Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure

Note 1. Organization and Nature of Business

National Health Investors, Inc. (“NHI” or “the Company”), established in 1991 as a Maryland corporation, is a self-managed real estate investment trust (“REIT”) that invests in need-driven and discretionary senior housing and other healthcare-related real estate properties located throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2020, we had investments of $3,261,886,000 (excluding our corporate office of $2,678,000) in 228 health care real estate properties located in 34 states and leased pursuant primarily to triple-net leases to 34 lessees consisting of 151 senior housing communities (“SHO”), 72 skilled nursing facilities, 3 hospitals and 2 medical office buildings. Our portfolio of 15 mortgages and other notes receivable totaled $292,189,000, excluding an allowance for expected credit losses of $4,907,000, as of September 30, 2020.