seniors residences founded 1981 ; arlington va founder paul and terry klaassen headquarters mclean virginia united states of america number of locations 310 services independent living assisted living memory care nursing rehabilitative services website www.sunriseseniorliving.com sunrise senior living is an american operator of assisted living and other houses for senior citizens . as of 2015 it operates over 310 assisted living facilities throughout the united states canada and the united kingdom . 1 making it the fifth largest senior living provider in the u.s. 2 headquartered in mclean virginia in the washington dc metropolitan area the company employs approximately 30 500 people . 3 sunrise offers senior living services including independent living assisted living care for individuals with alzheimer s disease and other forms of memory loss as well as nursing and rehabilitative services . 4 contents 1 leadership 2 acquisitions 3 references 4 external links leadership edit the first sunrise community was opened in 1981 in arlington virginia by founders paul and terry klaassen . 5 in april 2014 chris winkle was named sunrise s chief executive officer ceo . 6 acquisitions edit in august 2014 sunrise senior living purchased the management company of gracewell healthcare a residential care home company in the united kingdom owned by health care reit inc. hcn . sunrise will manage 15 care homes throughout england under the gracewell brand in addition to the current 27 communities throughout the united kingdom under the sunrise brand . 7 references edit ghose carrie 28 april 2015 . long delayed dublin assisted living center opening in august . columbus business first . retrieved 30 april 2015 . 2014 largest senior living providers . alfa.org . retrieved 13 may 2015 . heath thomas 22 august 2012 . sunrise senior living sold to health care company for 845 million . the washington post . retrieved 30 april 2015 . sunrise senior living llc . retrieved 30 april 2015 . leiberman brett 30 october 2008 . paul klaassen looks back on his 27 year reign as ceo . virginia business . retrieved 13 may 2015 . bloomberg business profile . bloomberg lp . retrieved 30 april 2015 . bowers lois a. 14 august 2014 . sunrise senior living to manage health care reit properties in uk . ltl magazine . retrieved 13 may 2015 . external links edit retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sunrise senior living & oldid 733850842 categories housing for the elderly in the united statescompanies based in mclean virginia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 10 august 2016 at 14 18 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view