As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 12, 2002

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM T-3
                   APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION OF INDENTURE
                                      UNDER
                         THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939

                               (Amendment No. 1)
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                         AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION
                               (Name of Applicant)

                          111 WESTWOOD PLACE, SUITE 200
                           BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

          SECURITIES TO BE ISSUED UNDER THE INDENTURE TO BE QUALIFIED:

           TITLE OF CLASS                                   AMOUNT
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5 3/4% Series A Senior Subordinated Notes    Up to a maximum aggregate principal
              Due 2002                              amount of $113,652,000

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      Approximate date of proposed public offering: As soon as practicable
              following the qualification of the indenture covered
           hereby under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

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                                  W.E. SHERIFF
                             CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                         AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION
                          111 WESTWOOD PLACE, SUITE 200
                           BRENTWOOD, TENNESSEE 37027
                     (Name and Address of Agent for Service)

                                 With a copy to:

                              T. ANDREW SMITH, ESQ.
                             BASS, BERRY & SIMS PLC
                        315 DEADERICK STREET, SUITE 2700
                           NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37238

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The Applicant hereby amends this Application for Qualification on such date or
dates as may be necessary to delay its effectiveness until (i) the 20th day
after the filing of an amendment that specifically states that it shall
supersede this Application for Qualification or (ii) such date as the Securities
and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to Section 307(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, may determine upon the written request of the Applicant.

                                    FORM T-3

                                     GENERAL

Explanatory Note

            This Amendment No. 1 to Form T-3 amends and restates items 2 and 3.

ITEM 2. SECURITIES ACT EXEMPTION APPLICABLE.

            Upon the terms set forth in an Amended and Restated Offering
Memorandum dated September 12, 2002, and the related revised Letter of
Transmittal (which together constitute the "Exchange Offer"), the Company is
offering to exchange a combination of its newly issued 5 3/4% Series A Senior
Subordinated Notes Due 2002 ("Series A Notes") and 10% Series B Convertible
Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2008 ("Series B Notes"), for up to $126.0 million
aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 5 3/4% Convertible Subordinated
Debentures Due 2002 (the "Existing Debentures"). The Company will extend the
Exchange Offer to all holders of its outstanding Existing Debentures. Each
holder of Existing Debentures that participates in the Exchange Offer will
receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Existing Debentures properly
tendered and not withdrawn, a total of $1,029 principal amount of Series A Notes
and Series B Notes. The relative principal amount of the Series A Notes and the
Series B Notes to be issued in the exchange offer will be determined based upon
the aggregate principal amount of Existing Debentures that are tendered in the
exchange. If the Exchange Offer is completed, the Series A Notes will be
governed by the indenture to be qualified under this Application for
Qualification on Form T-3 (this "Application").

            No tenders of the Series A Notes will be accepted before the
effective date of this Application.

            The Company has not and does not currently intend to sell, directly
or indirectly, securities of the same class as the Series A Notes at or about
the same time as the Exchange Offer.

            The Company is making the Exchange Offer in reliance on Section
3(a)(9) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (" Securities Act"), to exempt
the Exchange Offer from the registration requirements of the Securities Act. The
Company has not paid or given, and will not pay or give, directly or indirectly,
any commission or remuneration to any broker, dealer, salesman, agent or other
person for soliciting tenders in the Exchange Offer. To the extent solicitations
are undertaken by the Company's officers and employees, such officers and
employees will not receive additional compensation for making such
solicitations.

            The Company has not retained a dealer-manager in connection with the
Exchange Offer. The Company has engaged Cohen & Steers Capital Advisors for
financial advisory services in connection with the Company's debt restructuring.
The Company has also engaged Bass, Berry & Sims PLC for legal services in
connection with the Company's debt restructuring and U.S. Bank National
Association as exchange agent and D.F. King & Co., Inc. as information agent in
connection with the Exchange Offer.

