Investment In Preferred Stock, At Cost (Details) - USD ($)	10 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 13, 2015	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Nonvoting Convertible Preferred Stock			2,000,000
Original cost of cost method investments			$ 38,132,000
Investment income and other		$ 4,563,000	4,217,000	$ 4,166,000
Convertible Preferred Stock, Shares Issued upon Conversion		2,000,000
Preferred Dividends [Member]
Investment income and other	$ 2,454,000		$ 3,273,000	$ 3,272,500
LTC Properties, Inc. [Member]
Equity Investment, Shares Sold		1,000,000