of the
Loan in accordance with the Partial Release Notice (unless such Partial Release
Notice is revoked in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence) shall
be an Event of Default hereunder.

    2.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following new
Section 3.6.04:

    3.6.04  SPECIAL PREPAYMENT AND PARTIAL RELEASE.

    In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 3.6.03, the Borrowers
shall be entitled to make a partial prepayment of the Loan on or before December
31, 1996 in connection with a public offering by Harborside Healthcare
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Special Prepayment"); provided, that
                                                                --------  ----
(a) the Borrowers furnish the Lender with at least ten (10) business days' prior
written notice (the "Special Prepayment Notice") of its intent to partially
prepay the Loan in connection with the public offering, (b) subject to the
provisions of the last paragraph of this Section 3.6.04, upon the specific date
identified in the Special Prepayment Notice (the "Special Prepayment Date"), the
Borrowers pay to the Lender (i) the amount of the Special Prepayment, which
shall be calculated in accordance with the immediately following paragraph and
(ii) a fee (the "Special Prepayment Fee") calculated as hereinafter provided in
this Section 3.6.04, (c) neither a Loan Default nor an event which with notice
or the passage of time or both would constitute a Loan Default shall have
occurred and is then continuing and (d) the Special Prepayment is less than or
equal to TWENTY-FIVE MILLION DOLLARS ($25,000,000).  The amount of the then
remaining balance of the Loan after taking into account the Special Prepayment
shall be referred to as the "Special Reduced Loan Amount".

    The release of one or more of the Facilities in connection with the payment
of the Special Prepayment shall be conditioned upon and the amount of the
Special Prepayment shall be calculated so that (x) the remaining Facilities
provide a Debt Coverage Ratio based on the Special Reduced Loan Amount for the
preceding twelve months which is greater than or equal to the Debt Coverage
Ratio under the Loan, without considering the proposed Special Prepayment, for
the preceding twelve (12) months, and (y) the loan to value ratio is

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no greater than ninety percent (90%) based on the Special Reduced Loan Amount
and the then-appraised value of the remaining Facilities (as shown by MAI
appraisals which are acceptable to the Lender).

    Upon the payment of a Special Prepayment in accordance with the terms hereof
(i) the amount of the principal and interest payments due thereafter under the
Note shall be recalculated based upon the Special Reduced Loan Amount (in
accordance with a twenty-five year amortization schedule) and (ii) the Lender
shall take all actions reasonably required to fully release (except for those
obligations which extend beyond the term of the Loan as specified in the Loan
Documents) (x) the Borrower or Borrowers who own only the Facilities which have
been designated by the Borrowers to be released, from any and all liability
under the Loan Documents and (y) the Facility or Facilities which have been
designated by the Borrowers to be released, from the liens created by the Loan
Documents.

    The Special Prepayment Fee shall be equal to (and defined herein as) the
difference between (i) the product of the Interest Rate, multiplied by the
amount of the Special Prepayment, multiplied by the remaining number of years
(or fraction thereof) from the Special Prepayment Date until the Third
Anniversary Date (the "Remaining Time") minus (ii) the product of the annual
                                        -----                               
rate of interest (as of the date of the Special Prepayment) of actively traded
marketable United States treasury securities bearing a fixed rate of interest
adjusted for a constant maturity equal to the Remaining Time [or the
interpolated rate, as agreed by the parties, or absent agreement, as computed by
National Westminster Bank Plc, New York Branch ("NatWest Markets"), should there
be no securities bearing a maturity equal to the Remaining Time] (the "Special
Current Rate"), multiplied by the amount of the Special Prepayment multiplied by
                ---------- --                                                   
the Remaining Time.

    The Special Prepayment Fee shall be paid without prejudice to the rights of
the Lender to collect any amounts due to the Lender.  Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 3.6.03, upon prior written notice to the Lender, (a) the
Special Prepayment Date may be extended (subject to the requirement that the
Special Prepayment be made on or before December 31, 1996) and (b) the Special
Prepayment Notice may be revoked without the payment of any fee to the Lender.

    3.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following new
Section 3.6.05:

    3.6.05  NEW BUSINESS CREDIT.

    In the event that the Borrowers make a Special Prepayment in accordance with
the terms hereof, the Borrowers and their permitted successors and assigns
(collectively, the "Borrower Parties") may earn a credit (the "New Business
Credit") against other fees charged by the Lender, if and when the Borrower
Parties or any of them consummates any new loan or lease arrangements with the
Lender or any other Subsidiary of Meditrust ("New Business") prior to the Third
Anniversary Date of the Loan.  The amount of the New

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Business Credit shall equal the product of (x) the difference between (i) the
initial or base interest rate on the New Business (whether a loan or lease
transaction) and (ii) the interest rate of actively traded marketable United
States treasury securities used in connection with the computation of the
Special Prepayment Fee at the time of the Special Prepayment; multiplied by (y)
                                                              ---------- --    
the principal amount of the New Business; multiplied by (z) the remaining number
of years (or fraction thereof) from the date of consummation of the New Business
until the Third Anniversary Date of the Loan.

    The New Business Credit shall be applied as follows:  (a) first, the
"points" otherwise payable on the New Business shall be reduced by the amount of
the New Business Credit, up to fifty percent (50%) of the amount of such
"points," at the time of the consummation of the New Business; and (b) second,
the remainder of the New Business Credit, if any, shall be applied to reduce the
New Business loan or lease payments coming due, in equal monthly installments
over the first ten (10) years of the initial term of the New Business or such
applicable lesser period if the initial term of such New Business is less than
ten (10) years.

    The Lender agrees that any New Business consummated prior to October 13,
1997 (which New Business shall include, for these purposes only, new loans or
lease transactions for existing facilities requiring no new construction), shall
be on terms (without giving any effect to any New Business Credit) calling for
the payment of one percentage (1%) of the loan or lease amount to be paid to the
Lender or any other applicable Subsidiary of Meditrust at the time of the
commitment for the New Business, with an interest rate or base rent calculated
at 330 basis points over United States treasury securities at the time of the
New Business having comparable maturities to the applicable loan or lease
transaction maturities, and on such other terms and conditions, including those
relating to loan to value ratios, escalators, prepayment provisions and other
provisions, no more stringent than those set forth in the Facility Lease
Agreements dated as of December 31, 1995 by and between Meditrust of Florida,
Inc., as lessor, and HHCI Limited Partnership, as lessee.

    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 3.6.05 or
elsewhere in this Agreement, nothing herein shall be deemed to be a commitment
by the Lender, Meditrust or any other Subsidiary of Meditrust to enter into any
new loan, lease or other transaction with any of the Borrower Parties.

    4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Loan Agreement is further amended by adding the following new
Section 4.4:

    4.4  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

    Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of Liens,
but subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Borrowers may grant a priority
security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender which is providing a
working capital line of credit to the Borrowers, the Guarantor and/or Harborside
Healthcare Corporation, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital
lender enters into an intercreditor agreement with, and

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satisfactory to, the Lender, pursuant to which, without limiting the foregoing,
(A) the Lender shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the option of
succeeding to the rights of the Borrowers and its Affiliates, (B) the Lender's
security interest in Receivables shall be subordinated to the security interest
granted to such working capital lender, (C) upon written notice from the Lender
to the working capital lender of (X) any Loan Default and (Y) the commencement
by the Lender of any action to accelerate or to demand full payment under the
Loan Documents, to realize on the Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights
and/or remedies under the Loan Documents (the "Trigger Event"), the Lender's
first priority security interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof)
accruing from and after the Trigger Event and the rights to collect and retain
the same shall be reinstated; provided, however, that the working capital lender
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shall retain a prior security interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds
thereof) that accrued prior to the Trigger Event and (D) the working capital
lender shall agree that, without the prior written consent of the Lender, which
may be withheld in the Lender's sole and absolute discretion, the working
capital lender shall not file any Lien against any Collateral (other than the
Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Event), nor file, cause to be filed
or join in the filing of, any petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
petition or pleading under any state law, against any Borrower or seek any
relief with respect to any Borrower (including, without limitation, the
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or its
business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions and
provisions of the loan documents evidencing the working capital line of credit
are reasonably acceptable to the Lender, (III) promptly after the execution
thereof, the Borrowers shall provide true and complete copies, as executed, of
all such working capital loan documents and all amendments thereto and (IV) the
obligations evidenced by the working capital loan documents shall not be cross-
defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation other than the
Related Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under
the Swanton Lease. Security interests granted by the Borrowers in full
compliance with the provisions of this Section are referred to as "Permitted
Prior Security Interests".

    5.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
clause (vi) to Section 6.1.03:

     (vi)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 4.4.

    6.  Effective upon the date of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement is
amended by adding the following Section 6.1.03:

     6.1.03.  CURRENT RATIO-HARBORSIDE

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to 1,
which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

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    7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement is
further amended by deleting Section 6.3.01 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     6.3.01.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of their fiscal
years:

     a.    a copy of the Consolidated Financials for each of (I) the Borrowers,
           (II) Harborside and (III) any Lessee, for the preceding fiscal year,
           certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of,
           independent certified public accountants acceptable to the Lender and
           certified as true and correct by the Borrowers, Harborside and such
           Lessee, as the case may be (and, without limiting anything else
           contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for the Borrowers and
           each Lessee shall contain a detailed supplementary consolidating
           balance sheet for the Mortgaged Property as of the last day of such
           fiscal year and a supplementary consolidating statement of earnings
           from the Mortgaged Property for such fiscal year showing, among other
           things, all rents and other income therefrom and all expenses paid or
           incurred in connection with the operation of the Mortgaged Property);

     b.    statements certified as true and correct by each of the Borrowers,
           each Lessee, Harborside and the Guarantor stating that, to the best
           of the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, each
           of the Borrowers, such Lessee, Harborside and the Guarantor, as the
           case may be, is not in default in the performance or observance of
           any of the terms of any Lease, or any of the Loan Documents or, if
           any of the Borrowers, any Lessee, Harborside or the Guarantor, as the
           case may be, shall be so in default to its knowledge, specifying all
           such defaults, the nature thereof and the steps being taken to
           immediately remedy the same;

     c.    a copy of all letters from the independent certified accountants
           engaged to perform the annual audit referred to above, directed to
           the management of the Borrowers, Harborside or the Guarantor, as the
           case may be, regarding the existence of any reportable conditions or
           material weaknesses;

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    8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement is
further amended by deleting Section 6.3.05 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     6.3.05  Within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of their
respective fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for Harborside
certified as true and correct by Harborside;

    9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement is
further amended by deleting Section 6.3.12 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     6.3.12  With reasonable promptness, such other information as the Lender
may reasonably request from time to time respecting (i) the financial condition
and affairs of the Borrowers, each Lessee, Harborside and the Guarantor and (ii)
the licensing and the operation of the Facilities; including, without
limitation, audited financial statements, certificates and consents from
accountants and any other financial and licensing or operational information as
may be required or requested by any Governmental Authority;

    10.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement
is further amended by deleting Section 6.3.13 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:
 
     6.3.13  As soon as possible and in any event within five (5) days after any
Borrower, Harborside or the Guarantor acquires knowledge of the occurrence of
any Event of Default under any of the Loan Documents or any event or state of
facts which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, could
constitute such an Event of Default, a written statement of the Borrowers
setting forth details of such Event of Default or event and the action which the
Borrowers propose to take with respect thereto;

    11.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
sentence to the end of Section 6.18:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b) or (c) that results in
transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 6.18.

    12.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definitions to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Belmont Facility":
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    BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code, 11
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U.S.C. (S)365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

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    BORROWER PARTIES:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ----------------                             

    13.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting, in its
entirety, the definition of Borrowers in Exhibit B and restating it to hereafter
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read as follows:

    BORROWERS:  As defined in the preamble of this Agreement; provided, however,
    ---------                                                 --------  ------- 
that such term shall not include (I) any Borrower that sells a Facility in
accordance with the Partial Release provisions of Section 3.6.03 and is
thereafter released from all obligations under the Loan Documents and (II) any
Borrower that is released from all obligations under the Loan Documents in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.6.04.

    14.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement
is amended by deleting the definition of Borrowing Group in Exhibit B and
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restating it to thereafter read as follows:

    BORROWING GROUP:  Singly and collectively, the Borrowers, the Guarantor,
    ---------------                                                         
Harborside, the General Partner, any Lessee and any Manager.

    15.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Current Liabilities":
              ---------                                                  

    CURRENT RATE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ------------                             

    16.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Loan Agreement
is amended by adding the following definition to Exhibit B immediately after the
                                                 ---------                      
term "Guaranty Limitation":

    HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
    ----------                                                             

    17.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Lessee":
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      LIEN:  With respect to any real or personal property, any mortgage,
      ----                                                               
easement, restriction, lien, pledge, collateral assignment, hypothecation,
charge, security interest, title retention agreement, levy, execution, seizure,
attachment, garnishment or other encumbrance of any kind in respect of such
property, whether or not choate, vested or perfected.

    18.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Mortgaged Property":
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    NATWEST MARKETS:  As defined in Section 3.6.
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    19.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definitions to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Net Income (or Net Loss)":
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    NEW BUSINESS:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ------------                             

    NEW BUSINESS CREDIT:  As defined in Section 3.6.
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    20.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Non-Monetary Default":
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    NON-MONETARY DEFAULT PREPAYMENT FEE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    -----------------------------------                             

    21.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Partial Prepayment
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Revocation Fee":

    PARTIAL RELEASE FEE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
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    22.  Effective as of the date of the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the
Loan Agreement is further amended by adding the following definition to Exhibit
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B immediately after the term "Permitted Encumbrances":
- -                                                     

    PERMITTED PRIOR SECURITY INTERESTS:  As defined in Section 4.4.
    ----------------------------------                             

    23.  Effective as of the date of the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the
Loan Agreement is further amended by adding the following definition to Exhibit
                                                                        -------
B immediately after the term "Real Property":
- -                                            

    RECEIVABLES:  Collectively, all (i) Instruments, Accounts, Proceeds, General
    -----------                                                                 
Intangibles and Intangibles and (ii) rights to payment for goods sold or leased
or services rendered by any Borrower or any other party, whether now in
existence or arising from time to time hereafter and whether or not yet earned
by performance, including, without limitation, obligations evidenced by an
account, note, contract, security agreement, chattel paper or other evidence of
indebtedness.

    24.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to EXHIBIT B immediately after the term "Releasing Parties":
              ---------                                                

    REMAINING TIME:  As defined in Section 3.6.04.
    --------------                                

    25.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definitions to Exhibit B immediately after the term"Retainage":
               ---------                                       

    SPECIAL CURRENT RATE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    --------------------                             

    SPECIAL PREPAYMENT:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ------------------                             

    SPECIAL PREPAYMENT DATE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ------------------------                            

                                      -12-
<PAGE>
 
    SPECIAL PREPAYMENT FEE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ----------------------                             

    SPECIAL PREPAYMENT NOTICE:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    -------------------------                             

    SPECIAL REDUCED LOAN AMOUNT:  As defined in Section 3.6.
    ---------------------------                             

    26.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Sunset Point Facility":
              ---------                                                    

    SWANTON LEASE:  That certain Facility Lease Agreement, dated as of March 31,
    -------------                                                               
1995, as amended, by and between Meditrust of Ohio, Inc., as lessor, and
Harborside Toledo Limited Partnership, as lessee, relating to the premises
located in Swanton, Ohio, as the same may be hereafter further amended,
modified, revised, renewed and/or replaced.

    27.  The Loan Agreement is hereby further amended by adding the following
definition to Exhibit B immediately after the term "Third Party Payors":
              ---------                                                 

    TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 4.4
    -------------                            

    28.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Borrowers shall
cause Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside")
to execute and deliver to the Lender a guaranty of the Loan Obligations (the
"NEWCO Guaranty") in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty
and (ii) the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental
Indemnity Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

    29.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Loan Agreement solely as
expressly set forth herein and the Loan Agreement as amended hereby remains in
full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed.

    This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Loan Documents,
each of which are hereby ratified, confirmed and reaffirmed and each of which
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment
and the NEWCO Guaranty to be executed and delivered to the Lender in accordance
with the terms hereof.

    30.  By the execution hereof, the Guarantor hereby ratifies, confirms and
reaffirms the Guaranty, which remains in full force and effect notwithstanding
and unaffected by this First Amendment to Loan Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty
to be executed and delivered to the Lender in accordance with the terms hereof.

    31.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns.

                                      -13-
<PAGE>
 
    32.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

    33.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute an original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -14-
<PAGE>
 
    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this First Amendment to Loan
Agreement to be executed as a sealed instrument on the date first above-
mentioned.


WITNESSES:                              BORROWERS:
- ---------                               --------- 

                                        BAYTREE NURSING CENTER CORP., a 
                                        Massachusetts corporation



- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:



WITNESSES:                              BELMONT NURSING CENTER CORP., a 
- ---------                               Massachusetts corporation
                                                            

- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:




WITNESSES:                              COUNTRYSIDE CARE CENTER CORP., a 
- ---------                               Massachusetts corporation


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:

                                      -15-
<PAGE>
 
WITNESSES:                              OAKHURST MANOR NURSING CENTER 
- ---------                               CORP., a Massachusetts corporation


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:



WITNESSES:                              ORCHARD RIDGE NURSING CENTER 
- ---------                               CORP., a Massachusetts corporation


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:





WITNESSES:                              SUNSET POINT NURSING CENTER CORP., 
- ---------                               a Massachusetts corporation


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:


WITNESSES:                              WEST BAY NURSING CENTER CORP., 
- ---------                               a Massachusetts corporation


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:

                                      -16-
<PAGE>
 
WITNESSES:                              GUARANTOR:
- ---------                               --------- 

                                        HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE LIMITED 
                                        PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts limited 
                                        partnership


                                        By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware 
                                        corporation, its sole General Partner


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:



WITNESSES:                              LENDER:
- ---------                               ------ 

                                        MEDITRUST MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS,
                                        INC., a Delaware corporation


- -------------------------               By:___________________________
Name:                                      Name:
                                           Title:

_________________________
Name:

                                      -17-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.3(g)

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. ("Lessor"), a
Delaware corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham
Heights, Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Massachusetts limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor
Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Westwood Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Keene, New
Hampshire, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation
the 87-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Westwood Healthcare Center, a
Notice of such Westwood Facility Lease is recorded with the Chesire County
Registry of Deeds in Book 1546, Page 309;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Westwood Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Westwood Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Westwood Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Westwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Westwood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Westwood Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Westwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Westwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:
     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Westwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Westwood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Westwood Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Westwood Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Westwood
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Hampshire.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Westwood Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
                                    INC., a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     
                          
                          
                          
                          
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of January 1, 1996, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Westwood Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.3(h)

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. ("Lessor"), a
Delaware corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham
Heights, Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Massachusetts limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor
Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Pheasant Wood Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in
Peterborough, New Hampshire, more particularly described therein, including,
without limitation the 99-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Pheasant
Wood Nursing Home, a Notice of such Pheasant Wood Facility Lease is recorded
with the Hillsborough County Registry of Deeds in Book 5684, Page 207;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Pheasant Wood Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Pheasant Wood Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the
following definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Pheasant Wood Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pheasant Wood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pheasant Wood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Pheasant Wood Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2
in its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pheasant Wood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pheasant Wood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pheasant Wood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Pheasant Wood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Pheasant Wood Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Pheasant Wood Facility
Lease solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Pheasant
Wood Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect
and is valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Hampshire.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Pheasant Wood Facility
Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
                                    INC., a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of January 1, 1996, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Pheasant Wood Facility Lease and confirms that such
Guaranty remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the
foregoing First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to
be executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.3(i)


                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. ("Lessor"), a
Delaware corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham
Heights, Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Massachusetts limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor
Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Crestwood Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Milford, New
Hampshire, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation
the 82-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Crestwood Healthcare Center, a
Notice of such Crestwood Facility Lease is recorded with the Hillsborough County
Registry of Deeds in Book 5684, Page 143;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Crestwood Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Crestwood Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Crestwood Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Crestwood Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Crestwood Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Crestwood Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Crestwood
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Hampshire.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Crestwood Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
                                    INC., a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of January 1, 1996, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Crestwood Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.3(j)

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. ("Lessor"), a
Delaware corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham
Heights, Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Massachusetts limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor
Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Milford Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Milford, New
Hampshire, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation
the 52-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Milford Nursing Home, a Notice
of such Milford Facility Lease is recorded with the Hillsborough County Registry
of Deeds in Book 5684, Page 171;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Milford Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public offering
by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Harborside
IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a working capital
line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Milford Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Milford Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Milford Facility
Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of Leasing Group
in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Milford Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after the term
"Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Milford Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Milford Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Milford Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Milford Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Milford Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section 11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Milford Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding
the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Milford Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Milford
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Hampshire.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Milford Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
                                    INC., a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     

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<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of January 1, 1996, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Milford Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 Exhibit 10.3(k)



                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, INC. ("Lessor"), a
Delaware corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham
Heights, Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
a Massachusetts limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor
Plaza, 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Applewood Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Winchester,
New Hampshire, more particularly described therein, including, without
limitation the 70-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Applewood Healthcare
Center, a Notice of such Applewood Facility Lease is recorded with the Chesire
County Registry of Deeds in Book 1546, Page 32;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Applewood Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Applewood Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Applewood Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Applewood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Applewood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Applewood Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

            Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation
     of Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A)
     grant priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible
     Personal Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment
     lessors and (C) grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an
     institutional lender which is providing a working capital line of credit to
     Lessee, the Guarantor and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance: (I)
     the working capital lender, other secured party or equipment lessor enters
     into an intercreditor agreement with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant
     to which, without limiting the foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the
     option of curing defaults and the option of succeeding to the rights of
     Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's security interest in Tangible
     Personal Property and/or Receivables, as applicable, shall be subordinated
     to the security interest granted to such working capital lender or other
     secured party and (3) upon written notice from Lessor to the working
     capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the commencement by Lessor
     of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the Collateral and/or
     to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease Documents (the
     "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in all
     Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
     Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
     provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior
     --------  -------
     security in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior
     to the Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that,
     without the prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in
     Lessor's sole and absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not
     file any Lien against any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue
     prior to the Trigger Date), nor file, cause to be filed or join in the
     filing of, any petition under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition
     or pleading under any state law, against Lessee or seek any relief with
     respect to any Lessee (including, without limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
     appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any
     of its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms,
     conditions and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase
     money security agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working
     capital line of credit or other financing arrangement, as the case may be,
     are reasonably acceptable to Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution
     thereof, Lessee shall provide true and complete copies, as executed, of all
     such working capital loan documents, purchase money security agreements,
     financing documents, and equipment leases and all amendments thereto and
     (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working capital loan documents,
     purchase security agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working
     capital line of credit or other financing arrangement shall not be cross-
     defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation, other than,
     with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related Party
     Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
     Agreement. Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
     provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior
     Security Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Applewood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

         (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS. Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
    their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
    each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
    certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
    certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
    correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
    without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials
    for Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary
    balance sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and
    a consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such
    fiscal year showing, among other things, all rents and other income
    therefrom and all expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation
    of the Leased Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and
    correct by Lessee, the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating
    whether, to the best of the signer's knowledge and belief after making due
    inquiry, Lessee, the Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case
    may be, is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms
    of this Lease or any of the other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all
    such defaults, the nature thereof and the steps being taken to immediately
    remedy the same; (III) a copy of all letters from the independent certified
    accountants engaged to perform the annual audits referred to above, directed
    to the management of Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may
    be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
    reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified
    as true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day
    of such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of
    the Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases,
    the respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information
    pertaining to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Applewood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

                (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE. Within forty-five (45)
                    ----------------------------------
     days after the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated
     Financials for Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Applewood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

             11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
                     --------------------------

             Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated
             Current Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or
             greater than 1.0 to 1, which shall be calculated on a monthly
             basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Applewood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Applewood Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Applewood Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Applewood
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Hampshire.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Applewood Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, 
                                    INC., a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of January 1, 1996, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Applewood Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.3(l)

                               FIRST AMENDMENT TO
                               ------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th day
of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF BEDFORD, INC. ("Lessor"), a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
Massachusetts limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza,
470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of January 1, 1996 (hereinafter referred to as the
"Northwood Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in Bedford, New
Hampshire, more particularly described therein, including, without limitation
the 147-bed skilled nursing facility known as the Northwood Healthcare Center, a
Notice of such Northwood Facility Lease is recorded with the Hillsborough County
Registry of Deeds in Book 5684, Page 191;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Northwood Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public
offering by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Harborside IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a
working capital line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Northwood Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
     ---------------                                                          
11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Northwood Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
     ----------                                                             

     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Northwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of
Leasing Group in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:
<PAGE>
 
     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
     -------------                                                            
Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Northwood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after
the term "Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
     -------------                               

     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Northwood Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in
its entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
- --------  -------                                                               
interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date),
nor file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the

                                      -2-
<PAGE>
 
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any of
its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms, conditions
and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money security
agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or
other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably acceptable to
Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall provide true
and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan documents,
purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and equipment leases
and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced by such working
capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or equipment leases
evidencing the working capital line of credit or other financing arrangement
shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any other obligation,
other than, with respect only to the working capital loan documents, the Related
Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as defined under the Loan
Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full compliance with the
provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as "Permitted Prior Security
Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Northwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
         -----------------                                                   
their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature
thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any

                                      -3-
<PAGE>
 
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Northwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:
     (D) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Northwood
Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and
substituting therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Northwood
Facility Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section
11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Northwood Facility Lease is hereby amended by
adding the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity
Agreement shall be amended to add Harborside as a party thereto.

                                      -4-
<PAGE>
 
     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Northwood Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Northwood
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of New Hampshire.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Northwood Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

                                      -5-
<PAGE>
 
     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
- ---------                           ------ 

                                    HARBORSIDE NEW HAMPSHIRE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF BEDFORD, INC. a
                                    Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     

                                      -6-
<PAGE>
 
                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of January 1, 1996, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the
Lessor, relating to the Northwood Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty
remains in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing
First Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

                                      -7-

<PAGE>
 
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(c)



                              SECOND AMENDMENT TO
                              -------------------
                            FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT
                            ------------------------


     THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO FACILITY LEASE AGREEMENT is made as of the 17th
day of May, 1996 by and between MEDITRUST OF OHIO, INC. ("Lessor"), a Delaware
corporation having its principal office at 197 First Avenue, Needham Heights,
Massachusetts 02194, and HARBORSIDE TOLEDO LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Massachusetts
limited partnership ("Lessee"), having an address at Harbor Plaza, 470 Atlantic
Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

                              W I T N E S S E T H:
                              --------------------

     WHEREAS, the Lessor and the Lessee have entered into that certain Facility
Lease Agreement, dated as of March 31, 1995, as amended by First Amendment of
Facility Lease Agreement dated as of December 31, 1995 (hereinafter referred to
as the "Swanton Facility Lease") relating to certain premises located in
Swanton, Ohio, more particularly described therein, including, without
limitation the 100-bed skilled nursing facility known as Harborside of Toledo
Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, a Memorandum of such Swanton Facility Lease
is recorded with the Fulton County Recorder's Office in Lease Volume 29, Page
893;

     WHEREAS, the Lessee and the Lessor have agreed to amend certain provisions
of the Swanton Facility Lease in order to facilitate the initial public offering
by Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Harborside
IPO") and to facilitate the Lessee and Harborside obtaining a working capital
line of credit;

     NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration paid by each of the
parties hereto to the other, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged and in consideration of the covenants and agreements set forth
herein, the Lessor and the Lessee agree as follows:

     1.  The Swanton Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 immediately after the term "Award":

     BANKRUPTCY CODE:  Subsection 365(h) of the United States Bankruptcy Code,
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11 U.S.C. Section 365(h), as the same may hereafter be amended and including any
successor provision thereto.

     2.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Swanton Facility Lease is amended by adding the following
definition to Section 2 after the term "Guaranty":

     HARBORSIDE:  Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
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     3.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Swanton Facility
Lease is amended by deleting, in its entirety, the definition of Leasing Group
in Section 2 and substituting therefor the following:

     LEASING GROUP:  Collectively, Lessee, the Guarantor, the General Partner,
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Harborside, any Sublessee and any Manager.

     4.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Swanton Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following definition to Section 2 after the term
"Total Purchase Price":

     TRIGGER EVENT:  As defined in Section 6.1.2.
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     5.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty (as hereinafter
defined), the Swanton Facility Lease is amended by deleting Section 6.1.2 in its
entirety and substituting therefor the following:

     6.1.2  PERMITTED SECURITY INTERESTS.

     Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof regarding the creation of
Liens, but subject to the provisions of Section 11.3.3, Lessee may (A) grant
priority purchase money security interests in items of Tangible Personal
Property, (B) lease Tangible Personal Property from equipment lessors and (C)
grant a priority security interest in Receivables to an institutional lender
which is providing a working capital line of credit to Lessee, the Guarantor
and/or Harborside, as long as in each instance:  (I) the working capital lender,
other secured party or equipment lessor enters into an intercreditor agreement
with, and satisfactory to, Lessor, pursuant to which, without limiting the
foregoing, (1) Lessor shall be afforded the option of curing defaults and the
option of succeeding to the rights of Lessee and its Affiliates, (2) Lessor's
security interest in Tangible Personal Property and/or Receivables, as
applicable, shall be subordinated to the security interest granted to such
working capital lender or other secured party and (3) upon written notice from
Lessor to the working capital lender of (X) any Lease Default and (Y) the
commencement by Lessor of any action to terminate this Lease, to realize on the
Collateral and/or to exercise any other rights and/or remedies under the Lease
Documents (the "Trigger Event"), Lessor's first priority security interest in
all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) accruing from and after the Trigger
Event and the rights to collect and retain the same shall be reinstated;
provided, however, that the working capital lender shall retain a prior security
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interest in all Receivables (and the proceeds thereof) that accrued prior to the
Trigger Event and (D) the working capital lender shall agree that, without the
prior written consent of Lessor, which may be withheld in Lessor's sole and
absolute discretion, the working capital lender shall not file any Lien against
any

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Collateral (other than Receivables that accrue prior to the Trigger Date), nor
file, cause to be filed or join in the filing of, any petition under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar petition or pleading  under any state law,
against Lessee or seek any relief with respect to any Lessee (including, without
limitation, the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for
it or any of its business or assets) under any such law, (II) all of the terms,
conditions and provisions of the working capital loan documents, purchase money
security agreements or equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of
credit or other financing arrangement, as the case may be, are reasonably
acceptable to Lessor, (III) promptly after the execution thereof, Lessee shall
provide true and complete copies, as executed, of all such working capital loan
documents, purchase money security agreements, financing documents, and
equipment leases and all amendments thereto and (IV) the obligations evidenced
by such working capital loan documents, purchase security agreements or
equipment leases evidencing the working capital line of credit or other
financing arrangement shall not be cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with
any other obligation, other than, with respect only to the working capital loan
documents, the Related Party Obligations and the "Related Party Obligations" as
defined under the Loan Agreement.  Security interests granted by Lessee in full
compliance with the provisions of this Section 6.1.2 are referred to as
"Permitted Prior Security Interests".

