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Senior Unsecured Notes and Secured Debt (Details 1) (USD $)
3 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Unsecured note issuances        
Senior unsecured debt issued $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt $ 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt    
Senior unsecured debt redeemed (154,654,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfUnsecuredDebt (1,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfUnsecuredDebt    
Excluding Fair Value Adjustments [Member]        
Unsecured note issuances        
Senior unsecured debt balance 7,567,921,000hcn_UnsecuredDebtPrincipal
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
7,418,374,000hcn_UnsecuredDebtPrincipal
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
7,817,154,000hcn_UnsecuredDebtPrincipal
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
7,421,707,000hcn_UnsecuredDebtPrincipal
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
Senior unsecured debt issued 0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0us-gaap_ProceedsFromIssuanceOfUnsecuredDebt
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
   
Senior unsecured debt extinguished 0hcn_UnsecuredDebtExtinguished
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
     
Senior unsecured debt redeemed (154,654,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfUnsecuredDebt
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
(1,000)us-gaap_RepaymentsOfUnsecuredDebt
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
   
Senior unsecured debt foreign currency $ (94,579,000)hcn_UnsecuredDebtForeignCurrency
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
$ (3,332,000)hcn_UnsecuredDebtForeignCurrency
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
   
Senior unsecured debt balance average rate 0.04352hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesBalance
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0.044hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesBalance
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0.04385hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesBalance
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0.044hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesBalance
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
Senior unsecured debt issued average rate 0hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesIssued
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesIssued
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
   
Senior unsecured debt extinguished average rate 0hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesExtinguished
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesExtinguished
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
   
Senior unsecured debt redeemed average rate 0.03hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesRedeemed
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0.03hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesRedeemed
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
   
Senior unsecured debt foreign currency average rate 0.04333hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesForeignCurrency
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember
0.03486hcn_RateOnUnsecuredNotesForeignCurrency
/ hcn_UnsecuredDebtTypeAxis
= hcn_ExcludingFairValueAdjustmentsMember