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Investment In Preferred Stock, At Cost	12 Months Ended
Investment In Preferred Stock, At Cost	Dec. 31, 2015
Investment In Preferred Stock, At Cost [Abstract]
Investment In Preferred Stock, At Cost	INVESTMENT IN PREFERRED STOCK, AT COST Our investment in 2,000,000 shares of LTC Properties, Inc. ("LTC") (a publicly-traded REIT) cumulative preferred stock, carried at its original cost of $38,132,000 in our Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2014, was not listed on a stock exchange and was considered a non-marketable security. Prior to our conversion of these preferred shares into common stock on November 13, 2015, we received $2,454,000 in preferred dividends during 2015. For each of the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, preferred dividends from LTC were $3,273,000. In converting the preferred stock on November 13, 2015, we received 2,000,000 shares of LTC common stock with a readily determinable market value. In December 2015 we sold 1,000,000 of the newly issued shares on the open market. We have classified our remaining LTC common shares as available-for-sale marketable securities.