SNH Senior Housing Properties Trust

Senior Housing Properties Trust (NYSE: SNH) today announced that it will host a conference call in conjunction with the announcement of its second quarter 2006 financial results. SNH plans to issue a press release containing its second quarter financial results before the NYSE opens on Thursday, August 3, 2006. Later that day at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, David Hegarty, president and chief operating officer, and John Hoadley, chief financial officer, will host a conference call to discuss the second quarter 2006 results. Following the company's remarks, there will be a short question and answer period. The conference call telephone number is (800) 810-0924. Participants calling from outside the United States and Canada should dial (913) 981-4900. No pass code is necessary to access the call from either number. Participants should dial in about 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A replay of the conference call will be available through Wednesday, August 9, 2006. To hear the replay, dial (719) 457-0820. The replay pass code is 9436754. A live audio webcast of the conference call will also be available in a listen-only mode on the company's web site, which is located at www.snhreit.com. Participants wanting to access the webcast should visit the company's web site about five minutes before the call. The archived webcast will be available for replay on the company's web site for about one week after the call. Senior Housing Properties Trust is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, which has $1.7 billion invested in 188 senior living properties located in 32 states. SNH is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.