CURRENT\ue000 REPORT
Pursuant\ue000 to\ue000 Section\ue000 13\ue000 OR\ue000 15(d)\ue000 of
The\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934

On\ue000 February\ue000 24,\ue000 2009,\ue000 Health\ue000 Care\ue000 REIT,\ue000 Inc.\ue000 (the\ue000 \u201cCompany\u201d)\ue000 issued\ue000 a\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 that\ue000 announced\ue000 operating\ue000 results\ue000 for\ue000 its\ue000 fourth\ue000 quarter and\ue000 year\ue000 ended\ue000 December\ue000 31,\ue000 2008.\ue000 The\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 refers\ue000 to\ue000 a\ue000 supplemental\ue000 information\ue000 package\ue000 that\ue000 is\ue000 available\ue000 on\ue000 the\ue000 Company\u2019s\ue000 website (www.hcreit.com),\ue000 free\ue000 of\ue000 charge.\ue000 Copies\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 press\ue000 release\ue000 and\ue000 supplemental\ue000 information\ue000 package\ue000 have\ue000 been\ue000 furnished\ue000 as\ue000 Exhibits\ue000 99.1\ue000 and 99.2,\ue000 respectively,\ue000 to\ue000 this\ue000 Current\ue000 Report,\ue000 and\ue000 are\ue000 incorporated\ue000 herein\ue000 by\ue000 reference.

The\ue000 information\ue000 included\ue000 in\ue000 this\ue000 Current\ue000 Report\ue000 shall\ue000 not\ue000 be\ue000 deemed\ue000 \u201cfiled\u201d\ue000 for\ue000 purposes\ue000 of\ue000 Section\ue000 18\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1934, as\ue000 amended\ue000 (the\ue000 \u201cExchange\ue000 Act\u201d),\ue000 and\ue000 shall\ue000 not\ue000 be\ue000 incorporated\ue000 by\ue000 reference\ue000 into\ue000 any\ue000 filing\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 Company\ue000 under\ue000 the\ue000 Securities\ue000 Act\ue000 of\ue000 1933, as\ue000 amended,\ue000 or\ue000 the\ue000 Exchange\ue000 Act,\ue000 regardless\ue000 of\ue000 any\ue000 general\ue000 incorporation\ue000 language\ue000 in\ue000 such\ue000 filing.

\u201cIn\ue000 one\ue000 of\ue000 the\ue000 toughest\ue000 years\ue000 on\ue000 record\ue000 for\ue000 both\ue000 REITs\ue000 and\ue000 the\ue000 broader\ue000 equity\ue000 markets,\ue000 we\ue000 generated\ue000 a\ue000 positive\ue000 0.5%\ue000 total\ue000 return\ue000 for\ue000 our
shareholders\ue000 in\ue000 2008,\u201d\ue000 commented\ue000 George\ue000 L.\ue000 Chapman,\ue000 chief\ue000 executive\ue000 officer\ue000 and\ue000 president\ue000 of\ue000 Health\ue000 Care\ue000 REIT,\ue000 Inc.\ue000 \u201cIn\ue000 addition,\ue000 we\ue000 raised
over\ue000 $775\ue000 million\ue000 of\ue000 opportunistic\ue000 equity\ue000 capital\ue000 and\ue000 completed\ue000 in\ue000 excess\ue000 of\ue000 $1.0\ue000 billion\ue000 of\ue000 net\ue000 real\ue000 estate\ue000 investments,\ue000 concentrated\ue000 in
combination\ue000 senior\ue000 housing\ue000 properties\ue000 and\ue000 high-quality\ue000 medical\ue000 facilities.\ue000 As\ue000 we\ue000 enter\ue000 2009,\ue000 we\ue000 remain\ue000 focused\ue000 on\ue000 preserving\ue000 liquidity,\ue000 but\ue000 we
intend\ue000 to\ue000 take\ue000 advantage\ue000 of\ue000 what\ue000 we\ue000 believe\ue000 will\ue000 be\ue000 increasingly\ue000 attractive\ue000 investment\ue000 opportunities\ue000 over\ue000 time.\u201d