MONTREAL, April 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sunrise Senior Living, Inc. (NYSE: SRZ), a leading provider of senior living services, today opened Sunrise of Dollard-des-Ormeaux located in the West Island of Montreal. The new senior living community is Sunrise's first in the province of Quebec and its thirteenth community in Canada.
"Montreal area seniors and their families are seeking new solutions to our traditional long term care environments here in Quebec," said Jean Favreau, area manager for Sunrise Senior Living in the province. "Sunrise offers a fresh approach. For more than a quarter century, Sunrise has enabled seniors to live life on their terms in a comfortable and engaging environment surrounded by caring people. Our new community in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and future properties here will set a higher standard for quality senior living and care in Quebec."
The new four-story community, located at 4377 St. Jean Boulevard in Dollard-des Ormeaux, will provide individualized care and services to more than 100 residents needing assistance with activities like bathing, dressing, medication management and dining. Sunrise will ultimately employ about 80 team members who will work at the community and provide daily services, activities, programs and meals to residents. The residential looking property has beautifully appointed and spacious common areas, and special Sunrise Signatures like fresh flowers, a bistro and a community pet. Additionally, a specially designed area is dedicated to caring and serving residents with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of memory loss.
In addition to Sunrise of Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the company is developing three other senior living communities in Quebec. These properties are located in Blainville, Beaconsfield, and Notre-Dame-de-Grace. In French-Canadian, these communities are branded as Maisons de vie Sunrise. The public may visit the following Web site to learn more about them: http://www.maisonsdeviesunrise.ca/
About Sunrise Senior Living
Sunrise Senior Living, a McLean, Va.-based company, employs approximately 40,000 people. As of December 31, 2007, Sunrise operated 457 communities in the United States, Canada, Germany and the United Kingdom, with a combined capacity for approximately 54,000 residents. At quarter end, Sunrise also had 45 communities under construction in these countries with a combined capacity for 5,800 additional residents. Sunrise offers a full range of personalized senior living services, including independent living, assisted living, care for individuals with Alzheimer's and other forms of memory loss, as well as nursing, rehabilitative and hospice care. Sunrise's senior living services are delivered by staff trained to encourage the independence, preserve the dignity, enable freedom of choice and protect the privacy of residents. To learn more about Sunrise, please visit http://www.sunriseseniorliving.com .
SOURCE Sunrise Senior Living, Inc.
