EXHIBIT 99.1

Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. Names Chief Financial Officer

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     Irvine, Calif. (Jan. 24, 2005) - Sun Healthcare Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: SUNH) Chairman and CEO Richard K. Matros today announced that L. Bryan Shaul will join the company as chief financial officer and executive vice president. Mr. Shaul is currently chief financial officer and executive vice president of Res-Care, Inc., the nation's largest provider of services to persons with developmental disabilities. Mr. Shaul will join Sun on Feb. 14, 2005.

"Bryan's skills and extensive experience in the healthcare industry will be of tremendous value to the company," said Matros. "His skill set in mergers, acquisitions, capital markets and insurance issues have particular value to the company," said Matros.

Mr. Shaul previously served as vice president, finance and controller at Humana, Inc., one of the nation's largest publicly traded health service companies; as chief financial officer of Primary Health, Inc., a physician practice management company; and as senior vice president and chief financial officer of RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc., a managed care operations company that Mr. Shaul was instrumental in taking public. Mr. Shaul also has 22 years of experience at Coopers & Lybrand, where he was most recently partner-in-charge of Insurance Practice, Southern California.

About Sun Healthcare Group, Inc.
Sun Healthcare Group, Inc., with executive offices located in Irvine, California, owns SunBridge Healthcare Corporation and other affiliated companies that operate long-term and postacute care facilities in many states. In addition, the Sun Healthcare Group family of companies provides therapy through SunDance Rehabilitation Corporation, medical staffing through CareerStaff Unlimited, Inc., home care through SunPlus Home Health Services, Inc., and medical laboratory and mobile radiology services through SunAlliance Healthcare Services, Inc.

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