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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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The net gain (loss) resulting from sales and other disposals of real estate owned for investment purposes.

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Investments in and Advances to Unconsolidated Joint Ventures - Unconsolidated Joint Ventures (Details) $ in Thousands					1 Months Ended			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 30, 2015 USD ($) property	Sep. 25, 2015 USD ($) item	Mar. 30, 2015 USD ($) property	Aug. 29, 2014 USD ($) item	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($) item
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Cash contributed									$ 770,325
Other than temporary impairment charge									45,895	$ 35,913
Gain on sales of real estate									6,377	3,288
HCP's share of earnings									57,313	49,570	$ 64,433
Distributions received by HCP									$ 46,100	7,702	$ 18,091
Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Other than temporary impairment charge					$ 19,000	$ 27,000	$ 36,000
Medical office
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Disposition of Properties Sold Number \| item											2
Total Consideration for Disposition of Real Estate											$ 6,000
CCRC JV
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Number of retirement communities contributed to joint venture \| item				2
Fair value of retirement communities or properties contributed				$ 162,000
Carrying value of properties contributed				92,000
Cash contributed				370,000
Debt related to retirement communities or properties contributed				$ 569,000
Number of campuses \| item				14
MBK
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage			50.00%
MBK Development JV
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Payment to acquire land		$ 3,000
Number of units to be built \| item		74
MBK JV \| Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Number of campuses \| property			3
HCP Ventures III and IV, LLC \| Hospital and medical office segments
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Total Consideration for Disposition of Real Estate	$ 634,000
Gain on sales of real estate	$ 59,000
HCP Ventures III and IV, LLC \| Medical office
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Disposition of Properties Sold Number \| property	61
HCP Ventures III and IV, LLC \| Hospital
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Disposition of Properties Sold Number \| property	3
Brookdale Senior Living \| CCRC JV
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Number of retirement communities contributed to joint venture \| item				8
CCRC JV
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Debt related to retirement communities or properties contributed				$ 569,000
CCRC JV \| Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					49.00%				49.00%
CCRC JV \| Brookdale Senior Living
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Number of retirement communities contributed to joint venture \| item				8
CCRC JV \| Brookdale Senior Living
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Number of retirement communities contributed to joint venture \| item				2
Fair value of retirement communities or properties contributed				$ 162,000
Carrying value of properties contributed				92,000
Cash contributed				$ 370,000
HCRMC
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Other than temporary impairment charge					$ 19,000			$ 27,000	$ 19,000	36,000
HCP's share of earnings									$ 50,723	$ 53,175	$ 55,601
HCRMC \| Post-acute/skilled
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					9.00%				9.00%
MBK JV \| Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Cash contributed			$ 27,000
Investment ownership percentage			50.00%		50.00%				50.00%
MBK JV \| MBK
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Debt related to retirement communities or properties contributed			$ 78,000
MBK JV \| MBK \| Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Number of retirement communities contributed to joint venture \| property			3
Fair value of retirement communities or properties contributed			$ 126,000
MBK Development JV \| Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					50.00%				50.00%
HCP Ventures III and IV, LLC \| Hospital and medical office segments
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
HCP's share of earnings	$ 15,000
Distributions received by HCP	$ 45,000
HCP Ventures III, LLC \| Medical office
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					30.00%				30.00%
HCP Ventures IV \| Hospital and medical office segments
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					20.00%				20.00%
HCP Life Science \| Life science \| Minimum
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					50.00%				50.00%
Torrey Pines Science Center, LP \| Life science
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					50.00%				50.00%
Britannia Biotech Gateway, LP \| Life science
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					55.00%				55.00%
LASDK, LP \| Life science
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					63.00%				63.00%
Vintage Park \| Senior housing
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					85.00%				85.00%
Suburban Properties, LLC \| Medical office
Company owned interests in entities, accounted under equity method:
Investment ownership percentage					67.00%				67.00%