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Amount of gain (loss) on sale of financing receivable.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

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Loans Receivable - 2020 Loans Receivable Transactions (Details)		1 Months Ended		3 Months Ended
	Nov. 03, 2020 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) property	Nov. 30, 2020 USD ($) property	Mar. 31, 2020 USD ($) property	Jan. 31, 2020 USD ($) property	Dec. 31, 2019 USD ($)	Oct. 31, 2019 property
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Property count \| property					15
Loans receivable including loans receivable held for sale		$ 195,375,000				$ 190,579,000
Loss on sale of direct financing lease				$ (42,000,000)
Mezzanine
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Number of loan receivables \| property			1
Total			$ 10,000,000
Proceeds from sale of receivables			$ 8,000,000
Loss on sale of direct financing lease	$ 2,000,000
Secured Mortgage Loans
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Number of loan receivables \| property		1
Total		$ 115,000,000
Proceeds from sale of receivables		109,000,000
Loss on sale of direct financing lease		$ 6,000,000
Assets leased to others \| Other Non-Reporting Segment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Property count \| property				1
CCRC JV Investment \| Assets leased to others \| Other Non-Reporting Segment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Property count \| property				15			15
Brookedale MTCA \| Assets leased to others \| Other Non-Reporting Segment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Property count \| property					13
Brookedale MTCA \| CCRC JV Investment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Property count \| property					15
Brookedale MTCA \| CCRC JV Investment \| Assets leased to others \| Other Non-Reporting Segment
Financing Receivable, Allowance for Credit Loss [Line Items]
Property count \| property		13		13	13
Loans receivable including loans receivable held for sale		$ 23,000,000			$ 30,000,000