     6.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Swanton Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (a) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (A) ANNUAL STATEMENTS.  Within ninety (90) days after the end of each of
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their respective fiscal years, (I) a copy of the Consolidated Financials for
each of (X) Harborside and (Y) any Sublessee for the preceding fiscal year,
certified and audited by, and with the unqualified opinion of, independent
certified public accountants acceptable to Lessor and certified as true and
correct by Harborside or the applicable Sublessee, as the case may be (and,
without limiting anything else contained herein, the Consolidated Financials for
Harborside and for each Sublessee shall include a detailed supplementary balance
sheet for Leased Property as of the last day of such fiscal year and a
consolidating statement of earnings from the Leased Property for such fiscal
year showing, among other things, all rents and other income therefrom and all
expenses paid or incurred in connection with the operation of the Leased
Property); (II) separate statements, certified as true and correct by Lessee,
the Guarantor, Harborside and each Sublessee, stating whether, to the best of
the signer's knowledge and belief after making due inquiry, Lessee, the
Guarantor, Harborside or such Sublessee, as the case may be, is in default in
the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Lease or any of the
other Lease Documents and, if so, specifying all such defaults, the nature

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thereof and the steps being taken to immediately remedy the same; (III) a copy
of all letters from the independent certified accountants engaged to perform the
annual audits referred to above, directed to the management of Harborside or the
applicable Sublessee, as the case may be, regarding the existence of any
reportable conditions or material weaknesses and (IV) a statement certified as
true and correct by Lessee setting forth all Subleases as of the last day of
such fiscal year, the respective areas demised thereunder, the names of the
Sublessees thereunder, the respective expiration dates of the Subleases, the
respective rentals provided for therein, and such other information pertaining
to the Subleases as may be reasonably requested by Lessor.

     7.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Swanton Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.2.1 (d) in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     (d) QUARTERLY STATEMENTS OF HARBORSIDE.  Within forty-five (45) days after
         ----------------------------------                                    
the end of each of its fiscal quarters, unaudited Consolidated Financials for
Harborside, certified as true and correct by Harborside.

     8.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Swanton Facility
Lease is amended by deleting Section 11.3.2 in its entirety and substituting
therefor the following:

     11.3.2  CURRENT RATIO - HARBORSIDE
             --------------------------

     Harborside shall maintain, at all times, a ratio of Consolidated Current
     Assets to Consolidated Current Liabilities equal to or greater than 1.0 to
     1, which shall be calculated on a monthly basis.

     9.  Effective upon the delivery of the NEWCO Guaranty, the Swanton Facility
Lease is amended by adding the following clause (vii) to Section 11.3.3:

     (vii)  the working capital line of credit referred to in Section 6.1.2.

     10.  Section 19.4 of the Swanton Facility Lease is hereby amended by adding
the following sentence to the end of said Section 19.4:

     Following a transaction permitted under (a), (b), or (c) above that results
in transfers to an entity referred to in clause (i), issuances and transfers of
capital stock of the entity referred to in clause (i) shall also be expressly
permitted under this Section 19.4.

     11.  Contemporaneously with the Harborside IPO, (i) the Lessee shall cause
Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Harborside") to
execute and deliver to the Lessor a guaranty (the "NEWCO Guaranty") of the Lease
Obligations in form and substance substantially similar to the Guaranty and (ii)
the Affiliated Party Subordination

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<PAGE>
 
Agreement and the Environmental Indemnity Agreement shall be amended to add
Harborside as a party thereto.

     12.  This Amendment shall be deemed to amend the Swanton Facility Lease
solely as expressly set forth herein, and as amended hereby, the Swanton
Facility Lease is hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every aspect and is
valid, binding and in full force and effect.

     This Amendment shall not be deemed to amend any of the other Lease
Documents, each of which are hereby ratified, approved and confirmed in every
aspect and each of which are valid, binding and in full force and effect
notwithstanding and unaffected by this Amendment and the NEWCO Guaranty to be
executed and delivered to the Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof.

     13.  This Amendment shall be binding upon the Lessee and the Lessor and
their respective successors and assigns.

     14.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with
the laws of the State of Ohio.

     15.  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall
have the same meanings ascribed to such terms in the Swanton Facility Lease.

     16.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of
which taken together shall constitute one original and all of which shall
constitute one and the same instrument.

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     WITNESS the execution hereof under seal as of the day and year first above
written.


WITNESSES:                          LESSEE:
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                                    HARBORSIDE TOLEDO
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a 
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

- --------------------------          By: Harborside Toledo Corp.,
Name:                                   a Massachusetts corporation, its sole
                                        General Partner

                                        
- --------------------------          By:                                
Name:                                  --------------------------------
                                       Name:                           
                                       Title:                           
                                                                           

WITNESS:                            LESSOR:
- -------                             ------ 

                                    MEDITRUST OF OHIO, INC.,
                                    a Delaware corporation


                                    By:
- --------------------------             ------------------------------------
Name:                                  Name:
                                       Title:
                         
- --------------------------
Name:                     

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                            CONFIRMATION OF GUARANTY


     The undersigned, Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts
limited partnership, hereby ratifies, confirms and reaffirms the Guaranty, dated
as of March 31, 1995, executed by the undersigned for the benefit of the Lessor,
relating to the Swanton Facility Lease and confirms that such Guaranty remains
in full force and effect notwithstanding and unaffected by the foregoing Second
Amendment to Facility Lease Agreement and the NEWCO Guaranty to be executed and
delivered in accordance with the terms of said Amendment.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE 
                                    LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a
                                    Massachusetts limited partnership

                                    By:  KHI CORPORATION, a Delaware
                                         corporation, its sole general partner


                                    By:_________________________________________
                                        Name:
                                        Title:

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<PAGE>
 
                                                                Exhibit 10.10(a)


                             EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                    BETWEEN
                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                                      AND
                              STEPHEN L. GUILLARD
                  __________________________________________


          This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is dated as of the ___ day of _____________,
1996 (the "Agreement") by and between HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation with offices located at 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110 (the "Company") and STEPHEN L. GUILLARD, an individual
residing at 11 Powder House Road, Dover, Massachusetts 02030 (the "Executive").

          WHEREAS the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into
an agreement embodying the terms of such employment;

          WHEREAS the Executive desires to accept such employment and enter into
such an Agreement;

          WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") considers
it essential to the best interests of the Company and the best interests of its
stockholders to retain and foster the continued employment of the Executive by
the Company during the term of this Agreement; and

          WHEREAS the Executive is willing to accept and continue his employment
with the Company on the terms hereinafter set forth in this Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein and for other good ad valuable consideration, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

          1.  Term of Employment.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the
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Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period (the "Employment Term")
commencing on ________ ,1996 [the effective date of the IPO] (the "Commencement
Date") and ending on the second anniversary of the Commencement Date; provided
                                                                      --------
that the Employment Term shall be automatically renewed for successive one-year
periods on each anniversary of the Commencement Date thereafter unless either
party hereto gives the other party written notice in accordance with Section
11(g) no later than sixty (60) days prior to such anniversary of the
Commencement Date of its election not to so renew the Employment Term for the
additional one-year period.

          2. Positions.
             --------- 

          (a) The Executive shall serve as the President and Chief
<PAGE>
 
Executive Officer of the Company.  In such position, the Executive shall have
such duties and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the Board
of Directors and shall report directly to the Board.

          (b)  During the term of his employment hereunder, the Executive will
devote substantially all of his business time and best efforts to the
performance of his duties hereunder and will not engage in any other business,
profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise which would conflict with
the rendition of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior
written consent of the Board; that nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude
the Executive from continuing to serve on the Board of Directors of any business
corporation or any charitable organization on which he now serves and which have
been identified to the Board in writing or from accepting appointment to
additional Boards of Directors, provided that the Executive notify the Board in
writing identifying any such additional appointments and that such activities do
not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive's duties
hereunder and do not otherwise violate the provisions set forth in Section 8.

          3.  Base Salary.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the Company
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shall pay the Executive an annual base salary at the initial annual rate of
$310,000.00, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company's
usual payment practices during the Employment Term.  The annual base salary may
be increased, but not decreased, from time to time in the discretion of the
compensation committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee").  Such base
salary, as in effect from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the "Base
Salary".

          4.  Bonus.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, with respect to
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each calendar year, all or part of which falls within the Employment Term, the
Executive will be entitled to an annual bonus in such amount, and based upon
such terms and conditions, as are determined by the Compensation Committee in
its sole discretion; provided that the Executive will be guaranteed a minimum
                     --------   
bonus with respect to each such calendar year equal to fifteen percent (15%) of
the Base Salary as in effect on the first day of such calendar year, subject to
pro-rata reduction to reflect any partial calendar year contained within the
Employment Term.

          5.  Employee Benefits.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, during
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the Employment Term the Executive shall be provided such employee benefits
(including fringe benefits, vacation benefits, retirement plan participation and
life, health, accident and disability insurance) as may be in effect from time
to time for employees of the Company on the same basis as those benefits are
generally made available to other senior 

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<PAGE>
 
executives of the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding provisions, the Company
shall pay for and provide to the Executive the following benefits: life
insurance equal to twice the Executive's Base Salary; and health insurance
coverage comparable to that provided to the Executive on January 1, 1996 by
Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership.

          6.  Business Expenses.  Reasonable travel, entertainment and other
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business expenses incurred by the Executive in the performance of his duties
hereunder shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company in accordance with Company
policies.

          7.  Termination.
              ----------- 

          (a)  For Cause By The Company .  The Executive's employment hereunder
               -------------------------                                       
and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company for "Cause".  For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean on account of any of the
following: the Executive's being indicted for a felony (exclusive of any felony
relating to negligent operation of a motor vehicle); breach of duty of loyalty
which is detrimental to the Company involving personal profit to the Employee;
willful failure to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines
of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful
to perform or adhere to and which are within the scope of the Executive's
duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be
deemed a basis for a "for cause" dismissal; or gross negligence in the
performance of such duties, or willful misconduct which is injurious to the
Company.  If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled (i) to
receive in cash his Base Salary accrued through the date of such termination of
employment and (ii) to reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses
properly incurred by the Executive prior to the date of such termination of
employment.  Following such termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company for Cause, except as set forth in this Section 7(a), the Company shall
have no further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if
any, due the Executive following his termination of employment by the Company
for Cause shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (b)  Disability Or Death.
               ------------------- 

          The Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term shall
terminate upon the Executive's death and, at the election of the Company, if the
Executive suffers a "Disability". For purposes of this Agreement "Disability"
shall mean any condition that would result in the Executive being treated as
disabled under the Company's long-term disability policy, or if there 

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<PAGE>
 
shall be no such policy in effect, if the Executive becomes physically or
mentally incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of three (3)
consecutive months or for an aggregate of six (6) months during any consecutive
eighteen (18) month period during the Employment Term (including any renewal
thereof) to perform his duties hereunder. Any question as to the existence of
the Disability of the Executive as to which the Executive and the Company cannot
agree shall be determined in writing by a qualified independent physician
mutually acceptable to the Executive and the Company.

          Upon the termination of the Executive's employment hereunder and the
Employment Term by the Company due to the Executive's Disability or due to the
Executive's death, the Executive or his estate (as the case may be) shall
continue to receive (i) payment of the Base Salary in monthly installments for a
period of twelve months following the date of such termination of employment and
(ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by
the Executive prior to the date of such termination of employment; provided that
                                                                   --------     
the amount of such continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by
the aggregate amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive for
the twelve months following the date of such termination of employment under any
disability insurance policy or program maintained by the Company or its
affiliates to the extent the premiums for such disability insurance policy are
not paid for by the Executive.  Except as set forth in this Section 7(b),
following such termination of the Executive's employment due to death or
Disability the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive
hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the Executive following his
termination of employment by the Company due to death or Disability shall be
determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of
the Company.

          (c) Without Cause By The Company.  The Executive's employment
              ----------------------------                             
hereunder and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company without
Cause.  A Constructive Termination shall be treated in the same manner as a
termination by the Company without cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, a
"Constructive Termination" means any termination of this Agreement by written
resignation of the Executive where such resignation occurs within three months
after the occurrence of any of the circumstances identified below in this
sentence, provided that such termination was not for Cause and occurred not
sooner than ten calendar days after written notice is given by the Executive to
the Company specifying the circumstance believed by the Executive to constitute
Constructive Termination and the Company fails to cure or remedy the triggering
circumstance within such ten day period: a substantial reduction in the
Executive's responsibility and/or position with the Company; a reduction in the
Executive's Base 

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<PAGE>
 
Salary; or a relocation of the Company's principal business office out of the
greater Boston metropolitan area.

          If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company without "Cause" (other than by reason of Disability or
death), then (i) subject to the Executive's continued compliance with the
provisions set forth in Sections 8 and 9, the Executive shall continue to
receive his Base Salary in monthly installments for twenty-four months from the
date of termination; and (ii) the Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement
for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior
to the date of such termination of employment; provided that the amount of such
                                               --------                        
continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by the aggregate
amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive in connection
with such termination of employment under any other severance or termination pay
plan, policy or arrangement of the Company or its affiliates.  Except as set
forth in this Section 7(c), following termination of the Executive's employment
by the Company without Cause the Company shall have no further obligations to
the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the Executive
following his termination of employment by the Company without Cause shall be
determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of
the Company.

          (d)  Voluntary Termination By The Executive.  The Executive may
               --------------------------------------                    
voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder and the Employment Term for any
reason.  If the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment hereunder with
the Company during the Employment Term for any reason other than a Constructive
Termination as defined in Section 7(c), such termination shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement in the same manner as a termination by the Company
for Cause and the provisions of Section 7(a) shall apply.  Except as expressly
provided in Section 7(a), following such voluntary termination of the
Executive's employment by the Executive the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following his voluntary termination of employment shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (e) Expiration Of The Employment Term.
              ---------------------------------

                (i)  Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, in
the event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a result of the
Executive's notice to the Company electing not to renew the Employment Term
pursuant to Section l, the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder
and any continuation of the Executive's employment with the Company beyond the
expiration of the Employment Term shall be deemed an employment at will and
shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions

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<PAGE>
 
of this Agreement and the Executive's employment may thereafter be terminated at
will by the Executive or the Company without further obligation of the Company
hereunder. All other benefits if any, due the Executive following such
expiration of the Employment Term or subsequent termination of the Executive's
employment at will thereafter shall be determined in accordance with the
employee benefit plans and written policies of the Company.

                (ii) In the event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a
result of the Company's notice to the Executive electing not to renew the
Employment Term pursuant to Section l, the expiration of the Employment Term
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company without Cause and the provisions of
Section 7(c) shall apply. Except as expressly provided in Section 7(c),
following the expiration of the Employment Term as a result of the Company's
notice to the Executive electing not to renew the Employment Term, the Company
shall have no further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other
benefits, if any, due the Executive following such expiration of the Employment
Term shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (f)  Notice Of Termination.  Any purported termination of employment
               ---------------------                                          
by the Company or by the Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11(g) hereof.
For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice
which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so
indicated.

          8.  Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation.
              --------------------------------

          (a) The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive
nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly
agrees as follows:

                (i) Until the later to occur of [x] the termination of the
employment of the Executive with the Company, and [y] the expiration of two
years from the Commencement Date, whether or not the employment of the Executive
by the Company shall have been terminated earlier for any reason, the Executive
will not, directly or indirectly, either as an individual for his own account,
or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent, consultant, or
salesman for any business, or as an officer, director, or stockholder of an
entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the Company or its affiliates),
engage in activities, whether for profit or otherwise, which are 

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<PAGE>
 
competitive with any line of business conducted during the term of the
Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliates or with any line
of business closely related to any line of business conducted during the term of
the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliates; provided
                                                                    --------
that the foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from owning one percent (1%)
or less of the equity or debt securities of any entity, if such securities are
listed for trading on a national securities exchange or are traded in the over-
the-counter market;

                 (ii) Neither during the term of the Executive's employment with
the Company or its affiliates nor at any time during the two year period
following the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company or its
affiliates for any reason, will the Executive directly or indirectly, either as
an individual for his own account, or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an
employee, agent, consultant, or salesman for any business, or as an officer,
director, or stockholder of an entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the
Company or its affiliates), own, manage, operate or market or seek to purchase,
manage, operate or market, any nursing home, convalescent home, congregate care
facility or similar long-term care facility manned or operated by the Company or
its affiliates at the time of the termination of the Executive's employment with
the Company or its affiliates, nor seek to win contracts or programs in favor of
the Company or its affiliates in force at the time of the termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company or its affiliates, nor take any action
in connection with projects that the Company or any of its affiliates has begun
at the time of the Executive's termination of employment; provided, that the
                                                          --------
foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from owning one percent (1%) or less
of the equity or debt securities of any entity, if such securities are listed
for trading on a national securities exchange or are traded in the over-the-
counter market;

                 (iii) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder,
and for a period of two (2) years thereafter, the Executive will not directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, induce, solicit or
encourage any employee, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its
affiliates to terminate his or her employment, consultancy or agency with the
Company or any of its affiliates, and will not directly or indirectly employ,
offer employment to, or offer to retain, or retain as a consultant or agent, any
person who was employed by or retained as a consultant or agent of the Company
or any of its affiliates unless (a) such person shall not have had a written
employment agreement with the Company and shall have been engaged primarily in
the provision to the Company of support or administrative services, or (b) such
person shall have ceased to be employed or retained by the Company or any of its
affiliates, as the case may be, for a period of at least 12 

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months; provided, however, that the preceding prohibition against activity by
the Executive shall not apply to any independent contractor if the Executive's
retention of such person would not impede or impair any continuing relationship
between such person and the Company and/or its affiliates; 

                 (iv) In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or
otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any
affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether
or not during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or its
affiliates or thereafter, the Executive, for a period of twelve months following
termination of his employment for any reason, agrees not to seek to enjoin or
otherwise seek to impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, leasing,
development, establishment or operation of any nursing home, convalescent home,
congregate care facility or similar long-term care facility or any other
business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities had any
interest or was seeking to acquire an interest at the time of the termination of
the Executive's employment; and

                 (v) The Executive agrees that the Company has the right to use
his name and picture in its promotional material during the period of his
employment with the Company or its affiliates and, following such termination of
the Executive's employment with the Company and its affiliates for any reason,
until the Company's supply of such promotional material, both on hand and on
order, has been exhausted; provided, that the Executive shall have the right,
exercisable by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 11(g) given
within fifteen (15) days following such termination of the Executive's
employment, to purchase at cost all promotional materials in which his name or
picture is prominently displayed.

          (b) It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive
and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be
reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in
this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the
provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed
amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum
extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable.
Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction
contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be
amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the
enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

          9.  Confidentiality/Intellectual Property.
              ------------------------------------- 

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          (a) The Executive will not at any time (whether during or after his
employment with the Company and its affiliates) disclose or use for his own
benefit or purposes or the benefit or purposes of any other person, firm,
partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business
organization, entity or enterprise other than the Company and any of its
affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential
information relating to customers, development programs, costs, marketing,
trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data,
manufacturing processes, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs
of the Company or its affiliates generally; provided that the foregoing shall
                                            --------
not apply to information which is not unique to the Company or its affiliates or
which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of
the Executive's breach of this covenant. The Executive agrees that upon
termination of his employment with the Company for any reason, he will return to
the Company immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information,
letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating
to the business of the Company and its affiliates. The Executive further agrees
that he will not retain or use for his account at any time any trade names,
trademark or other proprietary business designation used or owned in connection
with the business of the Company or its affiliates.

          (b) It is understood that the Executive, his heirs and representatives
will promptly make full disclosure and assign to the Company any ideas,
discoveries, inventions, developments or improvements conceived or made by him
either solely or jointly with others, during the period of the Executive's
employment with the Company relating to Company business, development programs
or contemplated interests.  The Executive further agrees to assign to the
Company, without any royalty payment therefor, all rights in inventions
conceived or made by the Executive in the course of working on assigned duties
or which relate directly to such assigned duties.  At the Company's expense, but
without requiring further compensation to the Executive, it is further
understood that the Executive will cooperate in the preparation of patent
applications, assignments, and other necessary matters in obtaining, defending,
or enforcing proprietary rights of the Company.

          10.  Specific Performance/Other Remedies.  The Executive acknowledges
               -----------------------------------                             
and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach
of any of the provisions of Section 8 or Section 9 would be inadequate and, in
recognition of this fact, the Executive agrees that, in the event of such a
breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company,
without posting any bond, shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in the form
of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent
injunction or any other 

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equitable remedy which may then be available. In addition, and without prejudice
to the Company's rights to specific performance described above, in the event of
the Executive's breach of any of the provisions contained in Sections 8 or 9
above, if, following written notice from the Company of the alleged breach by
the Executive, the Executive has not cured such breach within ten calendar days
of such notice, then the Company shall cease, as of the date of such notice, to
have any obligation to make further payments of compensation to the Executive
hereunder.

     11.  Miscellaneous.
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     (a)  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
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accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     (b)  Entire Agreement/Prior Agreements/Amendments.
          --------------------------------------------

          (i) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company.  There are no
restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings
between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein.

          (ii)  The parties hereto hereby expressly agree and acknowledge that
this Agreement shall, upon its execution, supersede in all respects any and all
other employment agreements and other agreements (whether currently or
previously in effect) between the Executive and the Company or any of its
affiliates relating to the subject matter hereof (including, but not limited to,
the matter of any right claimed by the Executive to equity interests in any
corporation, partnership or other entity), and that any such other employment
agreements or other agreements shall be void and of no further force and effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, any employee manual or handbook setting
forth rules of general application to employees of the Company shall continue to
apply to the employment of the Executive except to the extent inconsistent with
the terms of this Agreement, which will control in the event of any
inconsistency. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of a certain
Indemnification Agreement dated April 14, 1989 by and between the Executive and
Berkshire Companies Limited Partnership, and a certain Indemnification Agreement
dated April 14, 1989 between the Executive and HHCI Limited Partnership, shall
continue to have effect hereafter with respect to events occurring prior to the 
Commencement Date, and the "NONNEGOTIABLE EMPLOYEE NOTE" dated as of 
___________, 1996 given by the Executive to Harborside Healthcare Limited 
Partnership shall also continue in full force and effect.

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                 (iii) This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended
except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

     (c) Freedom to Contract.  The Executive hereby represents and warrants to
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the Company that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his
obligations hereunder without any conflict with any other agreement or
understanding, whether currently or previously in effect, and that he has not
made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this agreement.

     (d)  No Waiver.  The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to
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any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver of
such party's rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist upon
strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.

     (e)  Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the provisions of
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this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any
respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions
of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

     (f)  Assignment. This Agreement shall not be assignable by the Executive
          ----------
and shall be assignable by the Company only with the consent of the Executive;
provided that if the Company shall at any time be merged or consolidated into or
with another corporation, or if substantially all of the assets of the Company
are transferred to another corporation, the provisions of this Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the corporation resulting from such
merger, consolidation or transfer.

     (g)  Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other
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communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when sent by
telecopy if acknowledged by printed or return telecopy confirmation and (iii)
when delivered, if mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or by a commercial courier requiring signature for
release thereof, in each case addressed to the respective addresses set forth on
the execution page of this Agreement or to such other address as either party
may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt; provided that
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all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with
a copy to the Secretary of the Company.

     (h)  Mitigation.  The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the
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amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement 

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by seeking other employment or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment be
reduced by any compensation earned by the Executive as a result of employment by
another employer or by retirement benefits after the date of termination or
otherwise.

          (i)  Withholding Taxes.  The Company may withhold from any amounts
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payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be
required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

          (j)  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each
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of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


                                              HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE
                                              CORPORATION


                                              By:
                                                 _____________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

                                              Company Address:
                
                                              Harborside Healthcare Corporation
                                              470 Atlantic Avenue
                                              Boston, MA 02110
                                              Telecopy:(617) 556-1565




                                              _________________________L.S.
                                              STEPHEN L. GUILLARD

                                              Executive Address:

                                              11 Powder House Road
                                              Dover, MA 02030

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                                                                Exhibit 10.10(b)



                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                    BETWEEN
                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                                      AND
                                DAMIAN DELL'ANNO
                   __________________________________________


          This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is dated as of the ___ day of _____________,
1996 (the "Agreement") by and between HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation with offices located at 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110 (the "Company") and DAMIAN DELL'ANNO, an individual residing
at 221 Carolina Road, Tewksbury, Massachusetts 01876 (the "Executive").

          WHEREAS the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into
an agreement embodying the terms of such employment;

          WHEREAS the Executive desires to accept such employment and enter into
such an Agreement;

          WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") considers
it essential to the best interests of the Company and the best interests of its
stockholders to retain and foster the continued employment of the Executive by
the Company during the term of this Agreement; and

          WHEREAS the Executive is willing to accept and continue his employment
with the Company on the terms hereinafter set forth in this Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein and for other good ad valuable consideration, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

          1.  Term of Employment.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the
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Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period (the "Employment Term")
commencing on ________ ,1996 [the effective date of the IPO] (the "Commencement
Date") and ending on the second anniversary of the Commencement Date; provided
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that the Employment Term shall be automatically renewed for successive one-year
periods on each anniversary of the Commencement Date thereafter unless either
party hereto gives the other party written notice in accordance with Section
11(g) no later than sixty (60) days prior to such anniversary of the
Commencement Date of its election not to so renew the Employment Term for the
additional one-year period.

          2. Positions.
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<PAGE>
 
          (a) The Executive shall serve as the Executive Vice-President of
Operations of the Company.  In such position, the Executive shall have such
duties and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the President
and CEO, and shall report directly to the President and CEO.

          (b)  During the term of his employment hereunder, the Executive will
devote substantially all of his business time and best efforts to the
performance of his duties hereunder and will not engage in any other business,
profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise which would conflict with
the rendition of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior
written consent of the Board; that nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude
the Executive from continuing to serve on the Board of Directors of any business
corporation or any charitable organization on which he now serves and which have
been identified to the Board in writing or from accepting appointment to
additional Boards of Directors, provided that the Executive notify the Board in
writing identifying any such additional appointments and that such activities do
not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive's duties
hereunder and do not otherwise violate the provisions set forth in Section 8.

          3.  Base Salary.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the Company
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shall pay the Executive an annual base salary at the initial annual rate of
$180,000.00, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company's
usual payment practices during the Employment Term.  The annual base salary may
be increased, but not decreased, from time to time in the discretion of the
compensation committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee").  Such base
salary, as in effect from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the "Base
Salary".

          4.  Bonus.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, with respect to
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each calendar year, all or part of which falls within the Employment Term, the
Executive will be entitled to an annual bonus in such amount, and based upon
such terms and conditions, as are determined by the Compensation Committee in
its sole discretion; provided that the Executive will be guaranteed a minimum 
                     -------- 
bonus with respect to each such calendar year equal to fifteen percent (15%) of
the Base Salary as in effect on the first day of such calendar year, subject to
pro-rata reduction to reflect any partial calendar year contained within the
Employment Term.

          5.  Employee Benefits.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, during
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the Employment Term the Executive shall be provided such employee benefits
(including fringe benefits, vacation benefits, retirement plan participation and
life, health, accident and disability insurance) as may be in effect from time
to time for employees of the Company on the same basis

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<PAGE>
 
as those benefits are generally made available to other senior executives of the
Company.

          6.  Business Expenses.  Reasonable travel, entertainment and other
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business expenses incurred by the Executive in the performance of his duties
hereunder shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company in accordance with Company
policies.

           7.  Termination.
               ----------- 

          (a)  For Cause By The Company .  The Executive's employment hereunder
               -------------------------                                       
and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company for "Cause".  For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean on account of any of the
following: the Executive's being indicted for a felony (exclusive of any felony
relating to negligent operation of a motor vehicle); breach of duty of loyalty
which is detrimental to the Company involving personal profit to the Employee;
willful failure to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines
of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful
to perform or adhere to and which are within the scope of the Executive's
duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be
deemed a basis for a "for cause" dismissal; or gross negligence in the
performance of such duties, or willful misconduct which is injurious to the
Company.  If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled (i) to
receive in cash his Base Salary accrued through the date of such termination of
employment and (ii) to reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses
properly incurred by the Executive prior to the date of such termination of
employment.  Following such termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company for Cause, except as set forth in this Section 7(a), the Company shall
have no further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if
any, due the Executive following his termination of employment by the Company
for Cause shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

           (b)  Disability Or Death.
                -------------------  

          The Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term shall
terminate upon the Executive's death and, at the election of the Company, if the
Executive suffers a "Disability". For purposes of this Agreement "Disability"
shall mean any condition that would result in the Executive being treated as
disabled under the Company's long-term disability policy, or if there shall be
no such policy in effect, if the Executive becomes physically or mentally
incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of three (3) consecutive
months or for an aggregate of six (6) months during any consecutive eighteen
(18) month period

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<PAGE>
 
during the Employment Term (including any renewal thereof) to perform his duties
hereunder.  Any question as to the existence of the Disability of the Executive
as to which the Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be determined in
writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable to the
Executive and the Company.