            All of the above-mentioned advisors, consultants and agents will
receive reasonable and customary fees. None of the fee arrangements are
conditioned on the success of the Exchange Offer and none of such advisors,
consultants and agents are authorized to solicit the exchange of Existing
Debentures in the Exchange Offer.

            No holder of Existing Debentures has made or will be requested to
make any cash payment in connection with the Exchange Offer other than the
payment of any applicable taxes, in accordance with the terms of the Offering
Memorandum and Letter of Transmittal.

                                  AFFILIATIONS

ITEM 3. AFFILIATES.

            (a) Set forth below are all subsidiaries of the Company, all of
which are wholly owned, either directly or indirectly, by the Company unless
otherwise indicated.

1.   ARC Air Force Village, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
2.   ARC Aurora, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
3.   ARC Bahia Oaks, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
4.   ARC Boca Raton, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
5.   ARC Boynton Beach, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
6.   ARC Brandywine, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
7.   ARC Brandywine Management, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
8.   ARC Brandywine Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
     company
9.   ARC Brookmont Terrace, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
10.  ARC Capital Corporation, a Tennessee corporation
11.  ARC Capital Corporation II, a Tennessee corporation
12.  ARC Carriage Club of Jacksonville, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
13.  ARC Castle Hills, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
14.  ARC Charlotte, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
15.  ARC Cleveland Heights, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
16.  ARC Cleveland Park, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
17.  ARC Coconut Creek, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
18.  ARC Coconut Creek Management, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
19.  ARC Corpus Christi, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
20.  ARC Countryside, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
21.  ARCPI Holdings, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
22.  ARC Creative Marketing, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
23.  ARC Cypress Station, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
24.  ARC Deane Hill, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
25.  ARC Delray Beach, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
26.  ARC Fleetwood, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
27.  ARC Flint, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
28.  ARC Fort Austin Properties, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
29.  ARC Freedom, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
30.  ARC GP, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
31.  ARC Greenwood Village, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
32.  ARC Hampton Post Oak, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
33.  ARC HDV, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
34.  ARC Heritage Club, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
35.  ARC Holland, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
36.  ARC Holland Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
37.  ARC Holley Court, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
38.  ARC Holley Court Management, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
39.  ARC Homewood Victoria, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
40.  ARC Imperial Plaza, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
41.  ARC Imperial Services, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
42.  ARC Lady Lake, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
43.  ARC Lake Seminole Square Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited
     liability company
44.  ARC Lakeway, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
45.  ARC Lakewood, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
46.  ARC LifeMed, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
47.  ARC Lowry, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
48.  ARCLP-Charlotte, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
49.  A.R.C. Management Corporation, a Tennessee corporation
50.  ARC Management, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
51.  ARC Naples, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company


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52.  ARC Northwest Hills, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
53.  ARC Oakhurst, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
54.  ARC Parklane, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
55.  ARC Park Regency, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
56.  ARC Partners, Inc., a Florida corporation
57.  ARC Partners II, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
58.  ARC Pearland, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
59.  ARC Pecan Park, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
60.  ARC Pecan Park/Padgett, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
61.  ARC Peoria, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
62.  ARC Pinegate, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
63.  ARC Post Oak, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
64.  ARC Richmond Heights, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
65.  ARC Richmond Place, Inc., a Delaware corporation
66.  ARC Richmond Place Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
     company
67.  ARC Rossmoor, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
68.  ARC Santa Catalina, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
69.  ARC Santa Catalina Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
     company
70.  ARC SC Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
71.  ARC SCC, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
72.  ARC Scottsdale, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
73.  ARC Shadowlake, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
74.  ARC Shavano, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
75.  ARC Shavano Park, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
76.  ARC Spring Shadow, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
77.  ARC Sun City Center, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
78.  ARC Sun City Center Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
     company
79.  ARC Sun City Golf Course, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
80.  ARC Tarpon Springs, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
81.  ARC Therapy Services, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
82.  ARC Victoria, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
83.  ARC Westlake Village, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
84.  ARC Westover Hills, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
85.  ARC Willowbrook, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership
86.  ARC Wilora Assisted Living, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
87.  ARC Wilora Lake, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
88.  Assisted Care of the Villages, a Florida general partnership(1)
89.  CRICFW One, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
90.  FALP Acquisition Company, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
91.  FALP Holding Company, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
92.  FALP Newport News Company, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
93.  FALP Newport News Holding Company, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability
     company
94.  Flint Michigan Retirement Housing L.L.C., a Michigan limited liability
     company(2)
95.  Fort Austin Limited Partnership, a Texas limited partnership
96.  Fort Austin Real Estate Holdings, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability
     company
97.  Freedom Group-Lake Seminole Square, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
98.  Freedom Group-Naples Management Company, Inc., a Tennessee corporation
99.  Freedom Village of Holland Michigan, a Michigan general partnership
100. Freedom Village of Sun City Center, Ltd., a Florida limited partnership
101. Homewood at Brookmont Terrace, LLC, a Tennessee limited liability company
102. LaBarc, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership(3)
103. Lake Seminole Square Management Company, Inc., a Tennessee corporation


