Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. (NHP), incorporated October 1985, is a publicly traded real estate investment trust (REIT) that invests in senior housing facilities, long-term care facilities and medical office buildings throughout the United States. NHP generally acquires real estate and then leases the assets under long-term triple-net master leases to senior housing and long-term care operators and various types of leases to multiple tenants in the case of medical office buildings. As a REIT specializing in healthcare real estate, NHP provides a focused investment strategy with a well diversified portfolio. NHP employs a conservative, long-term approach to real estate investments with an experienced professional management team having extensive operating, real estate and finance backgrounds.