          Upon the termination of the Executive's employment hereunder and the
Employment Term by the Company due to the Executive's Disability or due to the
Executive's death, the Executive or his estate (as the case may be) shall
continue to receive (i) payment of the Base Salary in monthly installments for a
period of twelve months following the date of such termination of employment and
(ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by
the Executive prior to the date of such termination of employment; provided that
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the amount of such continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by
the aggregate amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive for
the twelve months following the date of such termination of employment under any
disability insurance policy or program maintained by the Company or its
affiliates to the extent the premiums for such disability insurance policy are
not paid for by the Executive.  Except as set forth in this Section 7(b),
following such termination of the Executive's employment due to death or
Disability the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive
hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the Executive following his
termination of employment by the Company due to death or Disability shall be
determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of
the Company.

          (c)  Without Cause By The Company.  The Executive's employment
               ----------------------------                             
hereunder and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company without
Cause.  A Constructive Termination shall be treated in the same manner as a
termination by the Company without cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, a
"Constructive Termination" means any termination of this Agreement by written
resignation of the Executive where such resignation occurs within three months
after the occurrence of any of the circumstances identified below in this
sentence, provided that such termination was not for Cause and occurred not
sooner than ten calendar days after written notice is given by the Executive to
the Company specifying the circumstance believed by the Executive to constitute
Constructive Termination and the Company fails to cure or remedy the triggering
circumstance within such ten day period: a substantial reduction in the
Executive's responsibility and/or position with the Company; a reduction in the
Executive's Base Salary; or a relocation of the Company's principal business
office out of the greater Boston metropolitan area.

          If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment

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<PAGE>
 
Term are terminated by the Company without "Cause" (other than by reason of
Disability or death), then (i) subject to the Executive's continued compliance
with the provisions set forth in Sections 8 and 9, the Executive shall continue
to receive his Base Salary in monthly installments for the greater of [x] the
number of months remaining in the Employment Term, determined as if such
termination had not occurred but disregarding any further one-year extensions,
and [y] twelve months; and (ii) the Executive shall be entitled to reimbursement
for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by the Executive prior
to the date of such termination of employment; provided that the amount of such
                                               --------                        
continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by the aggregate
amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive in connection
with such termination of employment under any other severance or termination pay
plan, policy or arrangement of the Company or its affiliates.  Except as set
forth in this Section 7(c), following termination of the Executive's employment
by the Company without Cause the Company shall have no further obligations to
the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if any, due the Executive following
his termination of employment by the Company without Cause shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (d)  Voluntary Termination By The Executive.  The Executive may
               --------------------------------------                    
voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder and the Employment Term for any
reason.  If the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment hereunder with
the Company during the Employment Term for any reason other than a Constructive
Termination as defined in Section 7(c), such termination shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement in the same manner as a termination by the Company
for Cause and the provisions of Section 7(a) shall apply.  Except as expressly
provided in Section 7(a), following such voluntary termination of the
Executive's employment by the Executive the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following his voluntary termination of employment shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

           (e) Expiration Of The Employment Term.
               ---------------------------------  

               (i)  Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, in the
event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a result of the Executive's
notice to the Company electing not to renew the Employment Term pursuant to
Section l, the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder and any
continuation of the Executive's employment with the Company beyond the
expiration of the Employment Term shall be deemed an employment at will and
shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement and the
Executive's employment may thereafter

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<PAGE>
 
be terminated at will by the Executive or the Company without further obligation
of the Company hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the Executive
following such expiration of the Employment Term or subsequent termination of
the Executive's employment at will thereafter shall be determined in accordance
with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the Company.

               (ii) In the event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a
result of the Company's notice to the Executive electing not to renew the
Employment Term pursuant to Section l, the expiration of the Employment Term
shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company without Cause and the provisions of
Section 7(c) shall apply. Except as expressly provided in Section 7(c),
following the expiration of the Employment Term as a result of the Company's
notice to the Executive electing not to renew the Employment Term, the Company
shall have no further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other
benefits, if any, due the Executive following such expiration of the Employment
Term shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (f)  Notice Of Termination.  Any purported termination of employment
               ---------------------                                          
by the Company or by the Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11(g) hereof.
For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice
which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so
indicated.

           8.  Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation.
               --------------------------------  

          (a) The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive
nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly
agrees as follows:

               (i) Until the later to occur of [x] the termination of the
employment of the Executive with the Company, and [y] the expiration of two
years from the Commencement Date, whether or not the employment of the Executive
by the Company shall have been terminated earlier for any reason, the Executive
will not, directly or indirectly, either as an individual for his own account,
or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent, consultant, or
salesman for any business, or as an officer, director, or stockholder of an
entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the Company or its affiliates),
engage in activities, whether for profit or otherwise, which are competitive
with any line of business conducted during the term

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<PAGE>
 
of the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliates or with
any line of business closely related to any line of business conducted during
the term of the Executive's employment by the Company or any of its affiliates;
                                                                               
provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from owning one
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percent (1%) or less of the equity or debt securities of any entity, if such
securities are listed for trading on a national securities exchange or are
traded in the over-the-counter market;

               (ii) Neither during the term of the Executive's employment with
the Company or its affiliates nor at any time during the twelve month period
following the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company or its
affiliates for any reason, will the Executive directly or indirectly, either as
an individual for his own account, or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an
employee, agent, consultant, or salesman for any business, or as an officer,
director, or stockholder of an entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the
Company or its affiliates), own, manage, operate or market or seek to purchase,
manage, operate or market, any nursing home, convalescent home, congregate care
facility or similar long-term care facility manned or operated by the Company or
its affiliates at the time of the termination of the Executive's employment with
the Company or its affiliates, nor seek to win contracts or programs in favor of
the Company or its affiliates in force at the time of the termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company or its affiliates, nor take any action
in connection with projects that the Company or any of its affiliates has begun
at the time of the Executive's termination of employment; provided, that the
                                                          --------          
foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from owning one percent (1%) or less
of the equity or debt securities of any entity, if such securities are listed
for trading on a national securities exchange or are traded in the over-the-
counter market;

               (iii) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder,
and for a period of one year thereafter, the Executive will not directly or
indirectly, without the prior written consent of the Company, induce, solicit or
encourage any employee, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its
affiliates to terminate his or her employment, consultancy or agency with the
Company or any of its affiliates, and will not directly or indirectly employ,
offer employment to, or offer to retain, or retain as a consultant or agent, any
person who was employed by or retained as a consultant or agent of the Company
or any of its affiliates unless (a) such person shall not have had a written
employment agreement with the Company and shall have been engaged primarily in
the provision to the Company of support or administrative services, or (b) such
person shall have ceased to be employed or retained by the Company or any of its
affiliates, as the case may be, for a period of at least 12 months; provided,
however, that the preceding prohibition against

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<PAGE>
 
activity by the Executive shall not apply to any independent contractor if the
Executive's retention of such person would not impede or impair any continuing
relationship between such person and the Company and/or its affiliates;


               (iv) In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or
otherwise relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any
affiliate of the Company, or their respective principals or management, whether
or not during the term of the Executive's employment with the Company or its
affiliates or thereafter, the Executive, for a period of twelve months following
termination of his employment for any reason, agrees not to seek to enjoin or
otherwise seek to impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, leasing,
development, establishment or operation of any nursing home, convalescent home,
congregate care facility or similar long-term care facility or any other
business venture or entity in which any of such persons or entities had any
interest or was seeking to acquire an interest at the time of the termination of
the Executive's employment; and

               (v) The Executive agrees that the Company has the right to use
his name and picture in its promotional material during the period of his
employment with the Company or its affiliates and, following such termination of
the Executive's employment with the Company and its affiliates for any reason,
until the Company's supply of such promotional material, both on hand and on
order, has been exhausted; provided, that the Executive shall have the right,
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exercisable by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 11(g) given
within fifteen (15) days following such termination of the Executive's
employment, to purchase at cost all promotional materials in which his name or
picture is prominently displayed.

          (b) It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive
and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be
reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in
this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the
provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed
amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum
extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable.
Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction
contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be
amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the
enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

           9. Confidentiality/Intellectual Property.
              ------------------------------------- 

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<PAGE>
 
          (a) The Executive will not at any time (whether during or after his
employment with the Company and its affiliates) disclose or use for his own
benefit or purposes or the benefit or purposes of any other person, firm,
partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business
organization, entity or enterprise other than the Company and any of its
affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential
information relating to customers, development programs, costs, marketing,
trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data,
manufacturing processes, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs
of the Company or its affiliates generally; provided that the foregoing shall
                                            --------                         
not apply to information which is not unique to the Company or its affiliates or
which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of
the Executive's breach of this covenant.  The Executive agrees that upon
termination of his employment with the Company for any reason, he will return to
the Company immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information,
letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating
to the business of the Company and its affiliates.  The Executive further agrees
that he will not retain or use for his account at any time any trade names,
trademark or other proprietary business designation used or owned in connection
with the business of the Company or its affiliates.

          (b) It is understood that the Executive, his heirs and representatives
will promptly make full disclosure and assign to the Company any ideas,
discoveries, inventions, developments or improvements conceived or made by him
either solely or jointly with others, during the period of the Executive's
employment with the Company relating to Company business, development programs
or contemplated interests.  The Executive further agrees to assign to the
Company, without any royalty payment therefor, all rights in inventions
conceived or made by the Executive in the course of working on assigned duties
or which relate directly to such assigned duties.  At the Company's expense, but
without requiring further compensation to the Executive, it is further
understood that the Executive will cooperate in the preparation of patent
applications, assignments, and other necessary matters in obtaining, defending,
or enforcing proprietary rights of the Company.

          10.  Specific Performance/Other Remedies.  The Executive acknowledges
               -----------------------------------                             
and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach
of any of the provisions of Section 8 or Section 9 would be inadequate and, in
recognition of this fact, the Executive agrees that, in the event of such a
breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company,
without posting any bond, shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in the form
of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent
injunction or any other

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equitable remedy which may then be available.  In addition, and without
prejudice to the Company's rights to specific performance described above, in
the event of the Executive's breach of any of the provisions contained in
Sections 8 or 9 above, if, following written notice from the Company of the
alleged breach by the Executive, the Executive has not cured such breach within
ten calendar days of such notice, then the Company shall cease, as of the date
of such notice, to have any obligation to make further payments of compensation
to the Executive hereunder.

           11.  Miscellaneous.
                ------------- 

     (a)  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
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accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     (b)  Entire Agreement/Prior Agreements/Amendments.
          --------------------------------------------  

          (i) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company.  There are no
restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings
between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein.

          (ii)  The parties hereto hereby expressly agree and acknowledge that
this Agreement shall, upon its execution, supersede in all respects any and all
other employment agreements and other agreements (whether currently or
previously in effect) between the Executive and the Company or any of its
affiliates relating to the subject matter hereof (including, but not limited to,
the matter of any right claimed by the Executive to equity interests in any
corporation, partnership or other entity), and that any such other employment
agreements or other agreements shall be void and of no further force and effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, any employee manual or handbook setting
forth rules of general application to employees of the Company shall continue to
apply to the employment of the Executive except to the extent inconsistent with
the terms of this Agreement, which will control in the event of any
inconsistency.

          (iii)  This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended except
by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

       (c)  Freedom to Contract.  The Executive hereby represents
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and warrants to the Company that he is free to enter into this Agreement and
carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any other
agreement or understanding, whether currently or previously in effect, and that
he has not made and

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will not make any agreement in conflict with this agreement.

          (d)  No Waiver.  The failure of a party to insist upon strict
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adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered
a waiver of such party's rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to
insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.

          (e)  Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the
               ------------                                           
provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

          (f)  Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by the
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Executive and shall be assignable by the Company only with the consent of the
Executive; provided that if the Company shall at any time be merged or
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consolidated into or with another corporation, or if substantially all of the
assets of the Company are transferred to another corporation, the provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the corporation
resulting from such merger, consolidation or transfer.

          (g)  Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other
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communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when sent by
telecopy if acknowledged by printed or return telecopy confirmation and (iii)
when delivered, if mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or by a commercial courier requiring signature for
release thereof, in each case addressed to the respective addresses set forth on
the execution page of this Agreement or to such other address as either party
may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt; provided that
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all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with
a copy to the Secretary of the Company.

          (h)  Mitigation.  The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the
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amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment
or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment be reduced by any compensation
earned by the Executive as a result of employment by another employer or by
retirement benefits after the date of termination or otherwise.

          (i)  Withholding Taxes.  The Company may withhold from any amounts
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payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be
required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

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          (j)  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each
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of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument.


           IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


CORPORATE                        HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE
                                 CORPORATION
                                 
                                 
                                 By: _________________
                                 Name:
                                 Title:

                                 Company Address:

                                 Harborside Healthcare Corporation
                                 470 Atlantic Avenue
                                 Boston, MA 02110
                                 Telecopy:(617) 556-1565



                                 _________________________L.S.
                                 DAMIAN DELL'ANNO

                                 Executive Address:

                                 221 Carolina Road
                                 Tewksbury, MA 01876

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                                                                Exhibit 10.10(c)


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                    BETWEEN
                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                                      AND
                               BRUCE J. BEARDSLEY
                   __________________________________________


          This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is dated as of the ___ day of _____________,
1996 (the "Agreement") by and between HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation with offices located at 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110 (the "Company") and BRUCE J. BEARDSLEY, an individual
residing at 26 Ledgetree Road, Medfield, Massachusetts 02052 (the "Executive").

          WHEREAS the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into
an agreement embodying the terms of such employment;

          WHEREAS the Executive desires to accept such employment and enter into
such an Agreement;

          WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") considers
it essential to the best interests of the Company and the best interests of its
stockholders to retain and foster the continued employment of the Executive by
the Company during the term of this Agreement; and

          WHEREAS the Executive is willing to accept and continue his employment
with the Company on the terms hereinafter set forth in this Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein and for other good ad valuable consideration, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

          1.  Term of Employment.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the
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Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period (the "Employment Term")
commencing on ________ ,1996 [the effective date of the IPO] (the "Commencement
Date") and ending on the second anniversary of the Commencement Date; provided
                                                                      --------
that the Employment Term shall be automatically renewed for successive one-year
periods on each anniversary of the Commencement Date thereafter unless either
party hereto gives the other party written notice in accordance with Section
11(g) no later than sixty (60) days prior to such anniversary of the
Commencement Date of its election not to so renew the Employment Term for the
additional one-year period.

          2. Positions.
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          (a) The Executive shall serve as the Senior Vice-President
<PAGE>
 
of Acquisitions of the Company.  In such position, the Executive shall have such
duties and authority as shall be determined from time to time by the President
and CEO, and shall report directly to the President and CEO.

          (b)  During the term of his employment hereunder, the Executive will
devote substantially all of his business time and best efforts to the
performance of his duties hereunder and will not engage in any other business,
profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise which would conflict with
the rendition of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior
written consent of the Board; that nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude
the Executive from continuing to serve on the Board of Directors of any business
corporation or any charitable organization on which he now serves and which have
been identified to the Board in writing or from accepting appointment to
additional Boards of Directors, provided that the Executive notify the Board in
writing identifying any such additional appointments and that such activities do
not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive's duties
hereunder and do not otherwise violate the provisions set forth in Section 8.

          3.  Base Salary.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the Company
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shall pay the Executive an annual base salary at the initial annual rate of
$135,000.00, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company's
usual payment practices during the Employment Term.  The annual base salary may
be increased, but not decreased, from time to time in the discretion of the
compensation committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee").  Such base
salary, as in effect from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the "Base
Salary".

          4.  Bonus.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, with respect to
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each calendar year, all or part of which falls within the Employment Term, the
Executive will be entitled to an annual bonus in such amount, and based upon
such terms and conditions, as are determined by the Compensation Committee in
its sole discretion; provided that the Executive will be guaranteed a minimum 
                     --------
bonus with respect to each such calendar year equal to fifteen percent (15%) of
the Base Salary as in effect on the first day of such calendar year, subject to
pro-rata reduction to reflect any partial calendar year contained within the
Employment Term.

          5.  Employee Benefits.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, during
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the Employment Term the Executive shall be provided such employee benefits
(including fringe benefits, vacation benefits, retirement plan participation and
life, health, accident and disability insurance) as may be in effect from time
to time for employees of the Company on the same basis as those benefits are
generally made available to other senior 

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executives of the Company.

          6.  Business Expenses.  Reasonable travel, entertainment and
              -----------------                                       
other business expenses incurred by the Executive in the performance of his
duties hereunder shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company in accordance with
Company policies.

          7.  Termination.
              ----------- 

          (a)  For Cause By The Company .  The Executive's employment hereunder
               -------------------------                                       
and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company for "Cause".  For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean on account of any of the
following: the Executive's being indicted for a felony (exclusive of any felony
relating to negligent operation of a motor vehicle); breach of duty of loyalty
which is detrimental to the Company involving personal profit to the Employee;
willful failure to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines
of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful
to perform or adhere to and which are within the scope of the Executive's
duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be
deemed a basis for a "for cause" dismissal; or gross negligence in the
performance of such duties, or willful misconduct which is injurious to the
Company.  If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled (i) to
receive in cash his Base Salary accrued through the date of such termination of
employment and (ii) to reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses
properly incurred by the Executive prior to the date of such termination of
employment.  Following such termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company for Cause, except as set forth in this Section 7(a), the Company shall
have no further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if
any, due the Executive following his termination of employment by the Company
for Cause shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (b)  Disability Or Death.
               -------------------  

          The Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term shall
terminate upon the Executive's death and, at the election of the Company, if the
Executive suffers a "Disability". For purposes of this Agreement "Disability"
shall mean any condition that would result in the Executive being treated as
disabled under the Company's long-term disability policy, or if there shall be
no such policy in effect, if the Executive becomes physically or mentally
incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of three (3) consecutive
months or for an aggregate of six (6) months during any consecutive eighteen
(18) month period during the Employment Term (including any renewal thereof) to

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perform his duties hereunder. Any question as to the existence of the Disability
of the Executive as to which the Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be
determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable
to the Executive and the Company.

          Upon the termination of the Executive's employment hereunder and the
Employment Term by the Company due to the Executive's Disability or due to the
Executive's death, the Executive or his estate (as the case may be) shall
continue to receive (i) payment of the Base Salary in monthly installments for a
period of twelve months following the date of such termination of employment and
(ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by
the Executive prior to the date of such termination of employment; provided that
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the amount of such continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by
the aggregate amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive for
the twelve months following the date of such termination of employment under any
disability insurance policy or program maintained by the Company or its
affiliates to the extent the premiums for such disability insurance policy are
not paid for by the Executive.  Except as set forth in this Section 7(b),
following such termination of the Executive's employment due to death or
Disability the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive
hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the Executive following his
termination of employment by the Company due to death or Disability shall be
determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of
the Company.

          (c)  Without Cause By The Company.  The Executive's employment
               ----------------------------                             
hereunder and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company without
Cause.  A Constructive Termination shall be treated in the same manner as a
termination by the Company without cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, a
"Constructive Termination" means any termination of this Agreement by written
resignation of the Executive where such resignation occurs within three months
after the occurrence of any of the circumstances identified below in this
sentence, provided that such termination was not for Cause and occurred not
sooner than ten calendar days after written notice is given by the Executive to
the Company specifying the circumstance believed by the Executive to constitute
Constructive Termination and the Company fails to cure or remedy the triggering
circumstance within such ten day period: a substantial reduction in the
Executive's responsibility and/or position with the Company; a reduction in the
Executive's Base Salary; or a relocation of the Company's principal business
office out of the greater Boston metropolitan area.

          If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company without "Cause" (other than by 

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<PAGE>
 
reason of Disability or death), then (i) subject to the Executive's continued
compliance with the provisions set forth in Sections 8 and 9, the Executive
shall continue to receive his Base Salary in monthly installments for the
greater of [x] the number of months remaining in the Employment Term, determined
as if such termination had not occurred but disregarding any further one-year
extensions, and [y] twelve months; and (ii) the Executive shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by the
Executive prior to the date of such termination of employment; provided that the
                                                               --------
amount of such continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by the
aggregate amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive in
connection with such termination of employment under any other severance or
termination pay plan, policy or arrangement of the Company or its affiliates.
Except as set forth in this Section 7(c), following termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company without Cause the Company shall have no
further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if any, due
the Executive following his termination of employment by the Company without
Cause shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (d)  Voluntary Termination By The Executive.  The Executive may
               --------------------------------------                    
voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder and the Employment Term for any
reason.  If the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment hereunder with
the Company during the Employment Term for any reason other than a Constructive
Termination as defined in Section 7(c), such termination shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement in the same manner as a termination by the Company
for Cause and the provisions of Section 7(a) shall apply.  Except as expressly
provided in Section 7(a), following such voluntary termination of the
Executive's employment by the Executive the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following his voluntary termination of employment shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

           (e) Expiration Of The Employment Term.
               ---------------------------------  

             (i)  Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, in the
event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a result of the Executive's
notice to the Company electing not to renew the Employment Term pursuant to
Section l, the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder and any
continuation of the Executive's employment with the Company beyond the
expiration of the Employment Term shall be deemed an employment at will and
shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement and the
Executive's employment may thereafter be terminated at will by the Executive or
the Company without 

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<PAGE>
 
further obligation of the Company hereunder. All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following such expiration of the Employment Term or subsequent
termination of the Executive's employment at will thereafter shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (ii) In the event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a result
of the Company's notice to the Executive electing not to renew the Employment
Term pursuant to Section l, the expiration of the Employment Term shall be
treated for purposes of this Agreement as a termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company without Cause and the provisions of Section 7(c) shall
apply.  Except as expressly provided in Section 7(c), following the expiration
of the Employment Term as a result of the Company's notice to the Executive
electing not to renew the Employment Term, the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following such expiration of the Employment Term shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (f)  Notice Of Termination.  Any purported termination of employment
               ---------------------                                          
by the Company or by the Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11(g) hereof.
For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice
which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so
indicated.

           8.  Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation.
               --------------------------------  

          (a) The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive
nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly
agrees as follows:

            (i) Until the later to occur of [x] the termination of the
employment of the Executive with the Company, and [y] the expiration of two
years from the Commencement Date, whether or not the employment of the Executive
by the Company shall have been terminated earlier for any reason, the Executive
will not, directly or indirectly, either as an individual for his own account,
or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent, consultant, or
salesman for any business, or as an officer, director, or stockholder of an
entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the Company or its affiliates),
engage in activities, whether for profit or otherwise, which are competitive
with any line of business conducted during the term of the Executive's
employment by the Company or any of its 

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affiliates or with any line of business closely related to any line of business
conducted during the term of the Executive's employment by the Company or any of
its affiliates; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from
                --------
owning one percent (1%) or less of the equity or debt securities of any entity,
if such securities are listed for trading on a national securities exchange or
are traded in the over-the-counter market;

            (ii) Neither during the term of the Executive's employment with the
Company or its affiliates nor at any time during the twelve month period
following the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company or its
affiliates for any reason, will the Executive directly or indirectly, either as
an individual for his own account, or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an
employee, agent, consultant, or salesman for any business, or as an officer,
director, or stockholder of an entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the
Company or its affiliates), own, manage, operate or market or seek to purchase,
manage, operate or market, any nursing home, convalescent home, congregate care
facility or similar long-term care facility manned or operated by the Company or
its affiliates at the time of the termination of the Executive's employment with
the Company or its affiliates, nor seek to win contracts or programs in favor of
the Company or its affiliates in force at the time of the termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company or its affiliates, nor take any action
in connection with projects that the Company or any of its affiliates has begun
at the time of the Executive's termination of employment; provided, that the
                                                          --------          
foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from owning one percent (1%) or less
of the equity or debt securities of any entity, if such securities are listed
for trading on a national securities exchange or are traded in the over-the-
counter market;

          (iii) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder, and for
a period of one year thereafter, the Executive will not directly or indirectly,
without the prior written consent of the Company, induce, solicit or encourage
any employee, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its affiliates to
terminate his or her employment, consultancy or agency with the Company or any
of its affiliates, and will not directly or indirectly employ, offer employment
to, or offer to retain, or retain as a consultant or agent, any person who was
employed by or retained as a consultant or agent of the Company or any of its
affiliates unless (a) such person shall not have had a written employment
agreement with the Company and shall have been engaged primarily in the
provision to the Company of support or administrative services, or (b) such
person shall have ceased to be employed or retained by the Company or any of its
affiliates, as the case may be, for a period of at least 12 months; provided,
however, that the preceding prohibition against activity by the Executive shall
not apply to any independent 

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contractor if the Executive's retention of such person would not impede or
impair any continuing relationship between such person and the Company and/or
its affiliates;

            (iv) In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise
relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any affiliate of the
Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the
term of the Executive's employment with the Company or its affiliates or
thereafter, the Executive, for a period of twelve months following termination
of his employment for any reason, agrees not to seek to enjoin or otherwise seek
to impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, leasing, development,
establishment or operation of any nursing home, convalescent home, congregate
care facility or similar long-term care facility or any other business venture
or entity in which any of such persons or entities had any interest or was
seeking to acquire an interest at the time of the termination of the Executive's
employment; and

            (v) The Executive agrees that the Company has the right to use his
name and picture in its promotional material during the period of his employment
with the Company or its affiliates and, following such termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company and its affiliates for any reason, until
the Company's supply of such promotional material, both on hand and on order,
has been exhausted; provided, that the Executive shall have the right,
                    --------                                          
exercisable by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 11(g) given
within fifteen (15) days following such termination of the Executive's
employment, to purchase at cost all promotional materials in which his name or
picture is prominently displayed.

          (b) It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive
and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be
reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in
this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the
provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed
amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum
extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable.
Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction
contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be
amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the
enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

          9. Confidentiality/Intellectual Property.
             -------------------------------------             

          (a) The Executive will not at any time (whether during or 

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<PAGE>
 
after his employment with the Company and its affiliates) disclose or use for
his own benefit or purposes or the benefit or purposes of any other person,
firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business
organization, entity or enterprise other than the Company and any of its
affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential
information relating to customers, development programs, costs, marketing,
trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data,
manufacturing processes, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs
of the Company or its affiliates generally; provided that the foregoing shall
                                            --------
not apply to information which is not unique to the Company or its affiliates or
which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of
the Executive's breach of this covenant. The Executive agrees that upon
termination of his employment with the Company for any reason, he will return to
the Company immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information,
letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating
to the business of the Company and its affiliates. The Executive further agrees
that he will not retain or use for his account at any time any trade names,
trademark or other proprietary business designation used or owned in connection
with the business of the Company or its affiliates.

          (b) It is understood that the Executive, his heirs and representatives
will promptly make full disclosure and assign to the Company any ideas,
discoveries, inventions, developments or improvements conceived or made by him
either solely or jointly with others, during the period of the Executive's
employment with the Company relating to Company business, development programs
or contemplated interests.  The Executive further agrees to assign to the
Company, without any royalty payment therefor, all rights in inventions
conceived or made by the Executive in the course of working on assigned duties
or which relate directly to such assigned duties.  At the Company's expense, but
without requiring further compensation to the Executive, it is further
understood that the Executive will cooperate in the preparation of patent
applications, assignments, and other necessary matters in obtaining, defending,
or enforcing proprietary rights of the Company.

          10.  Specific Performance/Other Remedies.  The Executive acknowledges
               -----------------------------------                             
and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach
of any of the provisions of Section 8 or Section 9 would be inadequate and, in
recognition of this fact, the Executive agrees that, in the event of such a
breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company,
without posting any bond, shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in the form
of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent
injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.  In
addition, and 

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without prejudice to the Company's rights to specific performance described
above, in the event of the Executive's breach of any of the provisions contained
in Sections 8 or 9 above, if, following written notice from the Company of the
alleged breach by the Executive, the Executive has not cured such breach within
ten calendar days of such notice, then the Company shall cease, as of the date
of such notice, to have any obligation to make further payments of compensation
to the Executive hereunder.

          11.  Miscellaneous.
               ------------- 

          (a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed
              -------------
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

          (b) Entire Agreement/Prior Agreements/Amendments.
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              (i) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the
parties with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company. There
are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings
between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein.

              (ii) The parties hereto hereby expressly agree and acknowledge
that this Agreement shall, upon its execution, supersede in all respects any and
all other employment agreements and other agreements (whether currently or
previously in effect) between the Executive and the Company or any of its
affiliates relating to the subject matter hereof (including, but not limited to,
the matter of any right claimed by the Executive to equity interests in any
corporation, partnership or other entity), and that any such other employment
agreements or other agreements shall be void and of no further force and effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, any employee manual or handbook setting
forth rules of general application to employees of the Company shall continue to
apply to the employment of the Executive except to the extent inconsistent with
the terms of this Agreement, which will control in the event of any
inconsistency. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of a certain
Indemnification Agreement dated October 2, 1995 by and between the Executive and
Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership shall continue to have effect
hereafter with respect to events occurring prior to the Commencement Date.

             (iii) This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended
except by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

          (c) Freedom to Contract.  The Executive hereby represents
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and warrants to the Company that he is free to enter into this Agreement and
carry out his obligations hereunder without any conflict with any other
agreement or understanding, whether currently or previously in effect, and that
he has not made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this agreement.

          (d)  No Waiver.  The failure of a party to insist upon strict
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adherence to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered
a waiver of such party's rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to
insist upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.

          (e)  Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the
               ------------                                           
provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

          (f)  Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by the
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Executive and shall be assignable by the Company only with the consent of the
Executive; provided that if the Company shall at any time be merged or
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consolidated into or with another corporation, or if substantially all of the
assets of the Company are transferred to another corporation, the provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the corporation
resulting from such merger, consolidation or transfer.

