Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Schedule II - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts [Abstract]

Schedule of Valuation and Qualifying Accounts Disclosure [Text Block]

NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS, INC.

SCHEDULE II - VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2015, 2014, AND 2013

(in thousands)

	Balance		Additions
	Beginning		Charged to Costs				Balance
	of Period		and Expenses1		Deductions		End of Period
For the year ended December 31, 2015
Loan loss allowance	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
For the year ended December 31, 2014
Loan loss allowance	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
For the year ended December 31, 2013
Loan loss allowance	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—

¹ In the Consolidated Statements of Income, we report the net amount of our provision for loan and realty losses and our recoveries of amounts previously written down. In 2015, we received $491,000 as a secured creditor in the final settlement of a bankruptcy proceeding and recorded a recovery of a previous write-down. For 2013, net losses were $1,976,000, consisting of a $4,037,000 note impairment and a $2,061,000 recovery and there was no provision for losses during the year.