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    <dei:EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode contextRef="From2022-02-17to2022-02-17">MD</dei:EntityIncorporationStateCountryCode>
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    <dei:AmendmentDescription contextRef="From2022-02-17to2022-02-17">This Amendment No. 1 to Form 8-K (this
"Amendment") is being filed by LTC Properties, Inc. ("LTC") to correct clerical errors on one slide in the
Supplemental Information Package attached as Exhibit 99.2 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by LTC with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2022. The corrected Supplemental Information Package is attached as Exhibit 99.2 to
this Amendment. On slide 17 of the Supplemental Information Package, the amount of Contractual 4Q21 Rent and Mortgage Interest Collected
should read "Collected, 94.5% - $34,089" (instead of "Collected, 97.3% - $72,114"), "Abated, 2.0% - $720"
(instead of "Abated, 1.0% - $720"), and "Deferred, 3.5% - $1,268" (instead of "Deferred, 1.7% - $1,268").
No other changes have been made to the Supplemental Information Package or this Current Report on Form 8-K.</dei:AmendmentDescription>
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