          (g)  Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other
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communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when sent by
telecopy if acknowledged by printed or return telecopy confirmation and (iii)
when delivered, if mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or by a commercial courier requiring signature for
release thereof, in each case addressed to the respective addresses set forth on
the execution page of this Agreement or to such other address as either party
may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt; provided that
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all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with
a copy to the Secretary of the Company.

          (h)  Mitigation.  The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the
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amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment
or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment be reduced by any compensation
earned by the Executive as a result of employment by another employer or by
retirement benefits after the date of termination or otherwise.

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          (i)  Withholding Taxes.  The Company may withhold from any amounts
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payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be
required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

          (j)  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each
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of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto
and hereto were upon the same instrument.


        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement
as of the day and year first above written.


                                 HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE
                                 CORPORATION
                                 
                                 
                                 By: _________________
                                 Name:
                                 Title:

                                 Company Address:

                                 Harborside Healthcare Corporation
                                 470 Atlantic Avenue
                                 Boston, MA 02110
                                 Telecopy:(617) 556-1565



                                 _________________________L.S.
                                 BRUCE J. BEARDSLEY

                                 Executive Address:

                                 26 Ledgetree Road
                                 Medfield, MA 02052

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                                                                Exhibit 10.10(d)

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
                                    BETWEEN
                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                                      AND
                               WILLIAM H. STEPHAN
                   __________________________________________


          This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT is dated as of the ___ day of _____________,
1996 (the "Agreement") by and between HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, a
Delaware corporation with offices located at 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts 02110 (the "Company") and WILLIAM H. STEPHAN, an individual
residing at 18 Constitution Wharf, Charlestown, Massachusetts 02129 (the
"Executive").

          WHEREAS the Company desires to employ the Executive and to enter into
an agreement embodying the terms of such employment;

          WHEREAS the Executive desires to accept such employment and enter into
such an Agreement;

          WHEREAS the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") considers
it essential to the best interests of the Company and the best interests of its
stockholders to retain and foster the continued employment of the Executive by
the Company during the term of this Agreement; and

          WHEREAS the Executive is willing to accept and continue his employment
with the Company on the terms hereinafter set forth in this Agreement;

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants
set forth herein and for other good ad valuable consideration, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

          1.  Term of Employment.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the
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Executive shall be employed by the Company for a period (the "Employment Term")
commencing on ________ ,1996 [the effective date of the IPO] (the "Commencement
Date") and ending on the second anniversary of the Commencement Date; provided
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that the Employment Term shall be automatically renewed for successive one-year
periods on each anniversary of the Commencement Date thereafter unless either
party hereto gives the other party written notice in accordance with Section
11(g) no later than sixty (60) days prior to such anniversary of the
Commencement Date of its election not to so renew the Employment Term for the
additional one-year period.

          2. Positions.
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          (a) The Executive shall serve as the Senior Vice-President
<PAGE>
 
and Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  In such position, the Executive
shall have such duties and authority as shall be determined from time to time by
the President and CEO, and shall report directly to the President and CEO.

          (b)  During the term of his employment hereunder, the Executive will
devote substantially all of his business time and best efforts to the
performance of his duties hereunder and will not engage in any other business,
profession or occupation for compensation or otherwise which would conflict with
the rendition of such services either directly or indirectly, without the prior
written consent of the Board; that nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude
the Executive from continuing to serve on the Board of Directors of any business
corporation or any charitable organization on which he now serves and which have
been identified to the Board in writing or from accepting appointment to
additional Boards of Directors, provided that the Executive notify the Board in
writing identifying any such additional appointments and that such activities do
not materially interfere with the performance of the Executive's duties
hereunder and do not otherwise violate the provisions set forth in Section 8.

          3.  Base Salary.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, the Company
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shall pay the Executive an annual base salary at the initial annual rate of
$130,000.00, payable in regular installments in accordance with the Company's
usual payment practices during the Employment Term.  The annual base salary may
be increased, but not decreased, from time to time in the discretion of the
compensation committee of the Board (the "Compensation Committee").  Such base
salary, as in effect from time to time, is hereinafter referred to as the "Base
Salary".

          4.  Bonus.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, with respect to
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each calendar year, all or part of which falls within the Employment Term, the
Executive will be entitled to an annual bonus in such amount, and based upon
such terms and conditions, as are determined by the Compensation Committee in
its sole discretion; provided that the Executive will be guaranteed a minimum
                     --------   
bonus with respect to each such calendar year equal to fifteen percent (15%) of
the Base Salary as in effect on the first day of such calendar year, subject to
pro-rata reduction to reflect any partial calendar year contained within the
Employment Term.

          5.  Employee Benefits.  Subject to the provisions of Section 7, during
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the Employment Term the Executive shall be provided such employee benefits
(including fringe benefits, vacation benefits, retirement plan participation and
life, health, accident and disability insurance) as may be in effect from time
to time for employees of the Company on the same basis as those benefits are
generally made available to other senior 

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executives of the Company.


          6.  Business Expenses.  Reasonable travel, entertainment and other
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business expenses incurred by the Executive in the performance of his duties
hereunder shall be promptly reimbursed by the Company in accordance with Company
policies.

          7.  Termination.
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          (a)  For Cause By The Company .  The Executive's employment hereunder
               -------------------------                                       
and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company for "Cause".  For
purposes of this Agreement, "Cause" shall mean on account of any of the
following: the Executive's being indicted for a felony (exclusive of any felony
relating to negligent operation of a motor vehicle); breach of duty of loyalty
which is detrimental to the Company involving personal profit to the Employee;
willful failure to perform or adhere to explicitly stated duties or guidelines
of employment or to follow the directives of the Board (which are not unlawful
to perform or adhere to and which are within the scope of the Executive's
duties) following a written warning that if such failure continues it will be
deemed a basis for a "for cause" dismissal; or gross negligence in the
performance of such duties, or willful misconduct which is injurious to the
Company.  If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company for Cause, the Executive shall be entitled (i) to
receive in cash his Base Salary accrued through the date of such termination of
employment and (ii) to reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses
properly incurred by the Executive prior to the date of such termination of
employment.  Following such termination of the Executive's employment by the
Company for Cause, except as set forth in this Section 7(a), the Company shall
have no further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if
any, due the Executive following his termination of employment by the Company
for Cause shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (b)  Disability Or Death.
               -------------------

          The Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term shall
terminate upon the Executive's death and, at the election of the Company, if the
Executive suffers a "Disability". For purposes of this Agreement "Disability"
shall mean any condition that would result in the Executive being treated as
disabled under the Company's long-term disability policy, or if there shall be
no such policy in effect, if the Executive becomes physically or mentally
incapacitated and is therefore unable for a period of three (3) consecutive
months or for an aggregate of six (6) months during any consecutive eighteen
(18) month period during the Employment Term (including any renewal thereof) to

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perform his duties hereunder. Any question as to the existence of the Disability
of the Executive as to which the Executive and the Company cannot agree shall be
determined in writing by a qualified independent physician mutually acceptable
to the Executive and the Company.

          Upon the termination of the Executive's employment hereunder and the
Employment Term by the Company due to the Executive's Disability or due to the
Executive's death, the Executive or his estate (as the case may be) shall
continue to receive (i) payment of the Base Salary in monthly installments for a
period of twelve months following the date of such termination of employment and
(ii) reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by
the Executive prior to the date of such termination of employment; provided that
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the amount of such continued monthly payments of Base Salary shall be reduced by
the aggregate amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive for
the twelve months following the date of such termination of employment under any
disability insurance policy or program maintained by the Company or its
affiliates to the extent the premiums for such disability insurance policy are
not paid for by the Executive.  Except as set forth in this Section 7(b),
following such termination of the Executive's employment due to death or
Disability the Company shall have no further obligations to the Executive
hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the Executive following his
termination of employment by the Company due to death or Disability shall be
determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of
the Company.

          (c)  Without Cause By The Company.  The Executive's employment
               ----------------------------                             
hereunder and the Employment Term may be terminated by the Company without
Cause.  A Constructive Termination shall be treated in the same manner as a
termination by the Company without cause.  For purposes of this Agreement, a
"Constructive Termination" means any termination of this Agreement by written
resignation of the Executive where such resignation occurs within three months
after the occurrence of any of the circumstances identified below in this
sentence, provided that such termination was not for Cause and occurred not
sooner than ten calendar days after written notice is given by the Executive to
the Company specifying the circumstance believed by the Executive to constitute
Constructive Termination and the Company fails to cure or remedy the triggering
circumstance within such ten day period: a substantial reduction in the
Executive's responsibility and/or position with the Company; a reduction in the
Executive's Base Salary; or a relocation of the  Company's principal business
office out of the greater Boston metropolitan area.

          If the Executive's employment hereunder and the Employment Term are
terminated by the Company without "Cause" (other than by 

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<PAGE>
 
reason of Disability or death), then (i) subject to the Executive's continued
compliance with the provisions set forth in Sections 8 and 9, the Executive
shall continue to receive his Base Salary in monthly installments for the
greater of [x] the number of months remaining in the Employment Term, determined
as if such termination had not occurred but disregarding any further one-year
extensions, and [y] twelve months; and (ii) the Executive shall be entitled to
reimbursement for any unreimbursed business expenses properly incurred by the
Executive prior to the date of such termination of employment; provided that the
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amount of such continued monthly of Base Salary shall be reduced by the
aggregate amount of payments received or to be received by the Executive in
connection with such termination of employment under any other severance or
termination pay plan, policy or arrangement of the Company or its affiliates.
Except as set forth in this Section 7(c), following termination of the
Executive's employment by the Company without Cause the Company shall have no
further obligations to the Executive hereunder. All other benefits, if any, due
the Executive following his termination of employment by the Company without
Cause shall be determined in accordance with the employee benefit plans and
written policies of the Company.

          (d)  Voluntary Termination By The Executive.  The Executive may
               --------------------------------------                    
voluntarily terminate his employment hereunder and the Employment Term for any
reason.  If the Executive voluntarily terminates his employment hereunder with
the Company during the Employment Term for any reason other than a Constructive
Termination as defined in Section 7(c), such termination shall be treated for
purposes of this Agreement in the same manner as a termination by the Company
for Cause and the provisions of Section 7(a) shall apply.  Except as expressly
provided in Section 7(a), following such voluntary termination of the
Executive's employment by the Executive the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following his voluntary termination of employment shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (e) Expiration Of The Employment Term.
              ---------------------------------

                 (i) Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties in writing, in
the event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a result of the
Executive's notice to the Company electing not to renew the Employment Term
pursuant to Section l, the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder
and any continuation of the Executive's employment with the Company beyond the
expiration of the Employment Term shall be deemed an employment at will and
shall not be deemed to extend any of the provisions of this Agreement and the
Executive's employment may thereafter be terminated at will by the Executive or
the Company without 

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further obligation of the Company hereunder. All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following such expiration of the Employment Term or subsequent
termination of the Executive's employment at will thereafter shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (ii) In the event of the expiration of the Employment Term as a result
of the Company's notice to the Executive electing not to renew the Employment
Term pursuant to Section l, the expiration of the Employment Term shall be
treated for purposes of this Agreement as a termination of the Executive's
employment by the Company without Cause and the provisions of Section 7(c) shall
apply.  Except as expressly provided in Section 7(c), following the expiration
of the Employment Term as a result of the Company's notice to the Executive
electing not to renew the Employment Term, the Company shall have no further
obligations to the Executive hereunder.  All other benefits, if any, due the
Executive following such expiration of the Employment Term shall be determined
in accordance with the employee benefit plans and written policies of the
Company.

          (f)  Notice Of Termination.  Any purported termination of employment
               ---------------------                                          
by the Company or by the Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of
Termination to the other party hereto in accordance with Section 11(g) hereof.
For purposes of this Agreement, a "Notice of Termination" shall mean a notice
which shall indicate the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied
upon and shall set forth in reasonable detail the facts and circumstances
claimed to provide a basis for termination of employment under the provision so
indicated.

          8.  Non-Competition/Non-Solicitation.
              --------------------------------

          (a) The Executive acknowledges and recognizes the highly competitive
nature of the businesses of the Company and its affiliates and accordingly
agrees as follows:

                 (i) Until the later to occur of [x] the termination of the
employment of the Executive with the Company, and [y] the expiration of two
years from the Commencement Date, whether or not the employment of the Executive
by the Company shall have been terminated earlier for any reason, the Executive
will not, directly or indirectly, either as an individual for his own account,
or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an employee, agent, consultant, or
salesman for any business, or as an officer, director, or stockholder of an
entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the Company or its affiliates),
engage in activities, whether for profit or otherwise, which are competitive
with any line of business conducted during the term of the Executive's
employment by the Company or any of its 

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affiliates or with any line of business closely related to any line of business
conducted during the term of the Executive's employment by the Company or any of
its affiliates; provided that the foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from
                --------
owning one percent (1%) or less of the equity or debt securities of any entity,
if such securities are listed for trading on a national securities exchange or
are traded in the over-the-counter market;

          (ii) Neither during the term of the Executive's employment with the
Company or its affiliates nor at any time during the twelve month period
following the termination of the Executive's employment with the Company or its
affiliates for any reason, will the Executive directly or indirectly, either as
an individual for his own account, or as a partner or joint venturer, or as an
employee, agent, consultant, or salesman for any business, or as an officer,
director, or stockholder of an entity, or otherwise (other than on behalf of the
Company or its affiliates), own, manage, operate or market or seek to purchase,
manage, operate or market, any nursing home, convalescent home, congregate care
facility or similar long-term care facility manned or operated by the Company or
its affiliates at the time of the termination of the Executive's employment with
the Company or its affiliates, nor seek to win contracts or programs in favor of
the Company or its affiliates in force at the time of the termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company or its affiliates, nor take any action
in connection with projects that the Company or any of its affiliates has begun
at the time of the Executive's termination of employment; provided, that the
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foregoing shall not prevent the Executive from owning one percent (1%) or less
of the equity or debt securities of any entity, if such securities are listed
for trading on a national securities exchange or are traded in the over-the-
counter market;

          (iii) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder, and for
a period of one year thereafter, the Executive will not directly or indirectly,
without the prior written consent of the Company, induce, solicit or encourage
any employee, consultant or agent of the Company or any of its affiliates to
terminate his or her employment, consultancy or agency with the Company or any
of its affiliates, and will not directly or indirectly employ, offer employment
to, or offer to retain, or retain as a consultant or agent, any person who was
employed by or retained as a consultant or agent of the Company or any of its
affiliates unless (a) such person shall not have had a written employment
agreement with the Company and shall have been engaged primarily in the
provision to the Company of support or administrative services, or (b) such
person shall have ceased to be employed or retained by the Company or any of its
affiliates, as the case may be, for a period of at least 12 months; provided,
however, that the preceding prohibition against activity by the Executive shall
not apply to any independent 

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<PAGE>
 
contractor if the Executive's retention of such person would not impede or
impair any continuing relationship between such person and the Company and/or
its affiliates;

          (iv) In the event of any dispute under this Agreement or otherwise
relating to the Executive's relationship with the Company, any affiliate of the
Company, or their respective principals or management, whether or not during the
term of the Executive's employment with the Company or its affiliates or
thereafter, the Executive, for a period of twelve months following termination
of his employment for any reason, agrees not to seek to enjoin or otherwise seek
to impede the purchase, sale, financing, refinancing, leasing, development,
establishment or operation of any nursing home, convalescent home, congregate
care facility or similar long-term care facility or any other business venture
or entity in which any of such persons or entities had any interest or was
seeking to acquire an interest at the time of the termination of the Executive's
employment; and

          (v) The Executive agrees that the Company has the right to use his
name and picture in its promotional material during the period of his employment
with the Company or its affiliates and, following such termination of the
Executive's employment with the Company and its affiliates for any reason, until
the Company's supply of such promotional material, both on hand and on order,
has been exhausted; provided, that the Executive shall have the right,
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exercisable by written notice to the Company pursuant to Section 11(g) given
within fifteen (15) days following such termination of the Executive's
employment, to purchase at cost all promotional materials in which his name or
picture is prominently displayed.

      (b) It is expressly understood and agreed that although the Executive
and the Company consider the restrictions contained in this Section 8 to be
reasonable, if a final judicial determination is made by a court of competent
jurisdiction that the time or territory or any other restriction contained in
this Agreement is an unenforceable restriction against the Executive, the
provisions of this Agreement shall not be rendered void but shall be deemed
amended to apply as to such maximum time and territory and to such maximum
extent as such court may judicially determine or indicate to be enforceable.
Alternatively, if any court of competent jurisdiction finds that any restriction
contained in this Agreement is unenforceable, and such restriction cannot be
amended so as to make it enforceable, such finding shall not affect the
enforceability of any of the other restrictions contained herein.

      9.  Confidentiality/Intellectual Property.
          ------------------------------------- 

      (a) The Executive will not at any time (whether during or 

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<PAGE>
 
after his employment with the Company and its affiliates) disclose or use for
his own benefit or purposes or the benefit or purposes of any other person,
firm, partnership, joint venture, association, corporation or other business
organization, entity or enterprise other than the Company and any of its
affiliates, any trade secrets, information, data, or other confidential
information relating to customers, development programs, costs, marketing,
trading, investment, sales activities, promotion, credit and financial data,
manufacturing processes, financing methods, plans, or the business and affairs
of the Company or its affiliates generally; provided that the foregoing shall
                                            --------
not apply to information which is not unique to the Company or its affiliates or
which is generally known to the industry or the public other than as a result of
the Executive's breach of this covenant. The Executive agrees that upon
termination of his employment with the Company for any reason, he will return to
the Company immediately all memoranda, books, papers, plans, information,
letters and other data, and all copies thereof or therefrom, in any way relating
to the business of the Company and its affiliates. The Executive further agrees
that he will not retain or use for his account at any time any trade names,
trademark or other proprietary business designation used or owned in connection
with the business of the Company or its affiliates.

          (b) It is understood that the Executive, his heirs and representatives
will promptly make full disclosure and assign to the Company any ideas,
discoveries, inventions, developments or improvements conceived or made by him
either solely or jointly with others, during the period of the Executive's
employment with the Company relating to Company business, development programs
or contemplated interests.  The Executive further agrees to assign to the
Company, without any royalty payment therefor, all rights in inventions
conceived or made by the Executive in the course of working on assigned duties
or which relate directly to such assigned duties.  At the Company's expense, but
without requiring further compensation to the Executive, it is further
understood that the Executive will cooperate in the preparation of patent
applications, assignments, and other necessary matters in obtaining, defending,
or enforcing proprietary rights of the Company.

          10.  Specific Performance/Other Remedies.  The Executive acknowledges
               -----------------------------------                             
and agrees that the Company's remedies at law for a breach or threatened breach
of any of the provisions of Section 8 or Section 9 would be inadequate and, in
recognition of this fact, the Executive agrees that, in the event of such a
breach or threatened breach, in addition to any remedies at law, the Company,
without posting any bond, shall be entitled to seek equitable relief in the form
of specific performance, temporary restraining order, temporary or permanent
injunction or any other equitable remedy which may then be available.  In
addition, and 

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without prejudice to the Company's rights to specific performance described
above, in the event of the Executive's breach of any of the provisions contained
in Sections 8 or 9 above, if, following written notice from the Company of the
alleged breach by the Executive, the Executive has not cured such breach within
ten calendar days of such notice, then the Company shall cease, as of the date
of such notice, to have any obligation to make further payments of compensation
to the Executive hereunder.

     11.  Miscellaneous.
          ------------- 

     (a)  Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
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accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     (b)  Entire Agreement/Prior Agreements/Amendments.
          -------------------------------------------- 

          (i) This Agreement contains the entire understanding of the parties
with respect to the employment of the Executive by the Company.  There are no
restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings
between the parties with respect to the subject matter herein other than those
expressly set forth or referred to herein.

          (ii) The parties hereto hereby expressly agree and acknowledge that
this Agreement shall, upon its execution, supersede in all respects any and all
other employment agreements and other agreements (whether currently or
previously in effect) between the Executive and the Company or any of its
affiliates relating to the subject matter hereof (including, but not limited to,
the matter of any right claimed by the Executive to equity interests in any
corporation, partnership or other entity), and that any such other employment
agreements or other agreements shall be void and of no further force and effect.
Notwithstanding the foregoing language, any employee manual or handbook setting
forth rules of general application to employees of the Company shall continue to
apply to the employment of the Executive except to the extent inconsistent with
the terms of this Agreement, which will control in the event of any
inconsistency.

          (iii) This Agreement may not be altered, modified, or amended except
by written instrument signed by the parties hereto.

     (c)  Freedom to Contract. The Executive hereby represents and warrants to
          ------------------- 
the Company that he is free to enter into this Agreement and carry out his
obligations hereunder without any conflict with any other agreement or
understanding, whether currently or previously in effect, and that he has not
made and will not make any agreement in conflict with this agreement.

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          (d) No Waiver. The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence
              ---------
to any term of this Agreement on any occasion shall not be considered a waiver
of such party's rights or deprive such party of the right thereafter to insist
upon strict adherence to that term or any other term of this Agreement.

          (e)  Severability.  In the event that any one or more of the
               ------------                                           
provisions of this Agreement shall be or become invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby.

          (f)  Assignment.  This Agreement shall not be assignable by the
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Executive and shall be assignable by the Company only with the consent of the
Executive; provided that if the Company shall at any time be merged or
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consolidated into or with another corporation, or if substantially all of the
assets of the Company are transferred to another corporation, the provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the corporation
resulting from such merger, consolidation or transfer.

          (g)  Notice.  For the purpose of this Agreement, notices and all other
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communications provided for in the Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when sent by
telecopy if acknowledged by printed or return telecopy confirmation and (iii)
when delivered, if mailed by United States registered mail, return receipt
requested, postage prepaid, or by a commercial courier requiring signature for
release thereof, in each case addressed to the respective addresses set forth on
the execution page of this Agreement or to such other address as either party
may have furnished to the other in writing in accordance herewith, except that
notice of change of address shall be effective only upon receipt; provided that
                                                                  --------     
all notices to the Company shall be directed to the attention of the Board with
a copy to the Secretary of the Company.

          (h)  Mitigation.  The Executive shall not be required to mitigate the
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amount of any payment provided for in this Agreement by seeking other employment
or otherwise, nor shall the amount of any payment be reduced by any compensation
earned by the Executive as a result of employment by another employer or by
retirement benefits after the date of termination or otherwise.

          (i)  Withholding Taxes.  The Company may withhold from any amounts
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payable under this Agreement such Federal, state and local taxes as may be
required to be withheld pursuant to any applicable law or regulation.

          (j)  Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in 
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counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


                                              HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE
                                              CORPORATION

                                                
                                              By:
                                                 _____________________
                                              Name:
                                              Title:

                                              Company Address:

                                              Harborside Healthcare Corporation
                                              470 Atlantic Avenue
                                              Boston, MA 02110
                                              Telecopy:(617) 556-1565



                                              _________________________L.S.
                                              WILLIAM H. STEPHAN

                                              Executive Address:

                                              18 Constitution Wharf
                                              Charlestown, MA 02129

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.11


                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

               1996 STOCK OPTION PLAN FOR NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS

     Harborside Healthcare Corporation., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"),
hereby formulates and adopts the following Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") for
non-employee directors of the Company.

     1.  Purpose.  The purpose of the Plan is to secure for the Company the
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benefits of the additional incentive inherent in the ownership of common stock,
par value $.01 per share, of the Company ("Common Stock") by non-employee
directors of the Company and to help the Company secure and retain the services
of such non-employee directors.

     2.  Administration.  The Plan is intended to allow the non-employee
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directors receiving grants pursuant to it to be, with respect to other stock
plans of the Company, "disinterested persons" as defined in Rule 16b-3 ("Rule
16b-3") as promulgated and interpreted by the Securities and Exchange Commission
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "1934 Act") and, accordingly, is
intended to be self-governing to the extent required by Rule 16b-3.  To this
end, the Plan requires no discretionary action by any administrative body with
regard to any transaction under the Plan.  To the extent, if any, that questions
of administration arise, these shall be resolved by the Board of Directors of
the Company (the "Board of Directors").  The Board of Directors may, in its
discretion, delegate to the Chief Executive Officer of the Company all authority
and responsibility to act pursuant to this Plan.  All references to the "Plan
Administrator" in this Plan shall refer to either the Board of Directors or the
Chief Executive Officer, depending upon whether the Board of Directors has
delegated its authority pursuant to this Section 2.

     Subject to the express provisions of the Plan, the Plan Administrator shall
have plenary authority to interpret the Plan, to prescribe, amend and rescind
the rules and regulations relating to it and to make all other determinations
deemed necessary and advisable for the administration of the Plan.  The
determination of the Plan Administrator shall be conclusive.

     3.  Common Stock Subject to Options.  Subject to the adjustment provisions
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of Paragraph 16 below, a maximum of 105,000 shares of Common Stock may be made
subject to options granted under the Plan.  If, and to the extent that, options
granted under the Plan shall terminate, expire or be canceled for any reason
without having been exercised, new options may be granted in respect of the
shares covered by such terminated, expired or canceled options.  The granting
and terms of such new options shall comply in all respects with the provisions
of the Plan.
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     Shares issued upon the exercise of any option granted under the Plan may be
shares of authorized and unissued Common Stock, shares of issued Common Stock
held in the Company's treasury or both.  There shall be reserved at all times
for sale under the Plan a number of shares, of either authorized and unissued
shares of Common Stock, shares of Common Stock held in the Company's treasury,
or both, equal to the maximum number of shares which may be purchased pursuant
to options granted or that may be granted under the Plan.

     4.  Individuals Eligible.  Only directors of the Company who are not
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employees of the Company or any affiliate of the Company ("Outside Directors")
shall participate in the Plan.

     5.  Grant of Options.  A director receiving an option pursuant to the Plan
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is hereinafter referred to as an "Optionee."

         (a) Each person who is an Outside Director on the effective date of the
initial public offering of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "IPO Effective
Date") shall receive an option to purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock on the
IPO Effective Date.

         (b) Each person who is first elected, appointed or otherwise becomes an
Outside Director after the IPO Effective Date shall receive an option to
purchase 15,000 shares of Common Stock on the date such person first becomes an
Outside Director.

         (c) Each person who is an Outside Director on January 1 of each year
occurring after the IPO Effective Date and during the term of the Plan shall, on
such January 1, receive an option to purchase 3,500 shares of Common Stock.

     6.  Type of Options.  All options granted under the Plan shall be
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"nonqualified" stock options subject to the provisions of section 83 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code").

     7.  Form of Agreements with Optionees.  Each option granted pursuant to the
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Plan shall be in writing and shall have such form, terms and provisions, not
inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Plan Administrator shall
provide for in such option.

     8.  Price.
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     (a) The option price of each share of Common Stock purchasable under any
option granted pursuant to the Plan on the IPO Effective Date
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shall be equal to the offering price per share of Common Stock in connection
with the registered initial public offering of the Common Stock.

     (b) The option price of each share of Common Stock purchasable under all
other options granted pursuant to the Plan shall be the Fair Market Value (as
defined below) of a share of Common Stock on the date the option is granted.
For purposes of the Plan, "Fair Market Value" of a share of Common Stock as of
any grant date shall mean:

     (i) the mean between the high and low sales prices of the Shares as
reported on the composite tape for securities traded on the New York Stock
Exchange for the immediately preceding trading date (or if not then trading on
the New York Stock Exchange, the mean between the high and low sales price of
the Shares on the stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Shares
are principally trading on such date), or if, there were no sales on such date,
on the closest preceding date on which there were sales of Shares; or

     (ii) in the event there shall be no public market for the Shares on such
date, the fair market value of the Shares as determined in good faith by the
Plan Administrator based upon the valuation of an independent appraiser.
 
  9.  Vesting of Options.  Each option granted to an Optionee hereunder shall
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vest and become exercisable in full on the one year anniversary of the date such
option is granted.

  10.  Duration of Options.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the
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contrary, the unexercised portion of any option granted under the Plan shall
automatically and without notice terminate and become null and void at the time
of the earliest to occur of the following:

       (a) The expiration of ten years from the date on which such option was
granted;

       (b) The expiration of one year from the date the Optionee's service as an
Outside Director shall terminate by reason of death or Disability;

       (c)  The date the Optionee's service as an Outside Director shall
terminate by reason of "cause" (as hereafter defined). Termination by reason of
"cause" shall mean termination (i) on account of fraud, embezzlement or other
unlawful or tortious conduct, whether or not involving or against the Company or
any affiliate, (ii) for violation of a policy of the Company or any affiliate,
or (iii) for serious and willful acts of misconduct detrimental to the business
or reputation of the Company or any affiliate; and
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     (d) The expiration of three months from the date the Optionee's service as
an Outside Director terminates other than by reason of death, Disability or
termination for cause.

   11.  Exercise of Options.  An option granted under the Plan shall be deemed
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exercised when the person entitled to exercise the option (i) delivers written
notice to the Company at its principal business office, directed to the
attention of its Chief Financial Officer, of the decision to exercise and (ii)
concurrently tenders to the Company full payment for the shares to be purchased
pursuant to such exercise. Payment for shares with respect to which an option is
exercised may be made in cash, check or money order or by shares of Common Stock
owned by the Optionee for at least six months prior to exercise.

   12.  Nontransferability of Options.  No option or any right evidenced
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thereby shall be transferable in any manner other than by will or the laws of
descent and distribution, and, during the lifetime of an Optionee, only the
Optionee (or the Optionee's court-appointed legal representative) may exercise
an option.

   13.  Rights of Optionee.  Neither the Optionee nor the Optionee's executor
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or administrator shall have any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company
with respect to the shares subject to an option until certificates for such
shares shall actually have been issued upon the due exercise of such option.  No
adjustment shall be made for any regular cash dividend for which the record date
is prior to the date of such due exercise and full payment for such shares has
been made therefor.