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(1)   50% owned by our wholly owned subsidiary, ARC Lady Lake, Inc.



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99.  LifeMed, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company(4)
100. Plaza Professional Pharmacy, Inc., a Virginia corporation
101. Trinity Towers Limited Partnership, a Tennessee limited partnership

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(2)   37.5% owned by our wholly owned subsidiary, ARC Flint, Inc.

(3)   61.35% owned by our wholly owned subsidiary, ARC Sun City Center, Inc.

(4)   33% owned by our wholly owned subsidiary, ARC LifeMed, Inc.

            (b) Set forth below is a list of the affiliates of the Company,
including their respective percentages of voting securities of the Company as of
August 14, 2002. Shares of Common Stock subject to options held by directors and
executive officers of the Company that are exercisable within 60 days of the
date hereof are deemed outstanding for the purpose of computing such director's
or executive officer's beneficial ownership.



                                                                              PERCENTAGE
                                  AFFILIATES                                  OWNERSHIP
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                  1.  W.E. Sheriff, Chairman and Chief                         5.0%  (1) (2)
                      Executive Officer, Director
                  2.  Christopher J. Coates, President and                     2.0%
                      Chief Operating Officer, Director
                  3.  Gregory B. Richard, Director                                *
                  4.  H. Todd Kaestner, Executive Vice                         1.2%
                      President - Corporate Development
                  5.  George T. Hicks, Executive Vice                          1.3%
                      President - Finance, Chief Financial
                      Officer, Secretary and Treasurer
                  6.  Frank M. Bumstead, Director                                 *
                  7.  Clarence Edmonds, Director                               2.2%  (1) (3)
                  8.  John A. Morris, Jr., M.D., Director                      2.2%  (4)
                  9.  Daniel K. O'Connell, Director                               *
                  10. Nadine C. Smith, Director                                   *
                  11. Lawrence J. Stuesser, Director                              *
                  12. James T. Money, Executive Vice                           1.3%
                      President - Sales and Marketing
                  13. Ross C. Roadman, Senior Vice                                *
                      President - Strategic Planning and
                      Investor Relations
                  14. Terry L. Frisby, Senior Vice                                *
                      President - Human Resources,
                      Corporate Compliance and Culture
                  15. Bryan D. Richardson, Senior Vice                            *
                      President - Finance and Accounting
                  16. Each subsidiary listed in Item 3(a)                        --  (5)
                      hereof


*     Less than one percent

(1)   Includes shares of Common Stock that certain persons presently have the
      right to acquire pursuant to the conversion provisions of the Company's
      Existing Debentures.

(2)   Includes shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by a family partnership
      in which Mr. Sheriff is a general partner and shares of Common Stock
      beneficially owned by Mr. Sheriff's wife.

