UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): October 30, 2003

 

Commission File Number  001-15319

 

SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST

 

Maryland	04-3445278
(State of Organization)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts  02458

 

617-796-8350

 

 

Item 7.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)           Exhibits

 

Senior Housing Properties Trust (the “Company”) hereby furnishes the following exhibit:

 

99.1         Press release dated October 30, 2003.

 

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

 

On October 30, 2003, the Company issued a press release setting forth the Company’s results of operations and financial condition for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2003.  A copy of the Company’s press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	SENIOR HOUSING PROPERTIES TRUST
	By:	/s/John R. Hoadley
		John R. Hoadley
		Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
		Dated: October 31, 2003

 

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