   14.  Right to Terminate Service.  Nothing in the Plan or in any option
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shall confer upon any Optionee the right to continue in service as an Outside
Director.

   15.  Nonalienation of Benefits.  No right or benefit under the Plan shall
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be subject to anticipation, alienation, sale, assignment, hypothecation, pledge,
exchange, transfer, encumbrance or charge, and any attempt to anticipate,
alienate, sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge, exchange, transfer, encumber or
charge the same shall be void.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, no
right or benefit hereunder shall in any manner be liable for or subject to the
debts, contracts, liabilities or torts of the person entitled to such benefits.

   16.  Adjustment Upon Changes in Capitalization, etc.  In the event that the
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Board of Directors determines that any dividend or other distribution (whether
in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property),
recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger,
consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of
shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, issuance of warrants
or other rights to purchase shares of Common Stock or other securities of the
Company, or other similar corporate
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                                                                               5

transaction or event affects the shares of Common Stock such that an adjustment
is determined by the Board of Directors in its discretion to be appropriate in
order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits
intended to be made available under the Plan, then the Board of Directors shall,
in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number of
shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or number and kind of
other securities or property) with respect to which options may be granted, (ii)
the number of shares of Common Stock or other securities of the Company (or
number and kind of other securities or property) subject to outstanding options,
and (iii) the grant or exercise price with respect to any option or, if deemed
appropriate, make provision for a cash payment to the holder of an outstanding
option in consideration for the cancellation of such option.

     17.  Purchase for Investment.  Whether or not the options and shares
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covered by the Plan have been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, each person exercising an option under the Plan may be required by the
Company to give a representation in writing that such person is acquiring such
shares for investment and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with,
the distribution of any part thereof.  The Company will endorse any necessary
legend referring to the foregoing restriction upon the certificate or
certificates representing any shares issued or transferred to the Optionee upon
the exercise of any option granted under the Plan.

     18.  Termination and Amendment of Plan and Options.  Unless the Plan shall
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theretofore have been terminated as hereinafter provided, options shall be
granted under the Plan, as provided in Paragraph 5 hereof, prior to the tenth
anniversary of the IPO Effective Date on which date the Plan will expire, except
as to options then outstanding under the Plan.  Such options shall remain in
effect until they have been exercised, have expired or have been canceled.

     The Plan may be terminated or amended at any time by the Board of
Directors; provided, however, that (i) any such amendment shall comply with all
applicable laws and applicable stock exchange listing requirements, (ii) the
provisions of the Plan with respect to eligibility for participation or the
timing or amount of grants of awards and the option price shall not be amended
more than once every six months (other than to comport with changes in the Code
or the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or the
regulations thereunder), and (iii) any amendment for which stockholder approval
is required by law or in order to maintain continued qualification of the Plan
under Rule 16b-3 shall not be effective until such approval has been obtained.

     No termination, modification or amendment of the Plan, without the consent
of the Optionee, may adversely affect the rights of such person with respect to
such option.
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     19.  Effective Date of Plan.  Upon adoption by the Company's Board of
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Directors, this Plan shall become effective as of the IPO Effective Date,
subject, however, to its approval by the Company's shareholders within 12 months
of the date of such adoption.

     20.  Government and Other Regulations.  The obligation of the Company with
          --------------------------------                                     
respect to options granted under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable
laws, rules and regulations and such approvals by any governmental agency as may
be required, including, without limitation, the effectiveness of any
registration statement required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of any securities exchange on which the Common
Stock may be listed.

     21.  Withholding.   An Optionee may be required to pay to the Company and
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the Company shall have the right and is hereby authorized to withhold from the
settlement of any option granted hereunder or from any compensation or other
amount owing to an Optionee the amount (in cash, shares of Common Stock, other
securities, or other property) of any applicable withholding taxes in respect of
an option or its exercise and to take such other action as may be necessary in
the opinion of the Company to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such
taxes.

     22.  Separability.  If any part of the Plan is declared by any court or
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governmental authority to be unlawful or invalid, such unlawfulness or
invalidity shall not invalidate any portion of the Plan not declared to be
unlawful or invalid.  Any Paragraph or part of a Paragraph so declared to be
unlawful or invalid shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give
effect to the terms of such Paragraph or part of a Paragraph to the fullest
extent possible while remaining lawful and valid.

     23.  Non-Exclusivity of the Plan.  Neither the adoption of the Plan by the
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Board of Directors nor the submission of the Plan to the shareholders of the
Company for approval shall be construed as creating any limitation on the power
of the Board of Directors to adopt such other incentive arrangements as it may
deem desirable, including, without limitation, the granting of stock options and
the awarding of stock and cash otherwise than under the Plan, and such
arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific
cases.
 
     24.  Governing Law.  The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in
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accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

     25.  Exculpation.  It is understood that the obligations incurred by the
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Company under or with respect to this Plan do not constitute personal
obligations of the Directors, officers, employees or shareholders of the
Company, or of any such Directors, officers, employees or shareholders, and
shall not create or involve any claim against, or personal liability on the part
of, them or any of them.  The Optionees agree to look solely to the assets of
the Company for satisfaction of any
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                                                                               7

liability of the Company under or with respect to the Plan and not to seek
recourse against any such Directors, officers, employees or shareholders, or any
of them or any of their personal assets for such satisfaction.

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                                                                Exhibit 10.12(a)



                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

                      1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan


          SECTION 1.  Purpose.  The purposes of this Harborside Healthcare
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Corporation 1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan are to promote the interests of
Harborside Healthcare Corporation and its stockholders by (i) attracting and
retaining exceptional officers and other key employees and consultants of the
Company and its Subsidiaries, as defined below; (ii) motivating such individuals
by means of performance-related incentives to achieve longer-range performance
goals; and (iii) enabling such individuals to participate in the long-term
growth and financial success of the Company.

          SECTION 2.  Definitions.  As used in the Plan, the following terms
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shall have the meanings set forth below:

          "Affiliate" shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly, is
controlled by or controls the Company and (ii) any entity in which the Company
has a significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the
Committee.

          "Award" shall mean any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted
Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Performance Award, Other Stock-Based
Award or Performance Compensation Award.

          "Award Agreement" shall mean any written agreement, contract, or other
instrument or document evidencing any Award, which may, but need not, be
executed or acknowledged by a Participant.

          "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

          "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any of the following:
(i) the sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, in one or a
series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the
Company to any "person" or "group" (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d)(3)
and 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), (ii) any person or group (other than (x)
Douglas Krupp, George Krupp, their siblings and their spouses, and descendants
of any of them, whether natural or adopted, (collectively, the "Krupp Group")
and (y) any trust established and maintained primarily for the benefit of any
member of the Krupp Group and any entity controlled by any member of the Krupp
Group), is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-
5 under the Exchange Act, except that a person shall be deemed to have
"beneficial ownership" of all shares that any such person has the right to
acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage
of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of
the voting stock of the Company, including by way of merger, consolidation
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or otherwise or (iii) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals
who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board (together with any new
directors whose election by such Board or whose nomination for election by the
shareholders of the Company was approved by a vote of a majority of the
directors of the Company, then still in office, who were either directors at the
beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the
Board, then in office); provided that in no event shall the initial public
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offering of the Company's equity securities pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 be deemed to constitute
a Change of Control.

          "Code" shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from
time to time.

          "Committee" shall mean (i) a committee of the Board designated by the
Board to administer the Plan and composed of not less two directors, each of
whom is intended to be a "disinterested person" (within the meaning of Rule 16b-
3) and an "outside director" (within the meaning of Code section 162(m)) to the
extent Rule 16b-3 and Code section 162(m), respectively, are applicable to the
Company or (ii) if at any time such a committee has not been so designated by
the Board, the Board or any authorized committee thereof.

          "Company" shall mean Harborside Healthcare Corporation, together with
any successor thereto.

          "Covered Employee" shall mean any Participant who is a "Covered
Employee" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code.

          "Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended.

          "Exercise Date" shall have the meaning specified in Section 6(c)(ii)
of the Plan.

          "Fair Market Value" shall mean, (A) with respect to any property other
than Shares, the fair market value of such property determined by such methods
or procedures as shall be established from time to time by the Committee and (B)
with respect to the Shares, as of any date, (i) the mean between the high and
low sales prices of the Shares as reported on the composite tape for securities
traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the immediately preceding trading date
(or if not then trading on the New York Stock Exchange, the mean between the
high and low sales price of the Shares on the stock exchange or over-the-counter
market on which the Shares are principally trading on such date), or if there
were no sales on such date, on the closest preceding date on which there were
sales of Shares or (ii) in the event there shall be no public market for the
Shares on such date, the fair market value of the Shares as determined in good
faith by the Committee.
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          "Incentive Stock Option" shall mean a right to purchase Shares from
the Company that is granted under Section 6 of the Plan and that is intended to
meet the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision
thereto.

          "Negative Discretion" shall mean the discretion authorized by the Plan
to be applied by the Committee to eliminate or reduce the size of a Performance
Compensation Award; provided that the exercise of such discretion would not
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cause the Performance Compensation Award to fail to qualify as "Performance-
Based Compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code.  By way of example and not
by way of limitation, in no event shall any discretionary authority granted to
the Committee by the Plan including, but not limited to, Negative Discretion, be
used to (a) grant or provide payment in respect of Performance Compensation
Awards for a Performance Period if the Performance Goals for such Performance
Period have not been attained; or (b) increase a Performance Compensation Award
above the maximum amount payable under Sections 4(a) or 11(d)(vi) of the Plan.

          "Non-Qualified Stock Option" shall mean a right to purchase Shares
from the Company that is granted under Section 6 of the Plan and that is not
intended to be an Incentive Stock Option.

          "Option" shall mean an Incentive Stock Option or a Non-Qualified Stock
Option.

          "Other Stock-Based Award" shall mean any right granted under Section
10 of the Plan.

          "Participant" shall mean any officer or other key employee or
consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries eligible for an Award under
Section 5 and selected by the Committee to receive an Award under the Plan.

          "Performance Award" shall mean any right granted under Section 9 of
the Plan.

          "Performance Compensation Award" shall mean any Award designated by
the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award pursuant to Section 11 of the
Plan.

          "Performance Criteria" shall mean the criterion or criteria that the
Committee shall select for purposes of establishing the Performance Goal(s) for
a Performance Period with respect to any Performance Compensation Award under
the Plan.  The Performance Criteria that will be used to establish the
Performance Goal(s) shall be limited to the following: Return on net assets,
return on shareholders' equity, return on assets, return on capital, shareholder
returns, profit margin, earnings per Share, net earnings, operating earnings,
Shares price per Share and sales or market shares.  To the extent required under
Section 162(m) of the Code, the
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Committee shall, within the first 90 days of a Performance Period (or, if
longer, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code),
define in an objective fashion the manner of calculating the Performance
Criteria it selects to use for such Performance Period.

          "Performance Formula" shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or
more objective formulas applied against the relevant Performance Goal to
determine, with regard to the Performance Compensation Award of a particular
Participant, whether all, some portion but less than all, or none of the
Performance Compensation Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

          "Performance Goals" shall mean, for a Performance Period, the one or
more goals established by the Committee for the Performance Period based upon
the Performance Criteria.  The Committee is authorized at any time during the
first 90 days of a Performance Period, or at any time thereafter (but only to
the extent the exercise of such authority after the first 90 days of a
Performance Period would not cause the Performance Compensation Awards granted
to any Participant who is a Covered Employee for the Performance Period to fail
to qualify as "Performance-Based Compensation" under Section 162(m) of the
Code), in its sole and absolute discretion, to adjust or modify the calculation
of a Performance Goal for such Performance Period to the extent permitted under
Section 162(m) of the Code in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of
the rights of Participants, (a) in the event of, or in anticipation of, any
unusual or extraordinary corporate item, transaction, event or development
affecting the Company; or (b) in recognition of, or in anticipation of, any
other unusual or nonrecurring events affecting the Company, or the financial
statements of the Company, or in response to, or in anticipation of, changes in
applicable laws, regulations, accounting principles, or business conditions.

          "Performance Period" shall mean the one or more periods of time
(ranging from 1 to 3 years), as the Committee may select, over which the
attainment of one or more Performance Goals will be measured for the purpose of
determining a Participant's right to and the payment of a Performance
Compensation Award.

          "Person" shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government
or political subdivision thereof or other entity.

          "Plan" shall mean this Harborside Healthcare Corporation 1996 Long-
Term Stock Incentive Plan.

          "QDRO" shall have the meaning specified in Section 14(a)(i) of the
Plan.

          "Restricted Stock" shall mean any Share granted under Section 8 of the
Plan.
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          "Restricted Stock Unit" shall mean any unit granted under Section 8 of
the Plan.

          "Rule 16b-3" shall mean Rule 16b-3 as promulgated and interpreted by
the SEC under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule or regulation thereto as
in effect from time to time.

          "SEC" shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any
successor thereto and shall include the Staff thereof.

          "Shares" shall mean the common shares of the Company, $.01 par value,
or such other securities of the Company (i) into which such common shares shall
be changed by reason of a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, split-up,
combination, exchange of shares or other similar transaction or (ii) as may be
determined by the Committee pursuant to Section 4(b).

          "Stock Appreciation Right" shall mean any right granted under Section
7 of the Plan.

          "Subsidiary" shall mean (i) any entity that, directly or indirectly,
is controlled by the Company and (ii) any entity in which the Company has a
significant equity interest, in either case as determined by the Committee

          "Substitute Awards" shall have the meaning specified in Section 4(c).

          SECTION 3.  Administration.  (a)  The Plan shall be administered by
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the Committee.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and applicable law, and in
addition to other express powers and authorizations conferred on the Committee
by the Plan, the Committee shall have full power and authority to:  (i)
designate Participants; (ii) determine the type or types of Awards to be granted
to a Participant and designate those Awards which shall constitute Performance
Compensation Awards; (iii) determine the number of Shares to be covered by, or
with respect to which payments, rights, or other matters are to be calculated in
connection with, Awards; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award;
(v) determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances Awards may
be settled or exercised in cash, Shares, other securities, other Awards or other
property, or canceled, forfeited, or suspended and the method or methods by
which Awards may be settled, exercised, canceled, forfeited, or suspended; (vi)
determine whether, to what extent, and under what circumstances cash, Shares,
other securities, other Awards, other property, and other amounts payable with
respect to an Award shall be deferred either automatically or at the election of
the holder thereof or of the Committee; (vii) interpret, administer reconcile
any inconsistency, correct any default and/or supply any omission in the Plan
and any instrument or agreement relating to, or Award made under, the Plan;
(viii) establish, amend, suspend, or waive such rules and regulations and
appoint such agents as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration
of the Plan; (ix) establish and administer Performance Goals and certify
whether, and to what extent,
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they have been attained; and (x) make any other determination and take any other
action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for the administration of
the Plan.

          (b)  Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan, all
designations, determinations, interpretations, and other decisions under or with
respect to the Plan or any Award shall be within the sole discretion of the
Committee, may be made at any time and shall be final, conclusive, and binding
upon all Persons, including the Company, any Affiliate, any Participant, any
holder or beneficiary of any Award, and any shareholder.

          (c)  The mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify as a
"disinterested person" or "outside director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3
and Code section 162(m), respectively, shall not invalidate any award made by
the Committee which award is otherwise validly made under the Plan.

          (d)  No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award
hereunder.

          (e) With respect to any Performance Compensation Award granted to a
Covered Employee under the Plan, the Plan shall be interpreted and construed in
accordance with Section 162(m) of the Code.

          SECTION 4.  Shares Available for Awards.
                      --------------------------- 

          (a)  Shares Available.  Subject to adjustment as provided in Section
               ----------------                                               
4(b), the aggregate number of Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted
under the Plan shall be 680,000; the maximum number of Shares with respect to
which Options and Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted to any Participant in
any fiscal year shall be 150,000 and the maximum number of Shares which may be
paid to a Participant in the Plan in connection with the settlement of any
Award(s) designated as "Performance Compensation Awards" in respect of a single
Performance Period shall be 150,000 or, in the event such Performance
Compensation Award is paid in cash, the equivalent cash value thereof.  If,
after the effective date of the Plan, any Shares covered by an Award granted
under the Plan, or to which such an Award relates, are forfeited, or if an Award
has expired, terminated or been canceled for any reason whatsoever (other than
by reason of exercise or vesting), then the Shares covered by such Award shall,
to the maximum extent permitted under Section 162(m) of the Code, again be, or
shall become, Shares with respect to which Awards may be granted hereunder.

          (b)  Adjustments.  In the event that the Committee determines that any
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dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other
securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock
split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination,
repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, issuance
of warrants or other rights to
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                                                                               7

purchase Shares or other securities of the Company, or other similar corporate
transaction or event affects the Shares such that an adjustment is determined by
the Committee in its discretion to be appropriate in order to prevent dilution
or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made
available under the Plan, then the Committee shall, in such manner as it may
deem equitable, adjust any or all of (i) the number of Shares or other
securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property)
with respect to which Awards may be granted, (ii) the number of Shares or other
securities of the Company (or number and kind of other securities or property)
subject to outstanding Awards, and (iii) the grant or exercise price with
respect to any Award or, if deemed appropriate, make provision for a cash
payment to the holder of an outstanding Award in consideration for the
cancellation of such Award; provided, in each case, that no such adjustment
shall be authorized to the extent that such authority or adjustment would cause
an Award designated by the Committee as a Performance Compensation Award under
Section 11 of the Plan to fail to qualify as "Performance-Based Compensation"
under Section 162(m) of the Code.

          (c)  Substitute Awards. Awards may, in the discretion of the
               -----------------                                      
Committee, be made under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for,
outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or its Affiliates or a
company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines ("Substitute
Awards").  The number of Shares underlying any Substitute Awards shall be
counted against the aggregate number of Shares available for Awards under the
Plan.

          (d)  Sources of Shares Deliverable Under Awards.  Any Shares delivered
               ------------------------------------------                       
pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and
unissued Shares or of treasury Shares.

          SECTION 5.  Eligibility.  Any officer or other key employee or
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consultant to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (including any prospective
officer, key employee or consultant), who is not a member of the Committee,
shall be eligible to be designated a Participant.

          SECTION 6.  Stock Options.
                      ------------- 

          (a)   Grant.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee
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shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom
Options shall be granted, the number of Shares to be covered by each Option, the
exercise price therefor and the conditions and limitations applicable to the
exercise of the Option. The Committee shall have the authority to grant
Incentive Stock Options, or to grant Non-Qualified Stock Options, or to grant
both types of Options.  In the case of Incentive Stock Options, the terms and
conditions of such grants shall be subject to and comply with such rules as may
be prescribed by Section 422 of the Code, as from time to time amended, and any
regulations implementing such statute.  All Options when granted under the Plan
are intended to be Non-Qualified Stock Options, unless the applicable Award
Agreement expressly states that the Option is intended to be an
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                                                                               8

Incentive Stock Option.  If an Option is intended to be an Incentive Stock
Option, and if for any reason such Option (or any portion thereof) shall not
qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, then, to the extent of such
nonqualification, such Option (or portion thereof) shall be regarded as a Non-
Qualified Stock Option appropriately granted under the Plan; provided that such
Option (or portion thereof) otherwise complies with the Plan's requirements
relating to Non-Qualified Stock Options.

          (b)  Exercise Price.  The Committee shall establish the exercise price
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at the time each Option is granted, which exercise price shall be set forth in
the applicable Award Agreement.

          (c)  Exercise.  Each Option shall be exercisable at such times and
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subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee may, in its sole
discretion, specify in the applicable Award Agreement or thereafter.  The
Committee may impose such conditions with respect to the exercise of Options,
including without limitation, any relating to the application of federal or
state securities laws, as it may deem necessary or advisable;

          (d)  Payment.  No Shares shall be delivered pursuant to any exercise
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of an Option until payment in full of the aggregate exercise price therefor is
received by the Company.  Such payment may be made in cash, or its equivalent,
or, if and to the extent permitted by the Committee, (i) by exchanging Shares
owned by the optionee (which are not the subject of any pledge or other security
interest and which have been owned by such optionee for at least 6 months) or
(ii) through delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver
promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate exercise price, or by a
combination of the foregoing, provided that the combined value of all cash and
cash equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any such Shares so tendered to the
Company as of the date of such tender is at least equal to such aggregate
exercise price.

          SECTION 7.  Stock Appreciation Rights.
                      ------------------------- 

          (a)  Grant.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee
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shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom
Stock Appreciation Rights shall be granted, the number of Shares to be covered
by each Stock Appreciation Right Award, the grant price thereof and the
conditions and limitations applicable to the exercise thereof.  Stock
Appreciation Rights may be granted in tandem with another Award, in addition to
another Award, or freestanding and unrelated to another Award.  Stock
Appreciation Rights granted in tandem with or in addition to an Award may be
granted either at the same time as the Award or at a later time.  Stock
Appreciation Rights shall not be exercisable earlier than six months after the
date of grant.

          (b)  Exercise and Payment.  A Stock Appreciation Right shall entitle
               --------------------                                           
the Participant to receive an amount equal to the excess of the Fair Market
Value of a Share on the date of exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right over
the grant price
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                                                                               9

thereof, provided that the Committee may for administrative convenience
determine that, with respect to any Stock Appreciation Right which is not
related to an Incentive Stock Option and which can only be exercised for cash
during limited periods of time in order to satisfy the conditions of Rule 16b-3,
the exercise of such Stock Appreciation Right for cash during such limited
period shall be deemed to occur for all purposes hereunder on the day during
such limited period on which the Fair Market Value of the Shares is the highest.
Any such determination by the Committee may be changed by the Committee from
time to time and may govern the exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights granted
prior to such determination as well as Stock Appreciation Rights thereafter
granted.  The Committee shall determine whether a Stock Appreciation Right shall
be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares.

          (c)  Other Terms and Conditions.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and
               --------------------------                                       
any applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine, at or after the
grant of a Stock Appreciation Right, the term, methods of exercise, methods and
form of settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation
Right.  Any such determination by the Committee may be changed by the Committee
from time to time and may govern the exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights
granted or exercised prior to such determination as well as Stock Appreciation
Rights granted or exercised thereafter.  The Committee may impose such
conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right as it
shall deem appropriate.

          SECTION 8.  Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units.
                      ------------------------------------------- 

          (a)  Grant.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee
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shall have sole and complete authority to determine the Participants to whom
Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units shall be granted, the
number of Shares of Restricted Stock and/or the number of Restricted Stock Units
to be granted to each Participant, the duration of the period during which, and
the conditions under which, the Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units may
be forfeited to the Company, and the other terms and conditions of such Awards.

          (b)  Transfer Restrictions.  Shares of Restricted Stock and Restricted
               ---------------------                                            
Stock Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise
encumbered, except, in the case of Restricted Stock, as provided in the Plan or
the applicable Award Agreements.  Certificates issued in respect of Shares of
Restricted Stock shall be registered in the name of the Participant and
deposited by such Participant, together with a stock power endorsed in blank,
with the Company.  Upon the lapse of the restrictions applicable to such Shares
of Restricted Stock, the Company shall deliver such certificates to the
Participant or the Participant's legal representative.

          (c)  Payment.  Each Restricted Stock Unit shall have a value equal to
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the Fair Market Value of a Share.  Restricted Stock Units shall be paid in cash,
Shares, other securities or other property, as determined in the sole discretion
of the Committee, upon the lapse of the restrictions applicable thereto, or
otherwise in
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                                                                              10

accordance with the applicable Award Agreement.  Dividends paid on any Shares of
Restricted Stock may be paid directly to the Participant, withheld by the
Company subject to vesting of the Restricted Shares pursuant to the terms of the
applicable Award Agreement, or may be reinvested in additional Shares of
Restricted Stock or in additional Restricted Stock Units, as determined by the
Committee in its sole discretion.

          SECTION 9.  Performance Awards.
                      ------------------ 

          (a)  Grant.  The Committee shall have sole and complete authority to
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determine the Participants who shall receive a "Performance Award", which shall
consist of a right which is (i) denominated in cash or Shares, (ii) valued, as
determined by the Committee, in accordance with the achievement of such
performance goals during such performance periods as the Committee shall
establish, and (iii) payable at such time and in such form as the Committee
shall determine.

          (b)  Terms and Conditions.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any
               --------------------                                           
applicable Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the performance goals
to be achieved during any performance period, the length of any performance
period, the amount of any Performance Award and the amount and kind of any
payment or transfer to be made pursuant to any Performance Award.

          (c)  Payment of Performance Awards.  Performance Awards may be paid in
               -----------------------------                                    
a lump sum or in installments following the close of the performance period or,
in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, on a deferred basis.

          SECTION 10.  Other Stock-Based Awards.
                       ------------------------ 

          (a)  General.  The Committee shall have authority to grant to
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Participants an "Other Stock-Based Award", which shall consist of any right
which is (i) not an Award described in Sections 6 through 9 above and (ii) an
Award of Shares or an Award denominated or payable in, valued in whole or in
part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to, Shares (including,
without limitation, securities convertible into Shares), as deemed by the
Committee to be consistent with the purposes of the Plan; provided that any such
rights must comply, to the extent deemed desirable by the Committee, with Rule
16b-3 and applicable law.  Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable
Award Agreement, the Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of any
such Other Stock-Based Award, including the price, if any, at which securities
may be purchased pursuant to any Other Stock-Based Award granted under this
Plan.

          (b)  Dividend Equivalents.  In the sole and complete discretion of the
               --------------------                                             
Committee, an Award, whether made as an Other Stock-Based Award under this
Section 10 or as an Award granted pursuant to Sections 6 through 9 hereof, may
provide the Participant with dividends or dividend equivalents, payable in cash,
Shares, other securities or other property on a current or deferred basis.
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                                                                              11


          SECTION 11.  Performance Compensation Awards.
                       ------------------------------- 

          (a) General.  The Committee shall have the authority, at the time of
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grant of any Award described in Sections 8 through 10, to designate such Award
as a Performance Compensation Award in order to qualify such Award as
"Performance-Based Compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Code.  Awards in
the form of stock options (as described in Section 6) and Stock Appreciation
Rights (as described in Section 7) are intended to qualify as Performance-Based
Compensation provided that the exercise price or grant price, as the case may
be, is established by the Committee to be equal to the Fair Market Value per
Share as of the date of grant.

          (b) Eligibility.  The Committee will, in its sole discretion,
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designate within the first 90 days of a Performance Period (or, if longer,
within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the Code) which
Covered Employees will be eligible to receive Performance Compensation Awards in
respect of such Performance Period.  However, designation of a Covered Employee
as a Participant for a Performance Period shall not in any manner entitle the
Participant to receive payment in respect of any Performance Compensation Award
for such Performance Period. The determination as to whether or not such
Participant becomes entitled to payment in respect of any Performance
Compensation Award shall be decided solely in accordance with the provisions of
this Section 11.  Moreover, designation of a Covered Employee as a Participant
for a particular Performance Period shall not require designation of such
Covered Employee as a Participant in any subsequent Performance Period and
designation of one Covered Employee as a Participant shall not require
designation of any other Covered Employee as a Participant in such period or in
any other period.

          (c) Discretion of Committee with Respect to Performance Compensation
              ----------------------------------------------------------------
Awards.  With regard to a particular Performance Period, the Committee shall
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have full discretion to select the length of such Performance Period, the
type(s) of Performance Compensation Awards to be issued, the Performance
Criteria that will be used to establish the Performance Goal(s), the kind(s)
and/or level(s) of the Performance Goals(s) that is(are) to apply to the Company
and the Performance Formula.  Within the first 90 days of a Performance Period
(or, if longer, within the maximum period allowed under Section 162(m) of the
Code), the Committee shall, with regard to the Performance Compensation Awards
to be issued for such Performance Period, exercise its discretion with respect
to each of the matters enumerated in the immediately preceding sentence of this
Section 11(c) and record the same in writing.

          (d) Payment of Performance Compensation Awards
              ------------------------------------------

          (i) Condition to Receipt of Payment.  Unless otherwise provided in the
              -------------------------------                                   
relevant Award, a Participant must be employed by the Company on the last day of
a Performance Period to be eligible for payment in respect of a Performance
Compensation Award for such Performance Period.
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                                                                              12


          (ii) Limitation.  A Participant shall be eligible to receive payment
               ----------                                                     
in respect of a Performance Compensation Award only to the extent that: (1) the
Performance Goals for such period are achieved; and (2) the Performance Formula
as applied against such Performance Goals determines that all or some portion of
such Participant's Performance Award has been earned for the Performance Period.

          (iii) Certification.  Following the completion of a Performance
                -------------                                            
Period, the Committee shall meet to review and certify in writing whether, and
to what extent, the Performance Goals for the Performance Period have been
achieved and, if so, to calculate and certify in writing that amount of the
Performance Compensation Awards earned for the period based upon the Performance
Formula.  The Committee shall then determine the actual size of each
Participant's Performance Compensation Award for the Performance Period and, in
so doing, may apply Negative Discretion, if and when it deems appropriate.

          (iv) Negative Discretion In determining the actual size of an
               -------------------                                     
individual Performance Award for a Performance Period, the Committee may reduce
or eliminate the amount of the Performance Compensation Award earned under the
Performance Formula in the Performance Period through the use of Negative
Discretion if, in its sole judgement, such reduction or elimination is
appropriate.

          (v) Timing of Award Payments. The Awards granted for a Performance
              ------------------------                                      
Period shall be paid to Participants as soon as administratively possible
following completion of the certifications required by this Section 11.

          (vi) Maximum Award Payable.  Notwithstanding any provision contained
               ---------------------                                          
in this Plan to the contrary, the maximum Performance Compensation Award payable
to any one Participant under the Plan for a Performance Period is 150,000 Shares
or, in the event the Performance Compensation Award is paid in cash, the
equivalent cash value thereof on the last day of the Performance Period to which
such Award relates.