(3)   Includes shares of Common Stock owned by The Jack C. Massey Foundation, of
      which Mr. Edmonds serves as president and as a co-trustee, shares of
      Common Stock beneficially owned by a trust of which Mr. Edmonds and his
      wife serve as co-trustees and lifetime beneficiaries, and shares of Common
      Stock beneficially owned by Mr. Edmonds' wife. Mr. Edmonds disclaims
      beneficial ownership of his wife's shares.


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(4)   All shares of Common Stock are beneficially owned by partnerships owned
      and controlled by Dr. Morris, his brother, and other members of Dr.
      Morris's family.

(5)   None of the company's subsidiaries listed in Item 3(a) hereof own any of
      the Company's securities.


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CONTENTS OF APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION. This Application for Qualification
comprises:

(a)   Pages numbered 1 to 7, consecutively (including an attached Exhibit
      Index).

(b)   The statement of eligibility and qualification of U.S. Bank National
      Association, as trustee, on Form T-1 under the New Indenture to be
      qualified.*

(c)   The following exhibits in addition to those filed as a part of the
      statement of eligibility and qualification of the trustee:



                         
      Exhibit T3A           Charter of Company (incorporated by reference from
                            the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1
                            (Registration No. 333-23197)).

                            Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Company
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's Form
                            10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998).

                            Articles of Amendment to the Charter of Company
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's Form
                            10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999).

      Exhibit T3B           Bylaws of Company, as amended (incorporated by
                            reference from the Company's Form 10-K for the year
                            ended December 31, 1998).

      Exhibit T3C           Form of Indenture between Company and the Trustee
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's
                            Schedule TO filed August 14, 2002).

      Exhibit T3D           Not Applicable.

      Exhibit T3E-1         Offering Memorandum, dated as of August 14, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's
                            Schedule TO filed August 14, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-2         Letter of Transmittal, dated August 14, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's
                            Schedule TO filed August 14, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-3         Letter to Clients, dated August 14, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 1 to
                            the Company's Schedule TO filed August 15, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-4         Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, dated August 14, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's
                            Schedule TO filed August 14, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-5         Letter to Registered Holders, dated August 14, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from the Company's
                            Schedule TO filed August 14, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-6         Letter to Holders of Old Convertible Debentures
                            dated August 26, 2002 (incorporated by reference
                            from Amendment No. 3 to the Company's Schedule TO
                            filed August 26, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-7         Supplement to Offering Memorandum, dated August 29,
                            2002 (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 4
                            to the Company's Schedule TO filed August 29, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-8         Amended and Restated Offering Memorandum, dated as
                            of September 12, 2002 (incorporated by reference
                            from Amendment No. 5 to the Company's Schedule TO
                            filed September 12, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-9         Letter of Transmittal, dated September 12, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 5 to
                            the Company's Schedule TO filed September 12, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-10        Letter to Clients, dated September 12, 2002
                            (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 5 to
                            the Company's Schedule TO filed September 12, 2002).

      Exhibit T3E-11        Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, dated September 12,
                            2002 (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 5
                            to the Company's Schedule TO filed September 12,
                            2002).

      Exhibit T3E-12        Letter to Registered Holders, dated September 12,
                            2002 (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 5
                            to the Company's Schedule TO filed September 12,
                            2002).

      Exhibit T3F           Cross reference sheet showing the location in the
                            Indenture of the provisions inserted therein
                            pursuant to Sections 310 through 318(a), inclusive,
                            of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (included as part
                            of Exhibit T3C).


* previously filed


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                                    SIGNATURE

            Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the
Applicant, American Retirement Corporation, a Tennessee corporation, has duly
caused this Amendment No. 1 to Application for Qualification to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, and its seal to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all in the City of Brentwood, in the State of
Tennessee, on the 12th day of September, 2002.

                                    AMERICAN RETIREMENT CORPORATION

                                    BY:  /s/ GEORGE T. HICKS


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                                    Name:  George T. Hicks
                                    Title: Executive Vice President - Finance,
                                           Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


Attest: /s/ H. TODD KAESTNER
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Name:  H. Todd Kaestner
Title: Executive Vice President -
       Corporate Development


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