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10-Q - FORM 10-Q FOR THIRD QUARTER ENDING 9/30/10 - NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INCf2010q310q.htm
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.2 - HOPKINS - NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INCexhibit312.htm
EX-31 - EXHIBIT 31.1 - ADAMS - NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INCexhibit311.htm
EX-10 - EXHIBIT 10.2 - EXCEPTED HOLDER AGREEMENT - NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INCexhibit10_2brown.htm
EXCEL - IDEA: XBRL DOCUMENT - NATIONAL HEALTH INVESTORS INCFinancial_Report.xls


Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



    In connection with the Quarterly Report of National Health Investors, Inc. (the Company) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2010 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Report), I, W. Andrew Adams,  Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer, and I, Roger R. Hopkins, the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:


           (a)

The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities


Exchange Act of 1934; and


           (b)

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,


The financial condition and results of operations of the Company.





November 3, 2010

/s/ W. Andrew Adams                           


W. Andrew Adams


Chairman, Board of Directors and


Chief Executive Officer

                       

                       

November 3, 2010

/s/ Roger R. Hopkins                           


Roger. R. Hopkins


Chief Accounting Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)