          SECTION 12.  Amendment and Termination.
                       ------------------------- 

          (a)  Amendments to the Plan.  The Board may amend, alter, suspend,
               ----------------------                                       
discontinue, or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any time; provided
that no such amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuation or termination
shall be made without shareholder approval if such approval is necessary to
comply with any tax or regulatory requirement, including for these purposes any
approval requirement which is a prerequisite for exemptive relief from Section
16(b) of the Exchange Act (provided that the Company is subject to the
requirements of Section 16 of the Exchange Act as of the date of such action).

          (b)  Amendments to Awards.  The Committee may waive any conditions or
               --------------------                                            
rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or
terminate, any Award theretofore granted, prospectively or retroactively;
provided
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                                                                              13

that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance,
cancellation or termination that would impair the rights of any Participant or
any holder or beneficiary of any Award theretofore granted shall not to that
extent be effective without the consent of the affected Participant, holder or
beneficiary.

          (c)  Adjustment of Awards Upon the Occurrence of Certain Unusual or
               --------------------------------------------------------------
Nonrecurring Events.  The Committee is hereby authorized to make adjustments in
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the terms and conditions of, and the criteria included in, Awards in recognition
of unusual or nonrecurring events (including, without limitation, the events
described in Section 4(b) hereof) affecting the Company, any Affiliate, or the
financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate, or of changes in
applicable laws, regulations, or accounting principles, whenever the Committee
determines that such adjustments are appropriate in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan; provided that no such adjustment shall be authorized to the
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extent that such authority or adjustment would cause an Award designated by the
Committee as a Performance Compensation Award under Section 11 of the Plan to
fail to qualify as "Performance-Based Compensation" under Section 162(m) of the
Code.

          SECTION 13.  Change of Control.  In the event of a Change of Control
                       -----------------                                      
after the date of the adoption of this Plan, any outstanding Awards then held by
Participants which are unexercisable or otherwise unvested shall automatically
be deemed exercisable or otherwise vested, as the case may be, as of immediately
prior to such Change of Control.

          SECTION 14.  General Provisions.
                       ------------------ 

          (a)  Nontransferability.
               ------------------ 

     (i)  Each Award, and each right under any Award, shall be exercisable only
  by the Participant during the Participant's lifetime, or, if permissible under
  applicable law, by the Participant's legal guardian or representative or by a
  transferee receiving such Award pursuant to a qualified domestic relations
  order as defined by the Code or Title I of the Employee Retirement Income
  Security Act of 1974, as amended (a "QDRO"), as determined by the Committee.

     (ii)  No Award that constitutes a "derivative security", for purposes of
  Section 16 of the Exchange Act, may be assigned, alienated, pledged, attached,
  sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by a Participant otherwise than by
  will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a QDRO, and any
  such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or
  encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any
  Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not constitute
  an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance.
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                                                                              14


          (b)  No Rights to Awards.  No Participant or other Person shall have
               -------------------                                            
any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of
treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards.  The terms and
conditions of Awards and the Committee's determinations and interpretations with
respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant (whether
or not such Participants are similarly situated).

          (c)  Share Certificates.  All certificates for Shares or other
               ------------------                                       
securities of the Company or any Affiliate delivered under the Plan pursuant to
any Award or the exercise thereof shall be subject to such stop transfer orders
and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan or the
rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares or other securities are
then listed, and any applicable Federal or state laws, and the Committee may
cause a legend or legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate
reference to such restrictions.

          (d)  Delegation.  Subject to the terms of the Plan, the provisions of
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this Agreement and applicable law, the Committee may delegate to one or more
officers or managers of the Company or any Subsidiary, or to a committee of such
officers or managers, the authority, subject to such terms and limitations as
the Committee shall determine, to grant Awards to, or to cancel, modify or waive
rights with respect to, or to alter, discontinue, suspend, or terminate Awards
held by, Participants who are not Covered Employees or officers or directors of
the Company for purposes of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, or any successor
section thereto, or who are otherwise not subject to such Section.

          (e)  Withholding.  A Participant may be required to pay to the Company
               -----------                                                      
or any Affiliate and the Company or any Affiliate shall have the right and is
hereby authorized to withhold from any Award, from any payment due or transfer
made under any Award or under the Plan or from any compensation or other amount
owing to a Participant the amount (in cash, Shares, other securities, other
Awards or other property) of any applicable withholding taxes in respect of an
Award, its exercise, or any payment or transfer under an Award or under the Plan
and to take such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Company
to satisfy all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

          (f)  Award Agreements.  Each Award hereunder shall be evidenced by an
               ----------------                                                
Award Agreement which shall be delivered to the Participant and shall specify
the terms and conditions of the Award and any rules applicable thereto,
including but not limited to the effect on such Award of the death, disability
or termination of employment or service of a Participant and the effect, if any,
of such other events as may be determined by the Committee.

          (g)  No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements.  Nothing contained
               -------------------------------------------                    
in the Plan shall prevent the Company or any Affiliate from adopting or
continuing in effect other compensation arrangements, which may, but need not,
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                                                                              15

provide for the grant of options, restricted stock, Shares and other types of
Awards provided for hereunder (subject to shareholder approval if such approval
is required), and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or
applicable only in specific cases.

          (h)  No Right to Employment.  The grant of an Award shall not be
               ----------------------                                     
construed as giving a Participant the right to be retained in the employ of, or
in any consulting relationship to, the Company or any Affiliate.  Further, the
Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss a Participant from employment or
discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or any claim
under the Plan, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in any Award
Agreement.

          (i)  No Rights as Stockholder.  Subject to the provisions of the
               ------------------------                                   
applicable Award, no Participant or holder or beneficiary of any Award shall
have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares to be distributed
under the Plan until he or she has become the holder of such Shares.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with each grant of Restricted Stock
hereunder, the applicable Award shall specify if and to what extent the
Participant shall not be entitled to the rights of a stockholder in respect of
such Restricted Stock.

          (k)  Governing Law.  The validity, construction, and effect of the
               -------------                                                
Plan and any rules and regulations relating to the Plan and any Award Agreement
shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

          (l)  Severability.  If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or
               ------------                                                  
becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any
Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be
construed or deemed amended to conform the applicable laws, or if it cannot be
construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee,
materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be
stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person or Award and the remainder of the Plan
and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

          (m)  Other Laws.  The Committee may refuse to issue or transfer any
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Shares or other consideration under an Award if, acting in its sole discretion,
it determines that the issuance or transfer of such Shares or such other
consideration might violate any applicable law or regulation or entitle the
Company to recover the same under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, and any
payment tendered to the Company by a Participant, other holder or beneficiary in
connection with the exercise of such Award shall be promptly refunded to the
relevant Participant, holder or beneficiary.  Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, no Award granted hereunder shall be construed as an offer to sell
securities of the Company, and no such offer shall be outstanding, unless and
until the Committee in its sole discretion has determined that any such offer,
if made, would be in compliance with all applicable requirements of the U.S.
federal securities laws.
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                                                                              16


          (n)  No Trust or Fund Created.  Neither the Plan nor any Award shall
               ------------------------                                       
create or be construed to create a trust or separate fund of any kind or a
fiduciary relationship between the Company or any Affiliate and a Participant or
any other Person.  To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive
payments from the Company or any Affiliate pursuant to an Award, such right
shall be no greater than the right of any unsecured general creditor of the
Company or any Affiliate.

          (o)  No Fractional Shares.  No fractional Shares shall be issued or
               --------------------                                          
delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Committee shall determine
whether cash, other securities, or other property shall be paid or transferred
in lieu of any fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights
thereto shall be canceled, terminated, or otherwise eliminated.

          (p) Headings.  Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of
              --------                                                        
the Plan solely as a convenience to facilitate reference.  Such headings shall
not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or
interpretation of the Plan or any provision thereof.

          SECTION 16.  Term of the Plan.
                       ---------------- 

          (a)  Effective Date.  The Plan shall be effective as of the date of
               --------------                                                
its approval by the shareholders of the Company.

          (b)  Expiration Date.  No Award shall be granted under the Plan after
               ---------------                                                 
December 31, 2005. Unless otherwise expressly provided in the Plan or in an
applicable Award Agreement, any Award granted hereunder may, and the authority
of the Board or the Committee to amend, alter, adjust, suspend, discontinue, or
terminate any such Award or to waive any conditions or rights under any such
Award shall, continue after December 31, 2005.

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                                                                Exhibit 10.12(b)



                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

                      NONQUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT


          THIS AGREEMENT (the "Agreement"), is made effective as of the __ day
of _____, 199_, (hereinafter called the "Date of Grant"), between Harborside
Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company"), and _______ (hereinafter called the "Optionee"):


                               R E C I T A L S:
                               - - - - - - - - 


          WHEREAS, the Company has adopted the Harborside Healthcare Corporation
1996 Long-Term Stock Incentive Plan (the "Plan"), which Plan is incorporated
herein by reference and made a part of this Agreement.  Capitalized terms not
otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings as in the Plan; and

          WHEREAS, the Committee has determined that it would be in the best
interests of the Company and its stockholders to grant the option provided for
herein (the "Option") to the Optionee pursuant to the Plan and the terms set
forth herein.

          NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants hereinafter
set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1.   Grant of the Option.  The Company hereby grants to the Optionee the
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right and option (the "Option") to purchase, on the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, all or any part of an aggregate of ______ Shares, subject
to adjustment as set forth in the Plan.  The purchase price of the Shares
subject to the Option shall be $______ per Share (the "Exercise Price").  The
Option is intended to be a non-qualified stock option, and is not intended to be
treated as an option that complies with Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended.

     2.   Vesting.
          ------- 

          (a)   Subject to the Optionee's continued employment with the Company,
the Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to one third (1/3) of
the aggregate number of Shares initially covered by the Option on each of the
first three anniversaries of the Date of Grant.

          (b)  At any given time, the portion of the Option which has become
vested and exercisable as described above (or pursuant to Section 2(c) below) is
hereinafter referred to as the "Vested Portion".
<PAGE>
 
          (c)  If the Optionee's employment with the Company is terminated for
any reason prior to the third anniversary of the Date of Grant, the Option
shall, to the extent not then vested, be canceled by the Company without
consideration and the Vested Portion of the Option shall remain exercisable for
the period set forth in Section 3(a).

          (d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the
contrary, in the event of a Change of Control (as defined in the Plan) the
Option shall, to the extent not then vested, immediately become fully vested and
exercisable as contemplated by Section 13 of the Plan.

     3.   Exercise of Option.
          ------------------ 

          (a)  Period of Exercise.  Subject to the provisions of the Plan and
               ------------------                                            
subject to compliance with the trading policies of the Company, if any, which
may be in effect from time to time, the Optionee may exercise all or any part of
the Vested Portion of the Option at any time only prior to the earliest to occur
of:
            (i) the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant;

            (ii) one year following the date of the Optionee's termination of
employment due to death or "Disability";

            (iii) six months following the date of the Optionee's termination of
employment by the Company without "Cause" [or due to "constructive
termination" (as defined in any employment agreement between the Optionee and
the Company then in effect)];

            (iv)  the date of the Optionee's termination of employment by the
Company for "Cause" or by the Optionee for any reason [other than "constructive
termination"]; and

          (v)  if determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, the
occurrence of a Change of Control; provided that the Committee shall have
                                   --------                              
notified the Optionee at least fifteen days in advance of the occurrence of the
Change of Control of such determination.

          Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Optionee is unable to
exercise the Option during any of the periods described in clauses (ii), (iii)
or (v) above due to restrictions set forth in any trading policy of the Company
which is then in effect, the Option shall remain exercisable until 3 days after
the date the Company shall have notified the Optionee that the exercise of the
Option is permitted under such policy or otherwise permitted by the Board of
Directors of the Company.

                                       2
<PAGE>
 
          For purposes of this agreement:
 
          "Cause" shall mean "Cause" as defined in any employment agreement then
in effect between the Optionee and the Company or if not defined therein or, if
there shall be no such agreement, (i) Optionee's engagement in misconduct which
is materially injurious to the Company or its affiliates, (ii) Optionee's
continued failure to substantially perform his duties to the Company, (iii)
Optionee's repeated dishonesty in the performance of his duties to the Company,
(iv) Optionee's commission of an act or acts constituting (x) a fraud against,
or misappropriation or embezzlement from, the Company or any of its affiliates,
(y) a crime involving moral turpitude, or (z) an offense that could result in a
jail sentence of at least 30 days or (v) Optionee's material breach of any
confidentiality or non-competition covenant entered into between the Optionee
and the Company.  The determination of the existence of Cause shall be made by
the Committee in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive for
purposes of this Agreement; and

          "Disability" shall mean "disability" as defined in any employment
agreement then in effect between the Optionee and the Company or if not defined
therein or if there shall be no such agreement, as defined in the Company's
long-term disability plan as in effect from time to time, or if there shall be
no plan or if not defined therein, the Optionee's becoming physically or
mentally incapacitated and consequent inability for a period of six (6) months
in any twelve (12) consecutive month period to perform his duties to the
Company.

          (b) Method of Exercise.
              ------------------ 

          (i)  Subject to Section 3(a), the Vested Portion of the Option may be
exercised by delivering to the Company at its principal office written notice of
intent to so exercise; provided that, the Option may be exercised with respect
                       --------                                               
to whole Shares only.  Such notice shall specify the number of Shares for which
the Option is being exercised and shall be accompanied by payment in full of the
Exercise Price.  The payment of the Exercise Price shall be made in cash or its
equivalent, or, if and to the extent permitted by the Committee, (i) by
exchanging Shares owned by the Optionee (which are not the subject of any pledge
or other security interest and which have been owned by the Optionee for at
least 6 months), or (ii) through delivery to the Company of irrevocable
instructions to a broker to sell the securities issued upon exercise of the
Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate
exercise price upon the sale of such securities, subject to such limitations and
prohibitions as the Committee may adopt from time to time, or by a combination
of the foregoing, provided that the combined value of all cash and cash
                  --------                                             
equivalents and the Fair Market Value of any such Shares so tendered to the
Company as of the date of such tender is at least equal to the aggregate
Exercise Price.

                                       3
<PAGE>
 
          (ii)  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or this
Agreement to the contrary, the Option may not be exercised prior to the
completion of any registration or qualification of the Option or the Shares
under applicable state and federal securities or other laws, or under any ruling
or regulation of any governmental body or national securities exchange that the
Committee shall in its sole discretion determine to be necessary or advisable.
The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to complete any such
registration or qualification.

          (iii)  Upon the Company's determination that the Option has been
validly exercised as to any of the Shares, the Company shall issue certificates
in the Optionee's name for such Shares.  However, the Company shall not be
liable to the Optionee for damages relating to any delays in issuing the
certificates to him, any loss of the certificates, or any mistakes or errors in
the issuance of the certificates or in the certificates themselves.

          (iv)  In the event of the Optionee's death, the Vested Portion of the
Option shall remain exercisable by the Optionee's executor or administrator, or
the person or persons to whom the Optionee's rights under this Agreement shall
pass by will or by the laws of descent and distribution as the case may be, to
the extent set forth in Section 3(a).  Any heir or legatee of the Optionee shall
take rights herein granted subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
 
     4.     No Right to Continued Employment.  Neither the Plan nor this
            --------------------------------                            
Agreement shall be construed as giving the Optionee the right to be retained in
the employ of, or in any consulting relationship to, the Company or any
Affiliate. Further, the Company or an Affiliate may at any time dismiss the
Optionee or discontinue any consulting relationship, free from any liability or
any claim under the Plan or this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein.

     5.     Legend on Certificates.  The certificates representing the Shares
            ----------------------                                           
purchased by exercise of the Option shall be subject to such stop transfer
orders and other restrictions as the Committee may deem advisable under the Plan
or the rules, regulations, and other requirements of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any stock exchange upon which such Shares are listed, and any
applicable Federal or state laws, and the Committee may cause a legend or
legends to be put on any such certificates to make appropriate reference to such
restrictions.

     6.     Transferability.  The Option may not be assigned, alienated,
            ---------------                                             
pledged, attached, sold or otherwise transferred or encumbered by the Optionee
otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to
a QDRO, and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale,
transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or
any Affiliate; provided that the designation of a beneficiary shall not
constitute an assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or
encumbrance.  No such permitted

                                       4
<PAGE>
 
transfer of the Option to heirs or legatees of the Optionee shall be effective
to bind the Company unless the Committee shall have been furnished with written
notice thereof and a copy of such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary
to establish the validity of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee
or transferees of the terms and conditions hereof.  During the Optionee's
lifetime, the Option is exercisable only by the Optionee.
 
     7.   Withholding.  The Optionee agrees to make appropriate arrangements
          -----------                                                       
with the Company for satisfaction of any applicable federal, state or local
income tax, withholding requirements or like requirements, including the payment
to the Company at the time of exercise of, or other settlement in respect of,
the Option of all such taxes and requirements and the Company shall be
authorized to take such action as may be necessary in the opinion of the
Company's counsel (including, without limitation, withholding Shares otherwise
deliverable to the Optionee hereunder and/or withholding amounts from any
compensation or other amount owing from the Company to the Optionee) to satisfy
all obligations for the payment of such taxes.

     8.   Securities Laws.  Upon the acquisition of any Shares pursuant to the
          ---------------                                                     
exercise of the Option, Optionee will make or enter into such written
representations, warranties and agreements as the Committee may reasonably
request in order to comply with applicable securities laws or with this
Agreement.

     9.   Notices.  Any notice necessary under this Agreement shall be addressed
          -------                                                               
to the Company in care of its Secretary at the principal executive office of the
Company and to the Optionee at the address appearing in the personnel records of
the Company for such Optionee or to either party at such other address as either
party hereto may hereafter designate in writing to the other.  Any such notice
shall be deemed effective upon receipt thereof by the addressee.

     10.  Choice of Law.  THE INTERPRETATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT OF
          -------------                                                     
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW.

     11.    Option Subject to Plan.  By entering into this Agreement the
            ----------------------                                      
Optionee agrees and acknowledges that the Optionee has received and read a copy
of the Plan. The Option is subject to the Plan.  The terms and provisions of the
Plan as it may be amended from time to time are hereby incorporated herein by
reference.  In the event of a conflict between any term or provision contained
herein and a term or provision of the Plan, the applicable terms and provisions
of the Plan will govern and prevail.

     12.    Signature in Counterparts.  This Agreement may be signed in
            -------------------------                                  
counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the
signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

                                       5
<PAGE>
 
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement.


                                    HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION


                                    By:__________________________
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    _____________________________
                                    [Optionee]
                                    
 

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<PAGE>
 
                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.15

                       ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES AGREEMENT
                       ---------------------------------

     This Administrative Services Agreement (this "Agreement") is made as of the
day of May, 1996, by and between Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware
corporation (the "Customer") and The Berkshire Companies Limited Partnership, a
Massachusetts limited partnership (the "Service Company"), both with a principal
place of business at 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02210 and is to
take effect on the date when Customer consummates its initial public offering of
its common stock (the "Effective Date").


                              W I T N E S S E T H:


     WHEREAS, the Service Company is in the business of, among other things,
providing various support services in addition to office space at its
headquarters to entities related to it;

     WHEREAS, such services including office space have been provided in the
past to Customer's subsidiaries, although without the formality of a written
agreement; and

     WHEREAS, as a result of Customer becoming a publicly traded corporation,
the parties desire to formalize their arrangement with respect to the matters
contained herein;

     NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

     1.  Duties of the Service Company.  The Service Company shall provide to
         ------------------------------                                      
the Customer or its existing subsidiaries, either directly or through one or
more Affiliates, those administrative services specified on Schedule A hereto,
as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement (the "Administrative Services").

     2.  Compensation of the Service Company.  As compensation for such
         ------------------------------------                          
Administrative Services, the Customer shall pay to the Service Company each
month, on or before the 5th day of such month, one-twelfth of those fees
specified on Schedule A (or with respect to the initial payment a portion of
such monthly sum in the event that this agreement does not commence on the first
day of a month).

     3.  No Partnership or Joint Venture.  The Customer and the Service Company
         --------------------------------                                      
are not partners nor joint venturers with each other and nothing herein shall be
construed so as to make them such partners or joint venturers or impose any
liability as such on either of them.

     4.  Term.  This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and the
         -----                                                             
initial term shall end on December 31, 1996.  Thereafter, this Agreement shall
be self-renewing for successive one year terms, unless terminated prior to such
time by the Customer or the Service Company, in all cases, by giving not less
than one hundred twenty days advance notice in writing to the other party.

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<PAGE>
 
     5.  Additions to Administrative Services on Schedule A.  The initial
         ---------------------------------------------------             
services to be provided to the Customer by the Service Company are detailed on
Schedule A.  The Customer may request the addition of new or added services at
any time, and upon agreement by the Service Company as to the scope of the
services to be provided and the applicable compensation, a new schedule shall be
prepared and executed by the parties reflecting such additional services.  The
new schedule shall thereupon become a part of this Agreement as if originally
attached hereto, and shall be binding upon the parties in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement.

     6.  Deletions to Administrative Services on Schedule A.  The Customer or
         ---------------------------------------------------                 
the Service Company may delete one or more of the Administrative Services
specified on Schedule A, effective upon the date of the expiration of the
initial or any successive term, in all cases, by giving not less than one
hundred twenty days advance notice in writing to the other party.  Upon the
giving of such notice,  a new schedule shall be prepared and executed by the
parties reflecting the remaining services.  The new schedule shall become a part
of this Agreement at the beginning of the next term as if originally attached
hereto, and shall be binding upon the parties in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.

     7.  Changes to Compensation on Schedule A.  The Service Company may request
         --------------------------------------                                 
an increase in the compensation applicable to one or more of the Administrative
Services specified on Schedule A, effective upon the date of the commencement of
the next term, in all cases, by giving not less than thirty days advance notice
in writing to the Customer.  Within fourteen days from the date of the giving of
such notice the Customer shall either agree to such increased compensation,
provide notice of the deletion of the corresponding Administrative Service
pursuant to Section 6 hereof, or provide notice of the termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 4 hereof.  In the event the Customer seeks to
delete an Administrative Service or terminate this Agreement, then the time
periods set forth in Sections 6 and 4 shall not be applicable; rather, the
specified Administrative Service shall be deleted or this Agreement shall
terminate, as the case may be, on the 120th day following the Customer's notice.
During said 120 day period (the "Transition Period") the Customer shall pay the
compensation set forth in Schedule A as in effect immediately prior to the
giving of notice described above (the "Pre Notice Price") until the expiration
of the then current term of this Agreement and thereafter shall pay the new
compensation sought by the Service Company, but in no event shall the Customer
be obligated to pay more than the Pre Notice Price in Schedule A plus 10% for
each Administrative Service during the Transition Period.  Unless the Customer
gives notice of termination or deletion, a new schedule shall be prepared and
executed by the parties reflecting the Administrative Services and revised fees.
The new schedule shall  become a part of this Agreement at the beginning of the
next term as if originally attached hereto, and shall be binding upon the
parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
 
     8.  Action Upon Termination or Deletion of Administrative Services.  Upon
         ---------------------------------------------------------------      
the effective date of termination or deletion of one or more Administrative
Services, the Service Company shall promptly: (a) deliver to the Customer all
property and documents belonging to the Customer then in the custody of the
Service Company, unless necessary for any remaining Administrative Services
being performed by the Service Company ; (b) assist in the orderly transition of
administrative services to the Customer or any new service provider retained by
the Customer; (c) pay over to the

                                       2
<PAGE>
 
Customer any monies collected and held for the account of the Customer, unless
needed in connection with any remaining Administrative Services being performed;
(d) deliver to the Customer a full accounting, to the extent applicable to the
Administrative Services, including a statement showing all amounts collected,
disbursed and held by the Service Company, for the period following the date of
the last accounting furnished to the Customer; and (e) otherwise reasonably
cooperate with the Customer to effectuate an orderly termination of this
Agreement or deletion of certain Administrative Services with minimal disruption
to the Customer's business.

     9.  Other Activities of the Service Company.  Nothing contained herein
         ----------------------------------------                          
shall prevent the Service Company from engaging in other activities, nor shall
this Agreement limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, employee,
partner or shareholder of the Service Company or its Affiliates to engage in any
other business or to render services of any kind to any other partnership,
corporation, firm, individual, trust or association.  Notwithstanding the
foregoing, however, the Service Company shall devote sufficient resources to the
administration of the Customer to discharge its obligations hereunder.  Any
confidential information obtained by the Service Company regarding the Customer
shall in all events be held confidential by the Service Company and not
disclosed to any other person except in furtherance of the Administrative
Services provided hereunder.

     10.  Non-interference and Non-recruitment.  Customer agrees that during the
          -------------------------------------                                 
term hereof and for a period of one year following the termination of this
Agreement it shall not hire, seek to hire, recruit, or otherwise influence any
employee of the Service Company whose duties include the provision of
Administrative Services pursuant to this Agreement to leave the employ of the
Service Company or to become an employee of the Customer.  The employment by
Customer of any employee of the Service Company shall be conclusive evidence of
the violation of this Section.  The Service Company shall be entitled to, in
addition to any other rights or remedies afforded by law, injunctive relief and
money damages equal to the involved employee's annual salary.  The provisions of
this Section shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

     11.  Amendment.  This Agreement shall not be modified except by an
          ----------                                                   
instrument in writing signed by both parties hereto, or their respective
successors or assigns, or otherwise as provided herein.


     12.  Assignment.  This Agreement may be assigned upon the consent of both
          -----------                                                         
parties hereto by: (i) the Service Company to a person which is an Affiliate of
the Service Company; or (ii) either the Service Company or the Customer to its
successor-in-interest.  The Service Company may delegate some or all of its
duties under this Agreement to an Affiliate, but the Service Company shall
remain liable for its obligations hereunder.

     13.  Governing Law.  The provisions of this Agreement shall be construed
          --------------                                                     
and interpreted in accordance with the internal laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without giving effect to conflicts of laws, principles, or 
rules.

     14.  Indemnification by the Customer.  The Customer shall indemnify and
          --------------------------------                                  
hold harmless the 

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<PAGE>
 
Service Company, including its partners and officers, to the full extent
permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law (in effect at the time
indemnity is sought) as if the Service Company were deemed to be an agent of the
Customer (for purposes of this Section 14 only) from all liability, claims,
damages or loss arising in the performance of its duties hereunder, and related
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, to the extent such liability,
claims, damages or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by
insurance payable to the Service Company.

     15.  Indemnification by the Service Company.  The Service Company shall
          ---------------------------------------                           
indemnify and hold harmless the Customer from contract or other liability,
claims, damages, losses and related expenses, including reasonable attorneys'
fees, to the extent that such liability, claims, damages, losses and related
expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are incurred by the Customer
by reason of the Service Company's deliberate dishonesty or gross and willful
negligence.

     16.  Headings.  The section headings hereof have been inserted for
          ---------                                                    
reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or
effect of this Agreement.

     17.  Notices.  All notices, demands and other communications to be given or
          --------                                                              
delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement must be in
writing and will be deemed to have been given on the day established by the
sender as having been delivered personally; on the day delivered by private
courier as such day is established by evidence obtained by the sender from the
courier; on the day and at the time established by evidence obtained by the
sender from a telegraph company if telegraphic means of communication are used;
or on the day established by a return receipt with respect to notices, demands
and other communications intended to be delivered by U.S. Mail.  Such notices,
demands and other communications to be valid, must be addressed:

     (a)  If to the Service Company, to:

          The Berkshire Companies Limited Partnership
          470 Atlantic Avenue
          Boston, Massachusetts 02210
          Attention:  Mr. Laurence Gerber


     (b)  If to the Customer, to:

          Harborside Healthcare Corporation
          470 Atlantic Avenue
          Boston, Massachusetts 02210
          Attention:  Mr. Stephen L. Guillard

 

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of the
date first above written.

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<PAGE>
 
                        THE BERKSHIRE COMPANIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
                        By:  KGP-1, Incorporated, its general partner

                             By:______________________________
                                Laurence Gerber
                                Its: President



                        HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
 

                             By:______________________________
                                Stephen L.  Guillard
                                Its:  President

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<PAGE>
 
                                   SCHEDULE A

     The fees set forth on this Schedule A are those fees which apply to
Administrative Services required by the Customer in the ordinary course of
business.  Unusual, non-recurring, or special transactions or situations will
require the payment of additional fees based upon the nature of the transaction.
In such an event the Customer and the Service Company will negotiate in good
faith to agree upon such compensation.

SERVICE:                             Payroll
- --------                 

FEE:                                 $15,000
- ----                   



IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Standard payroll services for the
- ----------------------------------   ---------------------------------
                                     Customer's Corporate and Regional
                                     ---------------------------------
                                     Employees: processing; input of deductions
                                     ---------
                                     and employee status changes; distribution
                                     of checks; preparation of W-2s; payment of
                                     withholdings. Monitor benefits package:
                                     handle compliance (e.g. COBRA); provide
                                     information, instructions; assist employees
                                     with problems; maintain primary contacts
                                     with outside vendors.

EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:  Cost of advertisement for job; payment to an
- ---------------------------------   employment agency. (These third party
                                    charges would be billed directly to the
                                    Customer and should only be incurred after
                                    first obtaining approval from the Customer's
                                    CFO or CEO). Maintenance of I-9 records, 
                                    401-K plan and filing of 5500's.



                                                                         A-1
<PAGE>
 
SERVICE:                             Tax
- ------- 

FEE:                                 $40,000
- ---                   



IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Compliance defined as preparation of
- ----------------------------------   ----------
                                     federal and state tax returns, including
                                     state intangible tax returns; review of tax
                                     footnotes for financial reporting; filing
                                     of annual reports with state agencies.


EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:   Any time spent on a matter not reasonably
- ---------------------------------    deemed to be "compliance" shall be billed
                                     additionally at the rate of $150/hour.
                                     Bills shall be rendered monthly, with time
                                     charges itemized by day and matter.



