IRVINE, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/29/09 -- Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH) today announced that L. Bryan Shaul, the company's chief financial officer, and Brandi Riddle, the company's vice president and treasurer, will present at the Credit Suisse Healthcare Conference on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009, at 5 p.m. Mountain/7 p.m. Eastern. The conference is being held at the Arizona Biltmore Resort and Spa in Phoenix, Ariz.

A copy of the presentation material will be available on the company's web site at www.sunh.com immediately prior to their scheduled appearance.

About Sun Healthcare Group, Inc.

The subsidiaries of Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH) provide nursing, rehabilitative and related specialty healthcare services principally to the senior population in the United States. Sun's core business is providing inpatient services, primarily through 184 skilled nursing centers, 14 assisted and independent living centers and eight mental health centers. On a consolidated basis, Sun had annual revenues in 2008 of more than $1.8 billion and approximately 30,000 employees in 46 states. At Sept. 30, 2009, SunBridge centers had 23,289 licensed beds located in 25 states, of which 22,481 were available for occupancy. The company also provides rehabilitation therapy services to affiliated and non-affiliated centers through the SunDance subsidiary, medical staffing services through the CareerStaff Unlimited subsidiary and hospice services through the SolAmor subsidiary.