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

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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, 2017, 2016, AND 2015

(in thousands)

	Balance		Additions
	Beginning		Charged to Costs				Balance
	of Period		and Expenses1		Deductions		End of Period
For the year ended December 31, 2017
Loan loss allowance	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
For the year ended December 31, 2016
Loan loss allowance	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	—
For the year ended December 31, 2015
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.