                                                                             A-2
SERVICE:                        Administration
- --------                        
<PAGE>
 
FEE:                                 $215,000
- ----                    



IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Rent (including custodial service) for
- ----------------------------------   ----
                                     existing office space provided to corporate
                                     personnel at 470 Atlantic Avenue, Boston,
                                     Massachusetts. Centralized services
                                     provided and/or originated in the Boston
                                     office including mail delivery, in-house
                                     messenger service; postage on routine mail.
                                     Phone system: provide phones; maintain
                                     ------------
                                     system, includes all out-of-pocket phone
                                     charges originated by corporate personnel
                                     in Boston office except operator assisted
                                     conference calls. Copy center: provide copy
                                                       -----------
                                     services as needed, based on availability
                                     (queue up). Reception. General office
                                                 ---------  ------- ------
                                     management: maintain relations with
                                     ----------
                                     landlord. Provide daily lunch service for 3
                                                             -------------
                                     executives.


EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:  Cost of non-routine mailings (e.g. mailings
- ---------------------------------   to investors, overnight mailing). Cost of
                                    copy machine, including supplies, kept on
                                    the Customer's premises. Office supplies.
                                    Any design services or build-out of office
                                    space. Any new or replacement office     
                                    furnishings. Lunches for outsiders to be 
                                    charged at $7.50 per lunch. Additional   
                                    office space to be charged at a rate of  
                                    $18/square foot.                          
                                    


                                                                             A-3
<PAGE>
 
SERVICE:                             MIS
- -------             

FEE:                                 $400,000
- ---                    



IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Maintenance of existing Boston local area
- ----------------------------------   -----------------------------------------
For 20 Nursing Homes (exclusive of   network: associated hardware and systems 
6 New Hampshire Facilities)          ------- 
                                     application software; software (e.g.,
                                     answering questions, providing tutorial
                                     support for P.C. software, installing new
                                     releases, diagnosing problems, negotiations
                                     with vendors, licensing compliance).
                                     Maintenance of financial systems: general
                                                    -----------------
                                     ledger; accounts payable; and RH+ patient
                                     accounts receivable system.


EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:   Support and services for six New Hampshire
- ---------------------------------    facilities acquired 1/1/96. Any direct
                                     vendor charge. All development work to be
                                     charged on a project basis. Cost of
                                     Internet Services (setting up web-sites
                                     etc.). Cost of major software conversions
                                     (i.e. upgrades to Windows 95). Cost of any
                                     new equipment (e.g., additional or
                                     replacement PCS); network connections;
                                     printers; additional software. Any
                                     additional nursing homes leased or acquired
                                     will increase annual rate by
                                     $20,000/facility.



                                                                             A-4
<PAGE>
 
SERVICE:                             Corporate Communications
- --------                                  

FEE:                                 $20,000
- ----                   



IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Preparation of public information:
- ----------------------------------   releases; annual reports; supervision of
                                     publishings. Communications: with
                                     institutional and large investors;
                                     responding to third party surveys, e.g.
                                     NYSE. Advertising: supervision and support.
                                     Publication research: amassing articles of
                                     interest; monitoring competitor's
                                     publications. Public relations consulting:
                                     monitoring third-party usage; authorizing
                                     materials.



EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:   Research papers.  Specially authored 
- ---------------------------------    pieces; brochures.  Special presentations 
                                     for analysts/investment community



                                                                             A-5

SERVICE:                        Investor Records
- --------                          
<PAGE>
 
FEE:                                 $15,000
- ----                   



IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Communications: respond to investor
- ----------------------------------   --------------  
                                     inquiries; initiate correspondence with
                                     (1) brokerage houses (holding street name 
                                     share); (2) NYSE specialist; and (3) any 
                                     proxy solicitors.  Coordinate mailings.
                                                        --------------------
                                     Supervise: transfer agent. stock ownership
                                     ---------
                                     Monitor:  and trading; prepare reports. 
                                     -------

EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:   Any special projects or special mailings
- ---------------------------------                                           
(e.g., investor profiles).



                                                                             A-6

SERVICE:                        Legal/Corporate Secretary
- --------                                   

FEE:                            $30,000
- ----                   
<PAGE>
 
IDENTIFICATION OF COVERED FUNCTION:  Handling of all routine legal and paralegal
- ----------------------------------   -------------------------------------------
                                     matters. 
                                     ------- 
                                     e.g., support outside counsel on
                                     acquisition/disposition work; render legal
                                     advice to nursing home administrators;
                                     review all contracts; supervise and monitor
                                     all litigation, including insurance
                                     matters; render legal advice via attendance
                                     at meetings or by responding to management
                                     inquiries; assist in any refinancings.
                                     Secretarial functions: record all minutes
                                     --------------------- 
                                     of Board and any special committees;
                                     prepare or supervise all proxies; liaison
                                     with Board; prepare material for
                                     presentation to Board; prepare Board
                                     resolutions. Entity control: Maintain all
                                                  -------------- 
                                     filings (e.g. dba's); maintain existence
                                     of, and create as needed, all subsidiaries.


EXAMPLES OF NON-COVERED FUNCTIONS:   It is anticipated that the annual legal 
- ---------------------------------    work will include certain unforseen legal
                                     matters. The expectation of project billing
                                     is only for a project of great scope and
                                     magnitude. Supervision of outside counsel
                                     for such matters shall be included in
                                     covered function.



                                                                             A-7

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                                                                    Exhibt 10.17



                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
                          DIRECTORS RETAINER FEE PLAN


          1.  Purpose. Harborside Healthcare Corporation, a Delaware corporation
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(the "Company"), hereby adopts this Directors Retainer Fee Plan (the "Plan") to
promote the long-term growth and financial success of the Company by attracting
and retaining non-employee directors of outstanding ability and assisting the
Company in promoting a greater identity of interest between the Company's non-
employee directors and its stockholders.

          The Plan is intended to allow non-employee directors participating in
the Plan to be treated as "disinterested persons" with respect to other stock
plans of the Company, as defined in Rule 16b-3 ("Rule 16b-3"), adopted under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and to permit such directors to meet
the require-ments of Rule 16b-3 with respect to fees deferred hereunder.

          2. Administration.
             -------------- 

          (a)  The Plan shall be administered by a committee (the "Committee")
appointed by the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board"), which
Committee shall consist solely of two or more employee directors.  The members
of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from
time to time in the discretion of, the Board.  Notwithstanding the foregoing
unless and until the Board shall appoint the members of the Committee, the Plan
shall be administered by a committee consisting of all of the employee directors
on the Board.

          (b)  The Committee shall have the authority (i) to exercise all of the
powers granted to it under the Plan, (ii) to construe, interpret and implement
the Plan and all documents executed pursuant to the Plan (including all Election
Forms), (iii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules relating to the Plan, (iv)
to make any determination necessary or advisable in administering the Plan and
(v) to correct any defect, supply any omission and reconcile any inconsistency
in the Plan.

          (c)  The determination of the Committee on all matters relating to the
Plan or any document executed pursuant to the Plan shall be conclusive.

          (d)  No member of the Committee shall be liable for any action or
determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan.

          3.  Eligibility.  Only directors of the Company who are not employees
              -----------                                                      
of the Company or any affiliate of the Company ("Eligible Directors") shall
participate in the Plan.
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                                                                               2

          4.  Common Shares Subject to the Plan.
              --------------------------------- 

          4.1  Shares.  For purposes of the Plan "Shares" shall mean shares of
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common stock, par value $.01 per share, of the Company and any other stock into
which such common stock shall thereafter be changed by reason of any merger,
reorganization, recapitalization, consolidation, split-up, combination of shares
or similar event as set forth in and in accordance with this Section 4.

          4.2  Shares Available for Awards.  Subject to Section 4.3 (relating to
               ---------------------------                                      
adjustments upon changes in capitalization), as of any date, the total number of
Shares issuable under the Plan shall be 15,000.  Shares that shall be issuable
pursuant to the Plan shall be authorized and unissued Shares, treasury Shares or
Shares purchased by, or on behalf of, the Company in open-market transactions.

          4.3  Adjustments.  In the event of any merger, reorganization,
               -----------                                              
recapitalization, consolidation, sale or other distribution of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company, any stock dividend, split, spin-
off, split-up, split-off, distribution of securities or other property by the
Company, or other change in the Company's corporate structure affecting the
Shares, the number of Shares issuable under the Plan and the Share Units (as
defined in Section 5.3) then credited pursuant to Section 5.3 shall be
appropriately adjusted as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

          5. Payment of Retainer and Meeting Fees.
             ------------------------------------ 

          5.1  In General.  Subject to timing requirements set forth in Sections
               ----------                                                       
5.2 and 5.3 below, commencing on the effective date of the Plan, each Eligible
Director may elect to receive payment of all or part of (i) the annual cash
retainer payable to such Director for services as a member of the Board and its
committees (the "Retainer") and/or (ii) fees payable to such Director for
meetings of the Board or committees of the Board ("Meeting Fees"), (a) in cash
or in Shares valued at their Fair Market Value on the date on which such amounts
become payable and (b) to defer payments in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5.3.  In the absence of any Current Payment Election or Deferred Payment
Election made pursuant to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 below, respectively, all payments
of Retainer and Meeting Fees shall be paid to the Eligible Directors in cash
within 60 days after such amount becomes payable.

          5.2   Election To Receive Shares Without Deferral.  An Eligible
                -------------------------------------------              
Director may elect to receive payment of all or part of Retainer and/or Meeting
Fees in Shares, valued at their Fair Market on the date on which such amounts
become payable by submitting an election form ("Current Payment Election Form")
to the Company at least six months prior to the date when such Retainer or
Meeting Fees are to be paid, indicating the percentage of the Retainer and/or
Meeting Fees that are to be paid in Shares.  A Current Payment Election Form
shall be effective only with respect to Retainer and Meeting Fees that become
payable at least
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                                                                               3

six months after the date such Current Payment Election From is submitted to the
Company.  Any election made under this Section 5.2 shall continue in full force
and effect until revoked by notice to the Company, until superseded by a new
Current Payment Election Form or unless no longer permitted by law or
regulations (including Rule 16b-3); provided, however that no revocation of a
                                    --------  -------                        
Current Payment Election Form or supersession of such form by a new Current
Payment Election Form shall be effective with respect to Retainer or Meeting
Fees which become payable to the Eligible Director within six months after the
date of such revocation or supersession.

          5.3  Elective Deferrals.  An Eligible Director may elect to defer the
               ------------------                                              
payment of Retainer and/or Meeting Fees by submitting an election form (a
"Deferred Payment Election Form") to the Company prior to the year of service
                                                 -----                       
with respect to which such Retainer or Meeting Fees are to be paid to the
Eligible Director and at least six months prior to the date when such Retainer
or Meeting Fees become payable, indicating:  (i) the percentage of the Retainer
and/or Meeting Fees that are to be deferred; (ii) the date on which the
commencement of payments of deferred amounts (the "Distribution Date") should
begin, as contemplated by Section 5.5(a); and (iii) whether distributions shall
be made in a lump sum, installments or a combination thereof.  A Deferred
Payment Election Form shall become effective with respect to the Eligible
Director's Retainer and Meeting Fees becoming payable with respect to services
performed in the calendar year following the calendar year in which such
Deferred Payment Election Form is submitted to the Company and which become
payable at least six months after the date the Election Form is submitted to the
Company.  An election under this Section 5.3 shall continue in effect until
revoked by notice in writing to the Company, until superseded by a new Deferred
Payment Election Form or unless no longer permitted by law or regulation
(including under Rule 16b-3), provided, however, that no revocation of a
                              --------  -------                         
Deferred Payment Election Form or supersession of such form by submission of a
new Deferred Payment Election Form shall be effective to make any change with
respect to amounts deferred pursuant to previously filed Deferred Payment
Election Forms or shall be effective with respect to Retainer Fees and Meeting
Fees to be paid to the Eligible Director in respect to services in the calendar
year in which such revocation or supersession occurs or which become payable to
the Eligible Director within six months after the date of such revocation or
supersession.  An Eligible Director may designate, in a Deferred Payment
Election Form, one or more beneficiaries to receive any distributions under the
Plan upon the death of the Eligible Director, and such designation may be
changed at any time by submitting a new designation to the Company, which shall
become effective immediately upon receipt by the Company.

          5.4  Share Unit Account.  An Eligible Director may elect to have the
               ------------------                                             
portion of the Retainer and Meeting Fees deferred by such Eligible Director
pursuant to a properly completed Deferred Payment Election Form under Section
5.3 (the "Deferred Amount") credited to an account (a "Share Unit Account") in
units which are equivalent in value to Shares ("Share Units").  The Deferred
Amount allocated to the Share Unit Account shall be credited to the Share Unit
Account as of the first business day following the date on which the Eligible
Director becomes
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                                                                               4

entitled to payment of the Retainer or Meeting Fees, as the case may be, and the
number of Share Units credited to such Share Unit Account shall be an amount
equal to the results obtained by dividing (i) the Deferred Amount allocated to
the Share Unit Account by (ii) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the first
business day following the date on which the Eligible Director becomes entitled
to payment of the Retainer or Meeting Fees, as the case may be.  If Share Units
exist in an Eligible Director's Share Unit Account on a dividend record date for
the Company's Shares, the Share Unit Account shall be credited, on the dividend
payment date, with an additional number of Share Units equal to (i) the cash
dividend paid on one Share, times (ii) the number of Share Units in the Share
Unit Account on the dividend record date, divided by (iii) the Fair Market Value
of a Share on the dividend payment date.

          5.5 Distributions.
              -------------                                    

          (a) Distribution Date.  Each Eligible Director shall designate on a
              -----------------                                              
Deferred Payment Election Form one of the following dates as a Distribution Date
with respect to the Deferred Amount credited to the Eligible Director's Account
thereafter: (i) the first day of the month following the Eligible Director's
death; (ii) the first day of the month following the termination of service or
retirement of an Eligible Director as a member of the Board; (iii) the first day
of a month following an Eligible Director's Disability (as defined in Section
7); (iv) a fixed date in the future at least one year after the date of such
deferral as specified by the Eligible Director on a Deferred Payment Election
Form, provided that such date is within the Eligible Director's life expectancy
determined at the time of the election; or (v) the earliest to occur of (i),
(ii), (iii) or (iv).

          (b) Distribution Method.  Distributions shall be made from the
              -------------------                                       
Eligible Director's Share Unit Account in a single payment in the form of whole
Shares, valued at their Fair Market Value on the date as of which distributions
are made, and cash representing any fractional interest in a Share.

          6.  Fair Market Value.  "Fair Market Value" shall mean, with respect
              -----------------                                               
to each Share for any day:

          (a) the mean between the high and low sales prices of the Shares as
reported on the composite tape for securities traded on the New York Stock
Exchange for the immediately preceding trading date (or if not then trading on
the New York Stock Exchange, the mean between the high and low sales prices of
the Shares on the stock exchange or over-the-counter market on which the Shares
are principally trading on such date), or if, there were not sales on such date,
on the closest preceding date on which there were sales of Shares; or

          (b)  if there shall be no public market for the Shares on such date,
the fair market value of the Shares as determined in good faith by the Committee
based upon a valuation of an independent appraiser.
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                                                                               5

          7.  Definition of Disability.  "Disability" shall mean any condition
              ------------------------                                        
which causes an Eligible Director to be unable to substantially perform his
services as a member of the Board for a period of three consecutive months or
for an aggregate of five months within any 12-month period.

          8.  Issuance of Certificates.
              ------------------------ 

          8.1  Restrictions on Transferability.  All Shares delivered under the
               -------------------------------                                 
Plan shall be subject to such stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the
Company may deem advisable or legally necessary under any laws, rules,
regulations and other legal requirements, including, without limitation, those
of any stock exchange upon which the Shares are then listed and any applicable
federal, state or foreign securities law.

          8.2  Compliance with Laws.  Anything to the contrary herein
               --------------------                                  
notwithstanding, the Company shall not be required to issue any Shares under the
Plan if, in the opinion of the Company's legal counsel, the issuance and
delivery of such Shares would constitute a violation by the Eligible Director or
the Company of any applicable law or regulation of any governmental authority,
including, without limitation, federal and state securities laws and the rules
of any stock exchange on which the Company's securities may then be listed.  If
and to the extent that the Committee determines that it would be illegal,
impracticable or inadvisable to issue Shares under the Plan, or to the extent
Shares are unavailable, the Committee shall make any distribution of Shares
otherwise required under the Plan in cash or such other property as may be
reasonably acceptable to the distributee.

          9.  Withholding and Other Obligations.  The Company shall require as a
              ---------------------------------                                 
condition of delivery of any Shares to an Eligible Director that such Director
remit an amount sufficient to satisfy any foreign, federal, state, local and
other governmental withholding tax requirements relating thereto and any
indebtedness or other obligation of the Eligible Directors to the Company.

          10.  Plan Amendments and Termination.  The Board may suspend or
               -------------------------------                           
terminate the Plan at any time and may amend it at any time and from time to
time, in whole or in part, provided that no amendment or termination may
                           --------                                     
adversely affect any rights of any Eligible Director that have accrued prior to
the date of such amendment or termination, and provided, further, that any
                                               --------  -------          
amendment for which shareholder approval is required by law or in order to
maintain continued qualification of the Plan under Rule 16b-3 shall not be
effective until such approval has been obtained.

          11.  Listing, Registration and Legal Compliance.  If the Committee
               ------------------------------------------                   
shall at any time determine that any Consent (as hereinafter defined) is
necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of
any award under the Plan, the issuance of Shares or other rights hereunder or
the taking of any other action hereunder (each such action being hereinafter
referred to as a "Plan Action"),
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                                                                               6

then such Plan Action shall not be taken, in whole or in part, unless and until
such Consent shall have been effected or obtained.  The term "Consent" as used
herein with respect to any Plan Action means (i) the listing, registration or
qualification of any Shares issued under the Plan on any securities exchange or
under any foreign, federal, state or local law, rule or regulation, (ii) any and
all consents, clearances and approvals in respect of a Plan Action by any
governmental or other regulatory bodies or (iii) any and all written agreements
and representations by an Eligible Director with respect to the disposition of
Shares or with respect to any other matter which the Committee shall deem
necessary or desirable in order to comply with the terms of any such listing,
registration or qualification or to obtain an exemption from the requirement
that any such listing, qualification or registration be made.

          12.  Right of Discharge Reserved.  Nothing in the Plan shall confer
               ---------------------------                                   
upon any Eligible Director the right to continue in the service of the Company
or affect any right that the Company may have to terminate the service of such
Eligible Director.

          13.  Other Payments or Awards.  Noting contained in the Plan shall be
               ------------------------                                        
deemed in any way to limit or restrict the Company, any affiliate or the Board
from making any award or payment to any person under any other plan, arrangement
or understanding, whether now existing or hereafter in effect.

          14.  Rights Not Transferable or Subject to Alienation.  No rights
               ------------------------------------------------            
granted to an Eligible Director under this Plan may be sold, assigned or
otherwise transferred by the Eligible Director other than by will or the laws of
descent or distribution; all rights granted to an Eligible Director under this
Plan may be exercised during the Eligible Director's lifetime only by such
Eligible Director.  An Eligible Director's rights to payments under the Plan are
not subject in any manner to anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer,
assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment by his creditors or
his beneficiaries.

          15.  Rights as a Shareholder.  An Eligible Director shall have no
               -----------------------                                     
rights as a shareholder of the Company with respect to any Shares issuable under
the Plan until such Shares have been delivered to the Eligible Director.

          16.  Unfunded Plan.  The Plan shall be unfunded and shall not create
               -------------                                                  
(or be construed to create) a trust or separate fund.  The Plan shall not
establish any fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Eligible
Director or other person and shall constitute a mere promise by the Company to
make payments in the future. The Company may, in its sole discretion, establish
a separate trust to hold assets set aside to provide benefits under the Plan,
provided that no Eligible Director shall have an interest in the assets of any
such trust and the assets of such trust shall be available to pay claims of the
Company's general creditors on such terms and conditions as the trust may
provide.  To the extent any person holds any rights by virtue of a pending
deferral under the Plan, such rights shall be no greater than the rights of an
unsecured general creditor of the Company.
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                                                                               7


          17.  Governing Law.  The Plan shall be governed by, and construed in
               -------------                                                  
accordance with, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

          18.  Severability.  If any portion of the Plan is declared by any
               ------------                                                
court or governmental authority to be invalid, such invalidity shall not affect
any portion not declared to be invalid.  Any portion so declared to be invalid
shall, if possible, be construed in a manner which will give effect to the terms
of such portion to the fullest extent possible while remaining valid.

          19.  Notices.  All notices and other communications hereunder shall be
               -------                                                          
given in writing and shall be personally delivered against or sent by registered
or certified mail, return receipt requested or by reputable overnight delivery
service. Any notice shall be deemed given on the date of delivery or mailing,
and if mailed, shall be addressed (a) to the Company, at 470 Atlantic Avenue,
Boston, Massachusetts 02210, Attention:  Board of Directors, and (b) to an
Eligible Director, at the Eligible Director's principal residential address last
furnished to the Company. Either party may, by notice, change the address to
which notice to such party is to be given.

          20.  Section Headings.  The Section headings contained herein are for
               ----------------                                                
convenience only and are not intended to define or limit the contents of said
Sections.

          21.  Effective Date.  This Plan shall become effective immediately
               --------------                                               
prior to the consummation of the initial public offering of Company Shares upon
approval by the Company's shareholder (the "Effective Date").

          22.  Exculpation.  It is understood that the obligations incurred by
               -----------                                                    
the Company with respect to this Plan do not constitute personal obligations of
the Directors, officers, employees or shareholders and shall not create or
involve any claim against, or personal liability on the part of, them or any of
them.  The Eligible Directors agree not to seek recourse against any such
Directors, officers, employees or shareholders, or any of them or any of their
personal assets for satisfaction of any liability under or with respect to the
Plan.

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                                                                   Exhibit 10.18


 
                                    GUARANTY
                                    --------


                                       by

                       HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION

                                  in favor of

                             WESTBAY MANOR COMPANY,
                          an Ohio limited partnership,

                     WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                          an Ohio limited partnership,

                      ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT COMPANY,
                          an Ohio limited partnership,

                                      and

                   BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,
                          an Ohio limited partnership



                              __________ __, 1996
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                               TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.   Definitions.........................................................    1
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2.   Guaranty............................................................    4
     --------     

3.   Duration of Guaranty................................................    4
     --------------------     

4.   Obligation of Guarantor to Perform..................................    4
     ----------------------------------     

5.   Independent Obligations.............................................    4
     -----------------------     

6.   Unsecured Obligation................................................    5
     --------------------     

7.   Default.............................................................    5
     -------     

8.   Remedies............................................................    6
     --------     

9.   Costs of Enforcement................................................    6
     --------------------     

10.  Waiver of Jury Trial................................................    6
     --------------------
 
11.  Waiver and Consent..................................................    6
     ------------------
 
12.  Cumulative Remedies.................................................    7
     -------------------
 
13.  Maintenance of Existence............................................    7
     ------------------------
 
14.  Financial Reports and Other Covenants...............................    7
     -------------------------------------
 
15.  Relationship of Parties and Assets of Parties.......................    7
     ---------------------------------------------
 
16.  Representations and Warranties......................................    8
     ------------------------------
 
17.  Notices.............................................................   10
     -------
 
18.  Waiver..............................................................   11
     ------
 
19.  Obligations of Guarantor Unimpaired by 
     Subsequent Events...................................................   12  
     -----------------
                              
20.  Offsets and Defenses................................................   14
     --------------------
 
21.  Statutes of Limitation..............................................   14
     ----------------------
 
22.  Authority to Modify Documents.......................................   14
     -----------------------------
 
23.  Entire Agreement and Modification...................................   14
     ---------------------------------

24.  Governing Law.......................................................   15
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                                      -i-
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25.  Severability........................................................   15
     ------------
 
26.  Captions............................................................   15
     --------
 
27.  Variation in Pronouns...............................................   15
     ---------------------
 
28.  Bind and Inure......................................................   15
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                                      -ii-
<PAGE>
 
                                    GUARANTY
                                    --------



          This  Guaranty (this "Guaranty") is made by HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE
                                --------                                   
CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation ("Guarantor"), in favor of WESTBAY MANOR
                                      ---------                             
COMPANY, an Ohio limited partnership ("Westbay"), WESTBAY MANOR II DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, an Ohio limited partnership ("Westbay II"), ROYALVIEW MANOR DEVELOPMENT
COMPANY, an Ohio limited partnership ("Royalview LP"), and BEACHWOOD CARE CENTER
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, an Ohio limited partnership ("Beachwood") (Westbay, Westbay
II, Royalview LP and Beachwood are referred to hereinafter collectively as the
("Associated Companies"), with respect to certain obligations of [IDENTIFY THE
  --------------------                                                        
COMPANIES WHICH ARE THE TENANTS AND OPTIONEES WITH RESPECT TO THE FOUR
FACILITIES] (each of which is individually referred to as a "Tenant" and all of
                                                             ------            
which are collectively referred to as "Tenants") and Harborside Healthcare
                                       -------                            
Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts limited partnership ("HHLP"), (Tenants and
                                                           ----                
HHLP sometimes collectively are referred to individually as a "Harborside
                                                               ----------
Company" and collectively as the "Harborside Companies".  The term Harborside
- -------                           --------------------                       
Companies shall mean any or all of such entities as the context may permit).

                                R E C I T A L S:
                                - - - - - - - - 

          A.  The Associated Companies, Royalview Manor Company, an Ohio general
partnership, HHLP, and Harborside Health I Corporation entered into an Agreement
to Lease, dated April __, 1996 (the "Agreement to Lease"), whereby, inter alia,
                                     ------------------             ----- ---- 
the Associated Companies have agreed to lease the Properties, as hereinafter
defined, to Tenants pursuant to the Leases, as hereinafter defined, and to grant
options to certain Harborside Companies to purchase the Properties pursuant to
the terms of the Purchase Options, as hereinafter defined.

          B.  The Associated Companies have agreed in the Agreement to Lease to
release the remaining portion of the Security Deposit and to waive any
requirement for HHLP to maintain a minimum net worth in consideration, inter
                                                                       -----
alia, of Guarantor executing and deliver this Guaranty.
- ----                                                   

          NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce Associated Companies to release the
Security Deposit and to waive any continuing net worth requirements with respect
to HHLP, and further acknowledging that Associated Companies intend to rely on
the indemnities of Guarantor hereunder, Guarantor does hereby agree as follows:
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                                                                               2

1.   Definitions.  (a)  As used in this Guaranty and unless otherwise expressly
     -----------                                                               
indicated, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

          "Agreement to Lease" shall have the meaning set forth in Recital A 
           ------------------
of this Guaranty.

          "Associated Companies" shall have the meaning set forth in the 
           --------------------
preamble to this Agreement.

          "Default" shall have the meaning set forth in Section of this 
           -------
Guaranty.

          "Default Rate" shall mean, at any time, that rate of interest per
           ------------                                                    
annum which is 200 basis points in excess of the rate of interest per annum then
most recently published in the Wall Street Journal as the Prime Rate.  For
purposes of this Guaranty, each change in any interest rate due to a change in
the Default Rate shall take effect on the effective date of the change in the
Default Rate.

          "Documents" shall mean the Agreement to Lease, the Leases, the
           ---------                                                    
Purchase Options, the HHLP Guaranty, and any other documents entered into and
delivered pursuant thereto containing obligations of the Harborside Companies.

          "Guarantor" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this 
           ---------
Agreement.

          "HHLP" shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble to this 
           ----
Guaranty.

          "HHLP Guaranty" shall mean the Guaranty, dated ___________, 1996 
           -------------
delivered by HHLP to the Associated Companies.

          "Leases" shall mean the leases whereby the Tenants lease the
           ------                                                     
Properties from the Associated Companies, such leases being more particularly
identified on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof.
              ---------                                        

          "Net Worth" shall mean the total assets of the party in question and
           ---------                                                          
its subsidiaries which would be shown as assets on a consolidated balance sheet
of the party in question and its subsidiaries as of such time prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied,
after deducting any amounts for intangible assets and good will and eliminating
all amounts properly attributable to minority interests, if any, in the stock
and surplus of subsidiaries, minus the total liabilities of the party in
                             -----                                      
question and its subsidiaries which would be shown as liabilities on a
consolidated balance sheet of the party in question and its subsidiaries as of
such time prepared in accordance with
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                                                                               3

generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, plus the
aggregate amount payable by the party in question to its affiliates, the payment
of which is subordinate to the party in question's obligations to the party or
parties who are entitled to the protection of any net worth covenant of the
party in question under this Guaranty or any document executed pursuant to the
Agreement to Lease pursuant to a subordination agreement acceptable to the
Associated Companies.

          "Permitted Assignment" shall mean the transfer of all or substantially
           --------------------                                                 
all of Guarantor's assets to an entity which, as of the date of, and immediately
after giving effect to, such assignment (or the merger or consolidation of
Guarantor and another entity which, as of the date of, and immediately after
giving effect to, such merger or consolidation):

           (i) owns (A) all or substantially all of the partnership interests in
       HHLP or (B) all or substantially all of the issued and outstanding stock
       of a corporation, all or substantially all of the partnership interests
       in a partnership, or all or substantially all of the membership interests
       in a limited liability company which, in turn, owns all or substantially
       all of the partnership interests in HHLP;

           (ii) expressly assumes all of Guarantor's obligations under this
       Guaranty (except in a merger or consolidation in which Guarantor is the
       survivor, in which case Guarantor expressly shall ratify and affirm its
       continuing obligations hereunder); and
                                          ---

           (iii) is either (A) then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, (B)
       as of the end of its two immediately preceding calendar quarters, had a
       Net Worth of at least $15,000,000 and is then listed on the American
                                         ---
       Stock Exchange or on the NASDAQ National Market listing, or (C) as of
       the end of its two immediately preceding calendar quarters, had a Net
       Worth of at least $30,000,000.

