Major Operators	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2013
Major Operators
Major Operators	8. Major Operators We have three operators from each of which we derive over 10% of our rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans. In 2006, Extendicare Services, Inc. (or EHSI), one of our major operators, effected a reorganization whereby it completed a spin-off of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (or ALC). ALC is currently a NYSE traded public company operating assisted living centers. The remaining EHSI assets and operations were converted into a Canadian REIT (Extendicare REIT) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (or TSX). During 2012, Extendicare REIT converted from an income trust structure to a corporate structure under a corporation named Extendicare, Inc. (or Extendicare). Both Extendicare and ALC continue to be parties to the leases with us. On February 25, 2013, ALC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (or the Merger Agreement) with Aid Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (or Aid Holdings), and Aid Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Aid Holdings (or Aid Merger Sub), providing for the merger of Aid Merger Sub with and into ALC (or the Merger), with ALC surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aid Holdings. Aid Holdings and Aid Merger Sub are affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. Documents publicly available contemplate the merger being completed in summer of 2013. Extendicare REIT and ALC collectively lease 37 assisted living properties with a total of 1,430 units owned by us representing approximately 6.7%, or $52,877,000, of our total assets at March 31, 2013 and 10.7% of rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans recognized as of March 31, 2013. Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. (or Brookdale Communities) is a wholly owned subsidiary of a publicly traded company, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (or Brookdale). Brookdale Communities leases 35 assisted living properties with a total of 1,414 units owned by us representing approximately 6.7%, or $53,038,000, of our total assets at March 31, 2013 and 10.7% of rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans recognized as of March 31, 2013. Preferred Care, Inc. (or Preferred Care), through various wholly owned subsidiaries, operates 27 skilled nursing properties and two range of care properties that we own or on which we hold mortgages secured by first trust deeds. These properties consist of a total of 3,354 skilled nursing beds and 49 assisted living units. This represents approximately 6.6%, or $51,945,000, of our total assets at March 31, 2013 and 10.5% of rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans recognized as of March 31, 2013. They also operate one skilled nursing property under a sub-lease with another lessee we have which is not included in the Preferred Care rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans. Our financial position and ability to make distributions may be adversely affected by financial difficulties experienced by Brookdale Communities, Extendicare, ALC, Preferred Care, or any of our lessees and borrowers, including any bankruptcies, inability to emerge from bankruptcy, insolvency or general downturn in business of any such operator, or in the event any such operator does not renew and/or extend its relationship with us or our borrowers when it expires.

8. Major Operators

We have three operators from each of which we derive over 10% of our rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans.

In 2006, Extendicare Services, Inc. (or EHSI), one of our major operators, effected a reorganization whereby it completed a spin-off of Assisted Living Concepts, Inc. (or ALC). ALC is currently a NYSE traded public company operating assisted living centers. The remaining EHSI assets and operations were converted into a Canadian REIT (Extendicare REIT) listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (or TSX). During 2012, Extendicare REIT converted from an income trust structure to a corporate structure under a corporation named Extendicare, Inc. (or Extendicare). Both Extendicare and ALC continue to be parties to the leases with us.

On February 25, 2013, ALC entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (or the Merger Agreement) with Aid Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (or Aid Holdings), and Aid Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Aid Holdings (or Aid Merger Sub), providing for the merger of Aid Merger Sub with and into ALC (or the Merger), with ALC surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aid Holdings. Aid Holdings and Aid Merger Sub are affiliates of TPG Capital, L.P. Documents publicly available contemplate the merger being completed in summer of 2013.

Extendicare REIT and ALC collectively lease 37 assisted living properties with a total of 1,430 units owned by us representing approximately 6.7%, or $52,877,000, of our total assets at March 31, 2013 and 10.7% of rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans recognized as of March 31, 2013.

Brookdale Senior Living Communities, Inc. (or Brookdale Communities) is a wholly owned subsidiary of a publicly traded company, Brookdale Senior Living, Inc. (or Brookdale). Brookdale Communities leases 35 assisted living properties with a total of 1,414 units owned by us representing approximately 6.7%, or $53,038,000, of our total assets at March 31, 2013 and 10.7% of rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans recognized as of March 31, 2013.

Preferred Care, Inc. (or Preferred Care), through various wholly owned subsidiaries, operates 27 skilled nursing properties and two range of care properties that we own or on which we hold mortgages secured by first trust deeds. These properties consist of a total of 3,354 skilled nursing beds and 49 assisted living units. This represents approximately 6.6%, or $51,945,000, of our total assets at March 31, 2013 and 10.5% of rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans recognized as of March 31, 2013. They also operate one skilled nursing property under a sub-lease with another lessee we have which is not included in the Preferred Care rental revenue and interest income from mortgage loans.

Our financial position and ability to make distributions may be adversely affected by financial difficulties experienced by Brookdale Communities, Extendicare, ALC, Preferred Care, or any of our lessees and borrowers, including any bankruptcies, inability to emerge from bankruptcy, insolvency or general downturn in business of any such operator, or in the event any such operator does not renew and/or extend its relationship with us or our borrowers when it expires.