LTC Properties, Inc., a health care real estate investment trust, was registered in Maryland on May 12, 1992 and officially opened on August 25 of the same year. The Company invests primarily in senior residential and long-term health care real estate through acquisitions, development, mortgages and other investments. The company guides and manages the business through a department and makes internal decisions. The main goal of the company is to create, maintain and improve shareholder equity income and provide current income distribution through the investment of experienced operators in senior housing and long-term health care real estate. The Company's main senior residential and long-term health care real estate types include professional care (SNF), assisted living (ALF), independent living (ILF), recall care (MC) and their combinations. To achieve these goals, the company plans to invest in projects that add value and generate current returns to shareholders, diversifying the portfolio by location, operator, property type and investment method.