Subsequent Events (Details) (USD $)	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended				9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended			1 Months Ended				3 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		1 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
	Oct. 31, 2013	Sep. 30, 2013 loan	Sep. 30, 2012 bed	Dec. 31, 2012	Sep. 30, 2013 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 Owned Properties Minimum	Sep. 30, 2013 Owned Properties Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 120-bed skilled nursing property Florida Owned Properties	Sep. 30, 2012 Land	Sep. 30, 2013 Loan commitments, maturities ranging from 2013 to 2017	Sep. 30, 2012 Loan commitments, maturities ranging from 2013 to 2017	Sep. 30, 2013 Loan commitments, maturities ranging from 2013 to 2017 Minimum	Sep. 30, 2013 Loan commitments, maturities ranging from 2013 to 2017 Maximum	Sep. 30, 2013 Bank Borrowings	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event loan	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Real Estate Pipeline Agreement item	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Real Estate Pipeline Agreement Minimum	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Real Estate Pipeline Agreement Maximum	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Owned Properties	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Mortgage Loans	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Mortgage Loans Maximum	Nov. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event 120-bed skilled nursing property Florida Owned Properties bed	Sep. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event 120-bed licensed skilled nursing property SNF Beds Owned Properties	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Land Michigan Owned Properties item	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Pre-development loan commitment loan property	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Pre-development loan commitment one	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Pre-development loan commitment two	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Bank Borrowings	Dec. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Dividend declared	Nov. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event Dividend declared	Oct. 31, 2013 Subsequent Event Dividend declared	Sep. 30, 2013 Subsequent Event Dividend declared
Subsequent Events
Number of parcels of land																								4
Purchase Price			$ 80,982,000						$ 1,882,000													$ 14,402,000		$ 1,163,000
Number of Beds/Units			522																			120
Total funded loan commitments										615,000					2,975,000					124,387,000
Forward commitments for capital improvements																				12,000,000
Period at beginning of loan term that certain operating metrics and valuation thresholds must be achieved and sustained to receive additional loan proceeds																				12 years
Additional loan proceeds																					40,000,000
Amount borrowed														2,000,000														86,000,000
Amount outstanding under Unsecured Credit Agreement				115,500,000										0														86,000,000
Amount available for borrowing under Unsecured Credit Agreement																												154,000,000
Investment Commitment
2013 Funding	3,054,000	14,116,000																	3,054,000				1,008,000
Investment Commitment		80,188,000																					9,094,000
Remaining Commitment		57,895,000																	54,841,000
Remaining loan commitments										1,710,000					2,360,000										2,360,000
Cash dividend per common share																													$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.17	$ 0.155
Number of development projects that the operator may have under construction at any time																5
Period of extension of remaining lease term																10 years
Initial annual rate of lease (as a percent)																	9.00%	10.50%
Specified annual increase over the prior year's rent (as a percent)						2.00%	3.00%	2.20%								2.50%
Number of commitments		10													12										2
Loan commitment		2,325,000			400,000																				2,975,000	325,000	325,000
Number of properties																									2
Interest rate (as a percent)		12.00%										9.00%	12.00%													12.00%	12.00%
Annual increase in interest rate (as a percent)																										0.25%	0.25%
Amount funded		$ 795,000	$ 2,461,000							$ 795,000	$ 2,461,000