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Real Estate Investments (Details 3) (USD $)	6 Months Ended							6 Months Ended			6 Months Ended		6 Months Ended				6 Months Ended			1 Months Ended
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Mortgage Loans
Gross Investments			$ 169,766,000								$ 155,287,000				$ 12,018,000		$ 2,461,000
Percentage of Investments			100.00%								91.50%				7.10%		1.40%
Number of Loans			20								16				3		1
Number of Properties			42								33				8		1
Number of Beds/Units									4,018	285		3,919	106			211		99	74	100
Investment per Bed/Unit											39,620				56,960		14,230
Number of states			9
Number of operators			12
Interest rate for mortgage loans, low end of range (as a percent)			7.10%
Interest rate for mortgage loans, high end of range (as a percent)			13.60%
General amortization schedule of mortgage loans					20 years	30 years
Specified basis points for annual increase in interest rate (as a percent)					0.10%	0.25%														0.25%
Scheduled principal payments received	1,054,000	938,000	1,054,000	938,000
Amount Funded								697,000					3,010,000	913,000						3,027,000
Loan commitment													10,600,000
Mortgage loan commitment for capital improvements								12,000,000
Additional loan proceeds committed							40,000,000
Remaining Commitment								$ 11,303,000					$ 0
Term of mortgage loan receivable																				5 years
Interest rate (as a percent)																				7.00%