Major Operators (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended											9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended		3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2013 operator	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Extendicare Inc. and ALC Assisted Living property	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Extendicare Inc. and ALC Assisted Living ALF Units unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Brookdale Assisted Living property	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Brookdale Assisted Living ALF Units unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Senior Care Skilled Nursing property	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Senior Care Skilled Nursing SNF Beds bed	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Preferred Care Assisted Living ALF Units unit	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Preferred Care Skilled Nursing property	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Preferred Care Skilled Nursing SNF Beds bed	Sep. 30, 2013 Operators Preferred Care Range of Care property	Sep. 30, 2013 Total assets Operators Extendicare Inc. and ALC	Sep. 30, 2013 Total assets Operators Brookdale	Sep. 30, 2013 Total assets Operators Senior Care	Sep. 30, 2013 Total assets Operators Preferred Care	Sep. 30, 2013 Rent and Interest Revenue Operators Extendicare Inc. and ALC	Sep. 30, 2013 Rent and Interest Revenue Operators Senior Care	Sep. 30, 2013 Rent and Interest Revenue Operators Preferred Care
Major Operators
Number of major operators	4
Percentage of rental and interest income derived from each of the major operators			10.00%
Number of properties leased				37		35		9			27		2
Concentration risk (as a percent)														6.20%	6.20%	12.60%	6.00%	10.60%	11.20%	10.40%
Number of beds/units					1,430		1,414		1,190	49		3,354
Total assets	$ 841,243,000	$ 789,592,000												$ 51,825,000	$ 52,067,000	$ 105,881,000	$ 50,735,000
Number of properties sub-leased								4			1