IRVINE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 02/12/08 -- SunBridge Healthcare Corporation (NASDAQ: SUNH) announces a new partnership with Twilight Wish Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping seniors realize some of their wishes. This partnership is expected to benefit residents in more than 200 care centers across the United States. Appropriately, SunBridge and Twilight are officially launching their heartfelt campaign, "SunBridge Grants Twilight Wishes," on Valentine's Day.

"This unique partnership allows our company the opportunity to provide an enhanced level of compassion for our residents," says Bill Mathies, SunBridge president. "Our company's mission continues to focus on providing a culture of caring within our centers, and this partnership is just one of the ways we fulfill that mission."

The Twilight Wish Foundation began granting wishes in 2003 and has since opened affiliated chapters in eight states. Founder and Executive Director Cass Forkin recognized that our nation's seniors deserved to have their life-long wishes fulfilled. And now, after fulfilling more than 800 Twilight Wishes to seniors, Forkin says, "Wishes can be very big such as riding in a blimp or very small such as having a picture of a farm landscape, but all are equally meaningful to the recipients." By establishing this partnership with SunBridge, Forkin's hope is to extend Twilight's reach to an even wider audience of SunBridge residents. Wishes granted by Twilight through the years vary from a 100-year-old's desire to ride in the sidecar of a motorcycle to another's last wish for a fishing trip.

SunBridge residents who are selected to receive a 'Twilight Wish' will be recognized during National Nursing Home Week, a week-long observance established by the American Health Care Association in 1967 that recognizes nursing homes and begins on Mother's Day.

About SunBridge Healthcare Corporation

SunBridge Healthcare Corporation, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., is among the nations' largest nursing home companies. SunBridge and its affiliates together operate long-term and post-acute care centers in many states In addition, the Sun Healthcare Group family of companies provides therapy through SunDance Rehabilitation Corporation, hospice services through SolAmor Hospice and medical staffing through CareerStaff Unlimited Inc. For more information, visit www.sunh.com.

About Twilight Wish Foundation

Twilight Wish Foundation (TWF), is a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. TWF began granting wishes to seniors in 2003; since that time they have granted wishes to more than 800 seniors across the country. TWF has opened chapters in eight states. For more information, visit www.twilightwish.org.

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