NHP Names Donald D. Bradley Chief Investment Officer

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. announced today that Donald D. Bradley has been appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, a position he has informally held since January 2004. Don was hired by NHP in March 2001 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel primarily to manage its portfolio restructuring efforts, which were substantially completed in December 2003 with the emergence of Alterra Healthcare Corporation, NHP's largest customer, from bankruptcy.

Douglas M. Pasquale, NHP's President and CEO, said: "I am thrilled with Don's well-deserved promotion to Senior Vice President and Chief Investment Officer. Don's well-rounded background has already been instrumental to his many contributions to NHP. As he formally joins forces with our three talented investment Vice Presidents: David Boitano (Seattle, WA); Steven Insoft (Boston, MA) and John Sheehan (Cleveland, TN), I am confident this investment team will continue to close quality investments like the nearly $300,000,000 of accretive acquisitions they have already completed in 2004."

Prior to joining NHP, Don was the General Counsel of Furon Company, a NYSE-listed international, high performance polymer manufacturer, with a principal role in the company's acquisitions, divestitures and risk management programs. Previously, he was a Special Counsel with the international law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP in its mergers, acquisitions and securities law department. Don was graduated from UCLA School of Law in 1982 and the University of Illinois in 1979. He also is a Certified Public Accountant (Illinois). Don and his wife, Eileen, reside in Laguna Niguel, California with their three sons.

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust that invests in senior housing and long-term care facilities. The Company and its joint venture have investments in 401 facilities in 38 states. For more information on Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., visit our website at http://www.nhp-reit.com/.

For further information, please contact Douglas M. Pasquale, President & CEO of Nationwide Health Properties, Inc., +1-949-718-4400.

Nationwide Health Properties, Inc.

CONTACT: Douglas M. Pasquale, President & CEO of Nationwide HealthProperties, Inc., +1-949-718-4400

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