Exhibit 21

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

	Name		States
	NHC/OP, L.P.		AL, DE, FL, GA, KY, MO, SC, VA, TN
	NHC/Delaware, Inc.		AL, DE, GA, KY, FL, MO, SC, VA, TN
	NHC Delaware Investments Inc.		DE
	NHC HealthCare/Lake City, Inc.		FL
	NHC HealthCare/Pensacola, Inc.		FL
	Premier Group Ins. Co.		TN, AL, FL, GA, VA
	Premier Plus Insurance Co.		Cayman Islands
	National Health Realty, LLC		DE
	FMSC, Inc.		FL
	City Corporation		TN, FL
	Medical Personnel Services, LLC		TN
	National Healthcare Center of Fort Oglethorpe, L.P.		TN, GA
	Nutritional Support Services, L.P.		TN
	NHC Hospice South Carolina, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Anniston, LLC		AL
	NHC Place/Anniston, LLC		AL
	NHC HealthCare/Huntsville, LLC		AL
	NHC HealthCare/Moulton, LLC		AL
	NHC HealthCare/Coconut Creek, LLC		FL
	NHC HealthCare/Daytona Beach, LLC		FL
	NHC HealthCare/Orlando, LLC		FL
	NHC Place/Merritt Island, LLC		FL
	NHC Place/Stuart, LLC		FL
	NHC Place/Vero Beach, LLC		FL
	NHC HealthCare/Rossville, LLC		GA
	NHC HealthCare/Glasgow, LLC		KY
	NHC HealthCare/Madisonville, LLC		KY
	Buckley HealthCare Center, LLC		MA
	Holyoke HealthCare Center, LLC		MA
	John Adams Continuing Care Center, LLC		MA
	Taunton HealthCare Center, LLC		MA
	NHC HealthCare/Desloge, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/Joplin, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/Kennett, LLC		MO
	NHC Place/Lake St. Charles, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/Maryland Heights, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/St. Charles, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/West Plains, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/Town & Country, LLC		MO
	NHC HealthCare/Aiken, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Anderson, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Bluffton, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Charleston, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Clinton, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Garden City, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Greenville, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Greenwood, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Laurens, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Lexington, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Mauldin, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/North Augusta, LLC		SC
	NHC HealthCare/Parklane, LLC		SC
The Palmettos at Parkland, LLC		SC
NHC Place-Charleston, LLC		SC
Trinity Mission of Charleston, LLC		SC
AdamsPlace, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Athens, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Chattanooga, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Columbia, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Cool Springs, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Dickson, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Farragut, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Franklin, LLC		TN
NHC HealthCare/Hendersonville, LLC		TN

NHC Place/Hendersonville, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Hillview, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Holston Hills, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Johnson City, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Knoxville, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Lewisburg, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/McMinnville, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Milan, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Nashville, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Oakwood, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Pulaski, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Scott, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Sequatchie, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Smithville, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Somerville, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Sparta, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Springfield, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Tullahoma, LLC	TN
Standifer Place Properties, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Athens, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Chattanooga, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Columbia, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Johnson City, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Knoxville, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Milan, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Murfreesboro, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Somerville, LLC	TN
NHC Private Nursing – Springfield, LLC	TN
NHC HealthCare/Bristol, LLC	VA
Arizona HealthCare Advisors, LLC	AZ
Hudson HealthCare Advisors, LLC	FL
Kansas HealthCare Advisors, LLC	KS
Kentucky HealthCare Advisors, LLC	KY
Massachusetts HealthCare Advisors, LLC	MA
Missouri HealthCare Advisors, LLC	MO
New Hampshire HealthCare Facilities Advisors, LLC	NH
NHC Private Nursing Advisors, LLC	TN
South Carolina HealthCare Advisors, LLC	SC
Tennessee HealthCare Advisors, LLC	TN
Texas HealthCare Advisors, LLC	TX