          "Permitted Financing" shall mean the extension of credit from a
           -------------------                                           
commercial bank or other financial institution unaffiliated with any of the
Harborside Companies to (a) Guarantor or (b) to Guarantor and any other
Harborside Company or Harborside Companies.

          "Properties" shall mean the nursing home facilities described in the
           ----------                                                         
Agreement to Lease, and located on the land more particularly described on
                                                                          
Exhibits C-1, C-2, C-3, and C-4 attached hereto and made a part hereof.
- -------- ---- ---  ---      ---                                        
 
          "Public Company" shall mean a company which owns all or substantially
           --------------                                                      
all of the partnership interests in HHLP or a 
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company which owns all or substantially all of the issued and outstanding stock
of a corporation, all or substantially all of the partnership interests in a
partnership, or all or substantially all of the membership interests in a
limited liability company which, in turn, owns all or substantially all of the
partnership interests in HHLP, and whose initial public offering was
substantially similar to that described in Form S-1 filed on behalf of Guarantor
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 1996.

          "Purchase Options" shall mean those certain Option to Purchase
           ----------------                                             
Agreements whereby the Tenants obtain the right and option to purchase the
Properties on the terms and conditions set forth therein, such agreements being
more particularly described on Exhibit B attached hereto and made a part hereof.
                               ---------                                        

          (b)  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
definitions assigned to them in the Agreement to Lease, the Leases or the
Purchase Options.

          2.  Guaranty.  (a)  Upon the terms and provisions hereof, Guarantor
              --------                                                       
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally guarantees the full and prompt
performance and payment of each and every obligation of any and all of the
Harborside Companies under the Documents (the "Guaranteed Obligations").
                                               ----------------------   

          3.  Duration of Guaranty.  This Guaranty shall remain in full force
              --------------------                                           
and effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations have been fully paid or
performed or have terminated in accordance with their terms, and any claims for
breach or failure to perform a Guaranteed Obligation asserted by an Associated
Company against a Harborside Company or against Guarantor have been finally
determined, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of Section  hereof.

          4.  Obligation of Guarantor to Perform.  In the event any one or more
              ----------------------------------                               
of the Harborside Companies fail to pay or perform any part of the Guaranteed
Obligations as and when due, Guarantor, within five days after notice of a
demand by any of the Associated Companies to Guarantor specifying that HHLP
failed to make such payment or make such performance as and when required by the
HHLP Guaranty, (a) shall pay or perform the applicable part of the Guaranteed
Obligations, and (b) shall reimburse the Associated Companies their costs and
expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred in enforcing the
performance or the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, together with interest
on amounts which a Harborside Company has failed to pay when due at the Default
Rate from the date the payment becomes due.

          5.  Independent Obligations.  (a)  The obligations of Guarantor
              -----------------------                                    
hereunder are independent of the obligations of the 
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Harborside Companies or any other person; and the Associated Companies may
enforce any of their rights hereunder independently of any other right or remedy
that any one or more of the Associated Companies may at any time hold with
respect to the Guaranteed Obligations or any security, guaranty, or other
indemnity therefor. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any one or
more of the Associated Companies may bring a separate action against Guarantor
without first proceeding against any of the Harborside Companies, any other
guarantor or indemnitor or any other person or any security held by the
Associated Companies, and regardless of whether the Harborside Companies or any
other indemnitor or any other person is joined in any such action.

          (b) Until this Guaranty expires pursuant to Section , the liability of
Guarantor hereunder shall at all times remain effective with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations and the Associated Companies' rights hereunder shall not
be exhausted by any action taken by the Associated Companies until the
Guaranteed Obligations have been fully paid and performed.

          6.  Unsecured Obligation.  This Guaranty is not secured and shall not
              --------------------                                             
be deemed to be secured by any security instrument unless such security
instrument expressly recites that it secures this Guaranty.

          7.  Default.  (a) There shall be default ("Default") hereunder if:
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          (i)  Guarantor shall make a general assignment for the benefit of
  creditors, become insolvent or file a petition for voluntary bankruptcy or
  shall file a petition or answer seeking reorganization or an arrangement or
  composition, extension or readjustment of its indebtedness or consent to the
  appointment of a receiver or trustee of Guarantor or its property or any part
  thereof;

         (ii) A petition for proceedings in bankruptcy or for the reorganization
  of Guarantor shall be filed against it and it shall admit the material
  allegations thereof, or an order, judgment or decree shall be made approving
  such petition, or a receiver or trustee of any such party or his property or
  any part thereof shall be appointed and the same is not dismissed within 60
  days of the filing thereof;

        (iii)  Guarantor shall fail to maintain its existence as required
  pursuant to Section hereof;

        (iv) At any time after delivery hereof, all three of the following
  conditions exist: (A) Guarantor is not currently listed on the New York Stock
  Exchange, (B) Guarantor, as of the end of any two consecutive calendar
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                                                                               6

  quarters, fails to have a Net Worth of at least $15,000,000 or the
                                                              --    
  Guarantor is not currently listed on the American Stock Exchange or on the
  NASDAQ National Market listing, and, within 45 days following written notice
  from any of the Associated Companies, both of the foregoing conditions
  continue to exist, and (C) after a Permitted Assignment in which the surviving
                     ---
  entity meets the requirements of clause (iii)(c) of the definition of
  Permitted Assignment, such entity, as of the end of any two consecutive
  calendar quarters, fails to have a Net Worth of at least $30,000,000;

     (v)  Guarantor shall fail to pay any amount when due hereunder; or

     (vi)  Guarantor shall fail to perform, observe, or comply with any other
  covenant or agreement on its part to be performed, observed, or complied with
  hereunder, within 30 days of notice from Associated Companies requesting or
  demanding such performance, observance, or compliance, or such longer period
  of time (not to extend beyond 90 days following such notice) if such failure
  is not susceptible of being remedied within 30 days and Guarantor shall
  commence to remedy such failure within such 30-day period and at all times
  thereafter is diligently proceeding to remedy such failure.

          (b)  Regardless of the existence of Default, this Guaranty shall
remain and continue in full force and effect as the obligation of Guarantor to
the full extent permitted by applicable law.

          8.  Remedies.  In addition to and cumulative with any other remedies
              --------                                                        
they may have hereunder, under the Documents or at law or in equity, each of the
Associated Companies, at its option and without any obligation to do so, shall
have the right, if Guarantor shall fail to perform its obligations hereunder, to
proceed to pay and/or perform the Guaranteed Obligations on behalf of Guarantor,
and Guarantor shall, upon demand, pay to the Associated Companies all such sums
expended by them in the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations
with interest thereon at the Default Rate.

          9.  Costs of Enforcement.  Guarantor shall pay or reimburse the
              --------------------                                       
Associated Companies, upon demand therefor, all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, which the Associated Companies may incur in
connection with enforcement proceedings hereunder.

          10.  Waiver of Jury Trial.  Any right to a trial by jury in any action
               --------------------                                             
or proceeding to enforce or defend any rights under this Guaranty is hereby
waived by Guarantor, and it is agreed by Guarantor that any such action or
proceeding shall be 
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tried before a judge and not before a jury.


          11.  Waiver and Consent.  (a)  To the full extent that Guarantor may
               ------------------                                             
lawfully do so, Guarantor hereby waives all errors and imperfections in any
proceedings instituted by the Associated Companies to enforce any of their
rights or remedies under this Guaranty and all benefit of any present or future
moratorium law or any other present or future law, regulation, or judicial
decision which:  (i) exempts any property, real or personal, or any part of the
proceeds arising from any sale thereof from attachment, levy, or sale under
execution; or (ii) provides for any stay of execution, marshaling of assets,
exemption from civil process, redemption, extension of time for payment or
valuation or appraisement.

          (b) Guarantor hereby consents to suit in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and
Franklin County, Ohio, under this Guaranty in the event of Default.

          12.  Cumulative Remedies.  Every right and remedy provided in this
               -------------------                                          
Guaranty shall be cumulative of every other right or remedy of the Associated
Companies whether herein or by law conferred and may be enforced concurrently
therewith and no acceptance of performance of any obligation as to which
Guarantor shall be in Default, or waiver of particular or single performance of
any obligation or observance of any covenant, shall be construed as a waiver of
the obligation  or covenant or as a waiver of any other Default then,
theretofore or thereafter existing.

          13.  Maintenance of Existence.  From the date hereof until the
               ------------------------                                 
termination of this Guaranty pursuant to Section  above, Guarantor covenants and
agrees to preserve and maintain its corporate existence and its good standing
                                                                             
provided, however, that nothing herein shall prohibit the Guarantor from
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entering into a Permitted Assignment.

          14.  Financial Reports and Other Covenants.  Until the expiration of
               -------------------------------------                          
this Guaranty pursuant to Section  above, Guarantor covenants and agrees
promptly to furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Associated Companies (x)
annual audited financial statements and, by the 45th day of each quarter, an
unaudited financial statement for the immediately preceding quarter and year-to-
date with respect to its operations, together with balance sheets indicating the
Net Worth of Guarantor, certified by a financial officer of Guarantor, and (y)
if applicable, a copy of the Public Company's annual filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, including any 10-K Report, annual financial statements and
proxy materials.

          15.  Relationship of Parties and Assets of Parties. 
               ---------------------------------------------               
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                                                                               8

(a) Guarantor hereby does represent and warrant that: (i) this Guaranty is
executed at the request of Harborside Companies; (ii) Guarantor has reviewed all
of the Documents; (iii) Associated Companies have made no representation to
Guarantor as to the financial condition of any of the Harborside Companies; and
(iv) Guarantor has established adequate means of obtaining from Harborside
Companies and from other sources, on a continuing basis, financial and other
information pertaining to the financial condition of Harborside Companies and
the Properties. Guarantor hereby agrees that Associated Companies shall have no
duty to disclose or report to Guarantor any information now or hereafter known
to Associated Companies relating to the business, operation, condition or assets
of Harborside Companies. Associated Companies shall have no duty to inquire into
the authority or powers of Harborside Companies or any officer, employee or
agent of Harborside Companies with regard to any portion of the Guaranteed
Obligations.

          (b)  Guarantor does hereby represent, warrant and agree that it has
not and shall not, without the prior written consent of Associated Companies,
sell or lease, assign, encumber, hypothecate, transfer or otherwise dispose of
all or substantially all of its assets, whether in one transaction or in a
series of transactions unless it receives fair consideration therefor; provided,
however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, Guarantor, without the consent of
the Associated Companies, may sell or lease, assign, encumber, hypothecate,
transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets in
connection with a Permitted Financing or a Permitted Assignment.

          (c)  Guarantor hereby acknowledges that this Guaranty is entered into
by Guarantor in its individual capacity, and not as the owner of an equity
interest in any of the Harborside Companies.  The liability of Guarantor
hereunder shall not be affected or impaired by disposition or loss by Guarantor
of any financial interest which it may have in Harborside Companies.

          (d)  Until this Guaranty has terminated in accordance with Section 3
above, Guarantor shall have no right of reimbursement, subrogation, exoneration,
contribution, or indemnity from or by Harborside Companies, and during the term
of this Guaranty, Guarantor does hereby waive any claim, as that term is defined
in the United States Bankruptcy Code, which Guarantor might now have or
hereafter acquire against Harborside Companies that arises from the existence or
performance of the obligations Guarantor under this Guaranty.


          (e)  Guarantor hereby agrees that, in the event any payment made by or
on behalf of Harborside Companies respecting Guaranteed Obligations, or any
portion of any such payment, shall at any time be required to be restored or
returned by any of the Associated Companies pursuant to any order (whether or
not final) 
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                                                                               9

by a court of competent jurisdiction, or any provision of the United
States Bankruptcy Code as now existing or hereafter amended, or applicable state
law, then the Guaranteed Obligations shall not be deemed to have been satisfied
to the extent of the returned payment, the obligations of Guarantor shall
continue in full force and effect and the recipient who was required to return
the payment, whether or not that be Associated Companies, will continue to be
entitled to the full benefits of this Guaranty, all as though such amount had
not been paid.

          16.  Representations and Warranties.   (a)  Guarantor hereby does 
               ------------------------------
represent and warrant to Associated Companies that:

          (i)  Guarantor has all requisite power and authority to conduct his
    business and to own and lease its properties.

         (ii)  This Guaranty has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of
    Guarantor.

         (iii) The execution and performance of this Guaranty and all agreements
    and covenants herein will not result in any breach of, or constitute a
    default under, any contract, agreement, document or other instrument to
    which Guarantor is a party or by which Guarantor may be bound or affected,
    and do not and will not violate or contravene any law to which Guarantor is
    subject; nor do any such other instruments impose or contemplate any
    obligations which are or will be inconsistent with this Guaranty.

         (iv) No approval by, authorization of, or filing with any federal,
    state or municipal or other governmental commission, board or agency or
    other governmental authority is necessary in connection with the
    authorization, execution and delivery of this by Guarantor.

         (v) This Guaranty constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
    of Guarantor, enforceable against Guarantor in accordance with its terms,
    except to the extent that the enforceability thereof against Guarantor may
    be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization,
    moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforceability of creditors' rights
    generally or by equitable principles of general application (whether
    considered in an action at law or in equity).

        (vi)  Guarantor is a Public Company.

        (vii) True and complete and accurate copies of Guarantor's most recent
    financial statements have been delivered to the Associated Companies, and
    they (including the notes thereto) present fairly and, to the Guarantor's
    knowledge, in conformity with generally accepted accounting 
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                                                                              10

    principles consistently applied the financial condition of Guarantor at the
    dates thereof and the results of its operation for the periods covered
    thereby.
    
        (viii)  Guarantor has filed all tax returns required to be filed by any
    governmental agency and has paid all taxes shown thereon to be due and all
    property taxes due, including interest and penalties, if any.

        (ix) There are no material actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to
    the best of the knowledge of Guarantor, threatened against or affecting
    Guarantor or any property of Guarantor, whether covered by insurance or not,
    which, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the such
    party would materially and adversely affect Guarantor's ability to perform
    its obligations under this Guaranty.

        (b)  Guarantor shall give written notice to Associated Companies
promptly of the institution of any litigation or legal or administrative
proceeding filed against Guarantor or any property of Guarantor, which,
individually or when taken together with all other such matter, if determined
adversely would materially adversely affect Guarantor's ability to perform its
obligations under this Guaranty.

          17.  Notices.  All notices required to be given hereunder shall be
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given in writing to the appropriate party or parties at the following addresses:

To Associated
   Companies:       Paul S. Dennis
                    30 Pebble Brook Lane
                    Moreland Hills, OH 44022

                                and

                    Paul S. Dennis
                    Suite 250
                    3800 Park East Drive
                    Beachwood, Ohio 44122


With copies to:     David W. Sloan, Esq.
                    JONES, DAY, REAVIS & POGUE
                    North Point
                    901 Lakeside Avenue
                    Cleveland, OH  44114
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                                                                              11

                                and

                    Jeffrey I. Friedman
                    President
                    Associated Estates Realty Corporation
                    5025 Swetland Court
                    Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143

To Harborside
   Companies:    Harborside Healthcare Corporation
                 Harbor Plaza
                 470 Atlantic Avenue
                 Boston, Massachusetts  02210
                 Attn:  Stephen L. Guillard, President

With copies to:  Harborside Healthcare Limited Partnership
                 c/o Harborside Healthcare
                 Harbor Plaza
                 470 Atlantic Avenue
                 Boston, Massachusetts  02210
                 Attn:  Stephen L. Guillard, President

                                and

                 Martin R. Leinwand, Esq.
                 McDermott, Will & Emery
                 75 State Street
                 Boston, Massachusetts   02109

or at such other place as such party may designate in writing to the other
party.  All notices shall be deemed to have been delivered (a) upon delivery if
hand-delivered, (b) on the next business day after deposit with a recognized
overnight courier, or (c) on the date shown on the return receipt if delivered
by registered mail, return receipt requested.

          18.  Waiver.  (a) Guarantor does hereby expressly waive to the extent 
               ------
permitted by applicable law:

          (i)  notice of the acceptance of this Guaranty by Associated 
Companies;

         (ii)  notice of any advances made or credit extended to Harborside
Companies on the faith of this Guaranty and of the execution and delivery by
Harborside Companies of any documents evidencing, securing or pertaining to 
the Guaranteed Obligations;

         (iii)  notice of, and the right to consent to, Associated Companies'
assignment of the benefits of this Guaranty in connection with any assignment by
Associated Companies which is permitted under the terms of the Leases;
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                                                                              12

         (iv)  except as otherwise provided herein, (A) notice of the failure of
Harborside Companies to pay or perform any of the Guaranteed Obligations when
due; (B) notice of any default by Harborside Companies under any document
evidencing, securing or pertaining to any of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (C)
notice of any sale or foreclosure (or the posting or the advertising for sale or
foreclosure) of any collateral for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the
parties hereto intending that Guarantor shall not be considered a "debtor" as
defined in the UCC or in any other applicable law which provides rights to
primary obligees to receive notices of such types of events;

         (v)  protest, demand and dishonor, presentment or any other notices or
demands or diligence of any kind which might otherwise be required by any
statute or rule of law now or hereafter in effect with respect to this Guaranty
or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

        (vi) all rights it might otherwise have to require Associated Companies,
as a condition to requiring Guarantor to perform hereunder, to first: (A)
institute suit, obtain a judgment, or exhaust any remedies against Harborside
Companies or any others liable on such obligations, or against any properties of
Harborside Companies or the properties of anyone liable for such obligations;
(B) enforce any rights against any security which shall ever have been given to
secure such obligations; (C) make any other efforts at collection; or (D)
require Associated Companies to join Harborside Companies as a party in any suit
on this Guaranty;

        (vii) any defense based upon Associated Companies' election of any
remedy against the Guarantor, any guarantor or other indemnitor or Harborside
Companies or any combination of such parties;

        (viii) any defense based upon Associated Companies' failure to disclose
to Guarantor any information concerning the financial condition of Harborside
Companies or any other circumstances bearing on the ability of Harborside
Companies to pay and perform their obligations under the Documents;

        (ix)  until this Guaranty expires pursuant to Section 3, the right to
exercise any right of subrogation, any right to enforce any remedy which
Associated Companies may have against Harborside Companies and any right to
participate in, or benefit from, any security for performance by the Harborside
Companies of their obligations under the Documents now or hereafter held by
Associated Companies; and

     (x)  any and all defenses, which absent this clause, 
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                                                                              13

     would be available toGuarantor as a surety.
 
          (b)  The liability of Guarantor under this Guaranty shall not be
diminished or extinguished by failure of Guarantor to be given notice of default
by Harborside Companies, by waiver of defaults by Harborside Companies or
extensions of due dates for payments or other accommodations to Harborside
Companies, or by any other acts or omissions which, in the absence of this
sentence, would operate so as to impair, diminish or extinguish the liability of
Harborside Companies hereunder.  Notice of acceptance of this Guaranty by
Associated Companies is waived by Guarantor.

          19.  Obligations of Guarantor Unimpaired by Subsequent Events.
               --------------------------------------------------------  
Guarantor does hereby agree that its obligations under this Guaranty shall not
be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or otherwise affected by the
occurrence of any of the following events (or the fact that any of such events
have occurred):

     (a)  the renewal, extension, modification, supplement, rearrangement,
restatement, reinstatement, enlargement, replacement or assignment of the
Documents, or any other forbearance or agreement by Associated Companies to
accept a deferred payment or performance of any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (b)  the release of any one or more of the Harborside Companies, any other
Guarantor or indemnitor or any other person from liability for all or any part
of the Guaranteed Obligations, it being acknowledged and agreed by Guarantor
that Guarantor may be required to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations in
full without the assistance or support of any other party, and Guarantor has not
been induced to enter into this Guaranty on the basis of any contemplation,
belief, understanding or agreement that any other party shall at all times be
liable to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations or that Associated Companies
shall look to other parties to pay or perform the Guaranteed Obligations;

     (c) the failure to perfect a lien (or the unenforceability of any lien) in
any collateral intended as security for any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;
or the release of, the surrender of, the exchange of or the substitution of all
or any part of such collateral; or the subordination of any lien securing any of
the Guaranteed Obligations to any other lien or liens covering such collateral;
or the deterioration, waste, loss or impairment (including without limitation
negligent, willful, unreasonable or unjustifiable impairment) of any such
collateral, it being acknowledged by Guarantor that
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      Guarantor is not entering into this Guaranty in reliance on or in
      contemplation of the benefits of any collateral for the Guaranteed
      Obligations, the value thereof, or the validity or enforceability of any
      security interest therein;

         (d) the addition of any collateral as security for, or the addition of
      any person as a party with liability for, the payment or performance of
      all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

         (e) any action with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any
      documents evidencing, securing or pertaining thereto, including but not
      limited to, any settlement or compromise of any amount due thereunder the
      pursuit of any particular remedy before any other remedy or the exercise
      of, or waiver or failure to timely exercise, any right conferred
      thereunder, the exercise of such rights being wholly discretionary with
      Associated Companies;

         (f) any change in the composition, status or form of organization, or
      the death, insolvency, bankruptcy, disability or lack of authority, of any
      person at any time liable for the payment or performance of all or any
      part of the Guaranteed Obligations;

         (g) any neglect, delay, omission, failure or refusal of Associated
      Companies to foreclose on any collateral for the Guaranteed Obligations or
      to sue or take any other action to enforce the collection or performance
      of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or any right contained in
      any document evidencing, securing or pertaining thereto; or

         (h) the failure of any one or more of the Associated Companies to
      exercise diligence, commercial reasonableness or reasonable care in the
      preservation, protection, enforcement, sale or other handling of all or
      any part of any collateral which, at any time or from time to time, if
      any, may be provided for any of the Guaranteed Obligations or to bring
      suit against Harborside Companies, any Guarantor or any other party to
      enforce any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other liability of any 
      such party.

          20.  Offsets and Defenses.  Guarantor hereby agrees that its
               --------------------                                   
obligations hereunder shall not be released, diminished, impaired, reduced or
otherwise affected by any existing or future offset, claim, or defense of
Harborside Companies, or any other party, against any one or more of the
Associated Companies or against payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether
such offset, claim or defense arises in connection with the Guaranteed
Obligations or otherwise; provided, that, the foregoing to the contrary
notwithstanding, Guarantor may assert as defenses 
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hereunder with respect to a specific Guaranteed Obligation any matter which
would entitle the Harborside Company principally liable on such Guaranteed
Obligation to take an offset against payment thereof under the terms of the
Leases or the Purchase Options.

          21.  Statutes of Limitation.  Guarantor does hereby agree that the
               ----------------------                                       
payment or performance of any act which tolls any statute of limitations
applicable to the Documents shall similarly operate to toll the statute of
limitations applicable to the liability of Guarantor hereunder.

          22.  Authority to Modify Documents. Guarantor does hereby authorize
               -----------------------------                                 
Associated Companies, at any time and from time to time without notice and
without affecting the liability of Guarantor hereunder, to:  (a) alter the terms
of all or any part of the Documents or the Guaranteed Obligations and any
security and guaranties therefor, if any, (b) accept new or additional
instruments, documents, agreements, security or guaranties in connection with
all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) accept partial payments on
the Guaranteed Obligations; (d) waive, release, reconvey, terminate, abandon,
subordinate, exchange, substitute, transfer, compound, compromise, liquidate and
enforce all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations and any security or
guaranties therefor, and apply any such security and direct the order or manner
of sale thereof (and bid and purchase at any such sale), as Associated Companies
in its discretion may determine; (e) release Harborside Companies, or any one of
them or any other person from any personal liability with respect to all or any
part of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (f) assign this Guaranty in whole or in
part.

          23.  Entire Agreement and Modification.  This Guaranty and the other
               ---------------------------------                              
Documents to which the Guarantor is a party contain the entire agreement between
the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and all prior
agreements relative hereto or thereto which are not contained herein or therein
are hereby terminated.  This Guaranty may not be amended, revised, waived,
discharged, released or terminated orally but only by a written instrument or
instruments executed by the party against which enforcement of the amendment,
revision, waiver, discharge, release or termination is asserted. Any alleged
amendment, revision, waiver, discharge, release or termination which is not so
documented shall not be effective as to any party.

          24.  Governing Law.  This Guaranty shall be construed and enforced
               -------------                                                
according to, and governed by, the laws of the State of Ohio without reference
to conflicts of laws provisions which, but for this provision, would require the
application of the law of any other jurisdiction.

          25.  Severability.  In the event that any one or more 
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of the provisions of this Guaranty shall for any reason be held to be invalid,
illegal or unenforceable, in whole or in part, or in any respect, or in the
event that any one or more of the provisions of this Guaranty shall operate, or
would prospectively operate, to invalidate this Guaranty, then, and in any such
event, such provision or provisions only shall be deemed to be null and void and
of no force or effect and shall not affect any other provision of this Guaranty,
and the remaining provisions of this Guaranty shall remain operative and in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, prejudiced or disturbed
thereby.

          26.  Captions.  The section titles or captions contained in this
               --------                                                   
Guaranty are for convenience only and shall not be deemed to define, limit or
otherwise modify the scope or intent of this Guaranty.

          27.  Variation in Pronouns.  All the terms and words used in this
               ---------------------                                       
Guaranty, regardless of the number and gender in which they are used, shall be
deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any
other gender, masculine, feminine, or neuter, as the context or sense of this
Guaranty or any paragraph or clause herein may require, the same as if such word
had been fully and properly written in the correct number and gender.

          28.  Bind and Inure.  This Guaranty shall bind Guarantor and its
               --------------                                             
successors, and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of Associated Companies
and their respective heirs, successors and assigns.

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor has caused this Guaranty to be 
duly executed on the ____ day of __________, 1996.


                                              HARBORSIDE HEALTHCARE CORPORATION,
                                              a Delaware corporation


                                              By:
                                                 ------------------------------


                                              Attest:
                                                     --------------------------

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                                                                    Exhibit 21.1
 
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                                         Jurisdiction of
                                        Incorporation  or                  Doing
                    Name                   Organization                 Business As
                    ----                -----------------               -----------
  <S>                                   <C>                      <C>
  1.  Bay Tree Nursing Center               Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Corporation                                                      Palm Harbor
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2.  Belmont Nursing Center                Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Corporation                                                        Toledo
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  3.  Bowie Center L.P.                       Maryland           Larkin Chase Nursing and
                                                                   Restorative Center
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  4.  Bridgewater Assisted Living            New Jersey
      L.P.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  5.  Countryside Care Center               Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Corporation                                                      Terre Haute
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  6.  Harborside of Cleveland L.P.          Massachusetts
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  7.  Harborside of Florida L.P.               Florida           Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                          Brevard
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  8.  Harborside of Ohio L.P.               Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                    Northwestern Ohio
 
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                        Defiance
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  9.  Harborside Funding L.P.               Massachusetts
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 10.  Harborside Health I                     Delaware           Harborside Nursing Homes,
      Corporation                                                         Inc.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 11.  Harborside Healthcare                 Massachusetts
      Advisors Limited Partnership
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 12.  Harborside Healthcare                 Massachusetts                 Allicor
      Limited Partnership                                          Harborside Healthcare
                                                                    Management L.P.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 13.  Harborside Healthcare                    Florida
      Network Limited Partnership
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 14.  Harborside Homecare L.P.              Massachusetts         Behavioral Health Care
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 15.  Harborside New Hampshire              Massachusetts      Harborside Nursing Facilities
      L.P.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 16.  Harborside Rehabilitation             Massachusetts         Theracor Rehabilitation
      L.P.                                                              Services
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 17.  Harborside Toledo                     Massachusetts
      Corporation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 18.  Harborside Toledo L.P.                Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                         Swanton
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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                                         Jurisdiction of
                                        Incorporation  or                  Doing
                    Name                   Organization                 Business As
                    ----                -----------------               -----------
  <S>                                   <C>                      <C>

 19.  HHCI Limited Partnership              Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                         Naples
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                        Sarasota
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                        Pinebrook
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                        New Haven
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                       Woods Edge
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                      Indianapolis
                                                                 Harborside Healthcare --
                                                                          Troy
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 20.  KHI Corporation                         Delaware
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 21.  Maryland Harborside                   Massachusetts
      Corporation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 22.  New Jersey Harborside                 Massachusetts
      Corporation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 23.  Oakhurst Manor Nursing                Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Center Corporation                                                  Ocala
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 24.  Orchard Ridge Nursing                 Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Center Corporation                                               Gulf Coast
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 25.  Riverside Retirement                  Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Limited Partnership                                               Decatur
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 26.  Sunset Point Nursing Center           Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Corporation                                                      Clearwater
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 27.  West Bay Nursing Center               Massachusetts        Harborside Healthcare --
      Corporation                                                       Tampa Bay
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 </TABLE>

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS



We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-3096) of our reports dated March 19, 1996, on our audits of the combined 
financial statements of Harborside Healthcare Corporation and Combined 
Affiliates and the financial statements of Bowie Center Limited Partnership. We 
also consent to the reference to our firm under the captions "Selected Combined 
Financial and Operating Data" and "Experts."



                                                    /s/ Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

                                                        COOPERS & LYBRAND L.L.P.


Boston, Massachusetts
May 31, 1996

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                                                                    Exhibit 23.2


                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-1 (File No.
333-3096) of our report dated February 9, 1996, on our audits of the combined 
financial statements of Sowerby Enterprises.  We also consent to the reference 
to our firm under the caption "Experts".


                                                /s/ Leverone & Company

                                                LEVERONE & COMPANY

Billerica, Massachusetts
May 31, 1996

<PAGE>
                                                                    Exhibit 23.3


                      CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS


We consent to the inclusion in this registration statement on Form S-1 (File 
No. 333-3096) of our report dated March 15, 1996, on our audits of the combined 
financial statements of Beachwood Care Center, Westbay Manor Company, Westbay 
Manor II Development Company, Royalview Manor Company, and Royalview Manor 
Development Company.  We also consent to the reference to our firm under the 
caption "Experts".



/s/ Howard, Wershbale & Co.

Howard, Wershbale & Co.
Cleveland, Ohio
May 31, 1996


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