Exhibit 21 Subsidiaries of the Registrant


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|Name                                                | States                                    
|National HealthCare Corporation                     | DE, AL, FL, GA, KY, MA, MO, NH, SC, TN, VA
|NHC/Delaware, Inc.                                  | AL, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MO, SC, TN, VA    
|NHC/OP, L.P.                                        | AL, DE, FL, GA, KY, MA, MO, NH, SC, TN, VA
|National Health Realty LLC                          | AL, DE,FL, IN, MO, SC, TN                 
|Medical Personnel Services, LLC                     | TN                                        
|NHC Delaware Investments Inc.                       | DE                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Lake City, Inc.                      | FL                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Pensacola, Inc.                      | FL                                        
|Premier Group Ins. Co.                              | TN, AL, FL, GA, VA                        
|Premier Plus Insurance Co.                          | Cayman Islands                            
|Knoxville Health Care Center, L.P.                  | TN                                        
|National Healthcare Center of Fort Oglethorpe, L.P. | TN, GA                                    
|Nutritional Support Services, L.P.                  | TN, AL, MO, SC                            
|Caris HealthCare L.P.                               | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Anniston, LLC                        | AL                                        
|NHC Place/Anniston, LLC                             | AL                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Moulton, LLC                         | AL                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Rossville, LLC                       | GA                                        
|Chanute HealthCare Center, LLC                      | KS                                        
|Council Grove HealthCare Center, LLC                | KS                                        
|Haysville HealthCare Center, LLC                    | KS                                        
|Larned HealthCare Center, LLC                       | KS                                        
|Sedgwick HealthCare Center, LLC                     | KS                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Glasgow, LLC                         | KY                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Madisonville, LLC                    | KY                                        
|Charlevoix HealthCare Center, LLC                   | MO                                        
|Columbia HealthCare Center, LLC                     | MO                                        
|Joplin HealthCare Center, LLC                       | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Desloge, LLC                         | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Joplin, LLC                          | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Kennett, LLC                         | MO                                        
|NHC Place/Lake St. Charles, LLC                     | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare-Macon, LLC                           | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Maryland Heights, LLC                | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare-Osage Beach, LLC                     | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare-Springfield Missouri, LLC            | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/St. Charles, LLC                     | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/West Plains, LLC                     | MO                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Town & Country                       | MO                                        
|Heartland HealthCare Center, LLC                    | NH                                        
|Pearl Street HealthCare Center, LLC                 | NH                                        
|Villa Crest HealthCare Center, LLC                  | NH                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Aiken, LLC                           | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Anderson, LLC                        | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Bluffton, LLC                        | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare-Charleston, LLC                      | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Clinton, LLC                         | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Garden City, LLC                     | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Greenville, LLC                      | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Greenwood, LLC                       | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Laurens, LLC                         | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Lexington, LLC                       | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Mauldin, LLC                         | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/North Augusta, LLC                   | SC                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Parklane, LLC                        | SC                                        
|NHC Place-Charleston, LLC                           | SC                                        
|The Palmettos of Parklane, LLC                      | SC                                        
|Trinity Mission of Charleston, LLC                  | SC                                        
|AdamsPlace, LLC                                     | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Athens, LLC                          | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Chattanooga, LLC                     | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Columbia, LLC                        | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Cool Springs, LLC                    | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Dickson, LLC                         | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Farragut, LLC                        | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Franklin, LLC                        | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Hendersonville, LLC                  | TN                                        
|NHC Place/Hendersonville, LLC                       | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Hillview, LLC                        | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Holston Hills, LLC                   | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Johnson City, LLC                    | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Knoxville, LLC                       | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Lewisburg, LLC                       | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/McMinnville, LLC                     | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Milan, LLC                           | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Oakwood, LLC                         | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Pulaski, LLC                         | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Scott, LLC                           | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Sequatchie, LLC                      | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Smithville, LLC                      | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Somerville, LLC                      | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Sparta, LLC                          | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Springfield, LLC                     | TN                                        
|The Health Center of Hermitage, LLC                 | TN                                        
|NHC HealthCare/Bristol, LLC                         | VA                                        
|Arizona HealthCare Advisors, LLC                    | AZ                                        
|Hudson HealthCare Advisors, LLC                     | FL                                        
|Kansas HealthCare Advisors, LLC                     | KS                                        
|Kentucky HealthCare Advisors, LLC                   | KY                                        
|Massachusetts HealthCare Advisors, LLC              | MA                                        
|Missouri HealthCare Advisors, LLC                   | MO                                        
|New Hampshire HealthCare Facilities Advisors, LLC   | NH                                        
|NHC Homecare Missouri, LLC                          | MO                                        
|NHC Homecare – South Carolina, LLC                  | SC                                        
|Solaris Hospice, LLC                                | SC                                        
|South Carolina HealthCare Advisors, LLC             | SC                                        
|Standifer Place Properties, LLC                     | TN                                        
|Tennessee HealthCare Advisors, LLC                  | TN