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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
    
FORM 8-K
     
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
      
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 25, 2012 (September 19, 2012)
      
National Health Investors, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
              
Maryland
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
                                                                        
                                                                         
001-10822
62-1470956
(Commission File No.)
(IRS Employer
 
Identification Number)
              
222 Robert Rose Drive
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
              
(615) 890-9100
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
               
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
 
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 8.01.   Other Events.

On September 19, 2012, National Health Investors, Inc. announced an agreement with Bickford Senior Living to combine their ownership in the real estate and operating assets of 10 stabilized assisted living and memory care facilities. This arrangement is expected to close by September 30, 2012. The text of this press release is filed as Exhibit 99 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

Exhibit Index
 
 
Number
Exhibit
99
Press Release Dated September 19, 2012

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
 
 
National Health Investors, Inc.
 
 
 
By:  /s/Roger R. Hopkins
 
Name: Roger R. Hopkins
 
Title: Chief Accounting Officer
                                                                               
 
 
 
 
 
Date: September 25, 2012