CERTIFICATION BY ANDRE C. DIMITRIADIS PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

Published on March 31, 2003


EXHIBIT 99.3

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT
TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of LTC Properties, Inc. (the "Company") on
Form 10-K for the period ending December 31, 2002 as filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Andre C.
Dimitriadis, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, to the best of my
knowledge, pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section
906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
material respects, the financial condition and result of operations
of the Company.

/s/ ANDRE C. DIMITRIADIS
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Andre C. Dimitriadis
March 31, 2003