UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

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

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 13, 2005

Health Care REIT, Inc.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (419) 247-2800

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01 Other Events.

     Pursuant to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets, certain assets of the Company are now classified as discontinued operations due to their sale during the three months ended March 31, 2005. As a result, the Company is reclassifying in this Current Report its operations, including rental income, interest expense and provision for depreciation related to those assets for prior periods. In so doing, the Company is updating portions of Items 6, 7 and 8 of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004, including the information regarding discontinued operations contained in “Item 6 – Selected Financial Data,” “Item 7 – Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Results of Operations” and “Item 8 – Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” All other information contained in the Form 10-K and the other portions of Items 6, 7 and 8 have not been updated or modified (with the exception of certain minor changes to Items 7 and 8 to reflect proper cross-references). For more recent information regarding the Company, please see the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and other reports and information filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission since March 16, 2005. Additionally, the Company is including, for informational purposes, Financial Statement Schedules III and IV, which are unchanged from Item 15 of the Form 10-K. The foregoing items are attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report. The application of Statement No. 144 had no effect on net income available to common stockholders.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a) Financial Statements of Business Acquired.

None.

(b) Pro Forma Financial Information.

None.

(c) Exhibits.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant had duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

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