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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20459
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                                    FORM 8-K

                 CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D)
                     OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



                          Date of report: July 30, 2003
                        (Date of earliest event reported)




                              LTC PROPERTIES, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)





        Maryland                         1-11314                 71-0720518
(State or other jurisdiction of    (Commission file number)    (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)                                Identification No)



                     22917 Pacific Coast Highway, Suite 350
                            Malibu, California 90265
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


                                 (805) 981-8655
              (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

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Item 7.-- Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Statements and Exhibits
(c)      Exhibits.
         The following exhibit is filed with this Form 8-K:
         99.1     Press Release dated July 30, 2003.


Item 9. -- Regulation FD Disclosure
Pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 33-8216, dated July
30, 2003, the information provided herein is being furnished under Item 12 of
Form 8-K.

LTC Properties, Inc. ("LTC") issued a press release on July 30, 2003, announcing
results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2003. A copy of the press release
is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. Such
information shall not be deemed "filed" for the purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by
reference into any filing of the company, whether made before or after the date
hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.



                                    SIGNATURE


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

                                            LTC PROPERTIES, INC.



Dated:  July 30, 2003                       By:  /s/ WENDY L. SIMPSON
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                                                     Wendy L. Simpson
                                                     Vice Chairman and Chief
                                                     Financial Officer







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit 99.1      Press Release issued July 30, 2003.