EX-32 4 nhi-3312019x10qex32.htm CERTIFICATION OF CEO AND PFO AND PAO
Exhibit 32
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
The undersigned hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as added by Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the undersigned's best knowledge and belief, the quarterly report on Form 10-Q for National Health Investors, Inc. ("Issuer") for the period ended March 31, 2019 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"):

(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 Issuer.

Date: | May 6, 2019 | /s/ D. Eric Mendelsohn
|  | D. Eric Mendelsohn
|  | President and Chief Executive Officer,
Date: | May 6, 2019 | /s/ Roger R. Hopkins
|  | Roger R. Hopkins
|  | Chief Accounting Officer
|  | (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)