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Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred Including Estimated Capitalized Acquisition Costs

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Loan Receivable Number Of Facilities Utilized To Secure Mortgage Loan

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Loans Receivable, Fixed Interest Rate

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Number Of Properties Acquired

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Number Of Properties Sold

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Operating Leases, Anticipated Initial Annual Lease Revenues

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Amount, after allowance for credit loss, of financing receivable. Excludes financing receivable covered under loss sharing agreement.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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Cash received from the sale of real estate that is held for investment, that is, it is part of an investing activity during the period.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands		1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
Subsequent Events - Narrative (Details) $ in Thousands	Feb. 14, 2020 USD ($) facility	Feb. 20, 2020 USD ($) facility	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) facility	Jun. 30, 2019 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) facility	Sep. 01, 2019 USD ($) property
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property					22	12
Aggregate purchase price					$ 326,700	$ 113,334
Initial annual cash rent					29,143	9,955
Net proceeds from sale					$ 3,499	$ 13,004	$ 0
Skilled Nursing Properties
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property					17	10
Aggregate purchase price				$ 16,200	$ 254,760	$ 85,814
Initial annual cash rent					$ 22,909	$ 7,715
Skilled Nursing Properties \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| facility			1
Aggregate purchase price			$ 18,700
Initial annual cash rent			$ 1,700
Assisted Living Facility
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| property					1	0
Aggregate purchase price					$ 12,596	$ 0
Initial annual cash rent					1,031	$ 0
Assisted Living Facility \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties acquired \| facility		1
Purchase price including estimated capitalized acquisition costs		$ 7,400
Initial annual cash rent		$ 600
Mortgage Loan Receivable
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Mortgage loans					$ 29,500
Mortgage Loan Receivable \| CommuniCare
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Facilities utilized to secure mortgage loan								3	3
Mortgage loans								$ 26,500	$ 26,500
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)								10.00%
Mortgage Loan Receivable \| CommuniCare \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Facilities utilized to secure mortgage loan \| facility			3
Mortgage Loan Receivable \| Cascade Capital Group, LLC \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Mortgage loans	$ 32,400
Mortgage loan receivable interest rate (percent)	7.50%
Disposed of by sale \| Metron Skilled Nursing Facilities \| Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Number of properties sold \| facility	6
Contract purchase price	$ 36,000
Net proceeds from sale	$ 3,500